Show STRIKES hold att vw tt I 1 V ilera are some 01 ih the e pickets which chich t stir rounded the ll arrill aircraft 1 I 1 die castig ling corporation plant early ea in the labor dispute issitte there see below two s strikes one big in volume and the other involve involving ing only anly men but holding a vast menace to plane building hold held the attention of those in charge of production management the big strike was at the construction project at wright field dayton ohio huge testing ground for or army airplanes the strikers striker were refusing to negotiate saying well go back to work as soon as they chase those other fellows non union members ore off this was a strike of tho the A F of L building trades unions of dayton it seemed to the public a picayune matter the work of thousands was being held up by A F of L men who objected because an electrical subcontractor put 4 CIO men to work the contract of the electrical sub contractor was held up and the men went back to work the contract finally was reinstated and out went the men again there was talk at this point of the government taking over the other strike was that of the Il arvill manufacturing company an organization headed by a 42 year old former soda jerker who invented a process for casting airplane parts from aluminum and magnesium light metals I plant employing only makes parts for practically every big plane manufacturer on the pacific coast including such giants as boeing and lockheed douglas and vega and north american the men were asking raises from 50 to 75 cents an hour and the strike according to harvill himself was threatening plane factory shutdowns that would throw out of work and would jeopardize the construction of thousands of war planes this the workers denied saying that the factory was well ahead of the needs of the other plants here too the government and the defense administration were looking with an anxious eye wondering how far to go to break the walkout |