SHIPLACOFF MEMORIAL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Feigenbaum, William M.
Arbitration es Unions Australia slfsaflf rmk. Australia. — The (|sisry pursued by the trade Tof Australia has always |uf the greatest interest to the EL trade union movement in ETsf the...
...IMolution calling on affiliated Vkto prepare the workers for jjiliral strike to secure, among JJf things, the restoration of the [JpW% wage cut and other wage "•IjWens dating from 1926 was, BJMaotion of Crofts, referred nCwitta to 51 to the executive mm with instructions to take fiction necessary to bring the JPlWge to at least the equivaJgptbe 1920 Basic Wage Com^m't finding...
...nitlon were won...
...Right to have manufacturers and jobbers register their contractors with the union, enabling it to unionize the unorganized shops...
...6. Right to visit the premises of the members of the association to ascertain if provisions of the agreement are lived up to...
...The current Issue of Arise print* a radio play by Florence Lesser on the Glass ease...
...drop this case now...
...The Austral^ffipllf* themselves continue to Eglt their constant attention to Kjtontroversal question, on Kfefc, their experiences have Es^tt tbem to the most varied ¦ Thti question of arbitration was MMB point dealt with by the Kwt |8-Australian Trade Union ¦^MMKi^'^icli was attended by IjgfvJJUBates...
...We then canvassed the other blouse markets as to the posibility of securing concerted action in case we decided on a general strike...
...The widespread publicity given the case frigtaened those responsible for the arrest and everything possible was done to have the grand jury quickly and quietly drop the case...
...Nearby state police did not Interfere...
...In support Bf tkil resolution, it was stated BW the Australian Arbitration Hurts had during the last few Ban functioned solely in the in¦rats of the employers...
...One policeman was heard to say "that if he knew that (¦lass wus a Socialist he would not touch the case with a ten-foot pole 'cause these damned Socialists can make a whole lot of trouble for you...
...7. Obligation upon manufacturers to see to it that the inside shop is fully provided with work before ft contractor is engaged or given work to...
...Men, women and children were clubbed and gassed...
...On the question of unity, Congress passed a resolution, stating that "the question of bringing about political unity in the Australian Labor Movement be referred to the executive with instructions to take whatever action is necessary to unite the various fac. tioni in the movement at the taresNew Local 25 Pact Strengthens Union "From Nothing to 4,000 id Yeai —Local 25's Story" was the title of the first installment of an account of the rise of the Blouse «wd Waistmakers' Union, I.L.G.W.ll The narrative told of conditions before aftd a/fe>- the general strike a year ago and broke off just ns the union was going into negotiations with the blouse manufacturers for a new collective agreement...
...Very little space was given the strike in the state press although a state of terrorism prevailed in Parkersburg for somt weeks...
...Hi was denied both food and water...
...A resolution was |mn4 afcnanding that compulsory C5tr»lion be repudiated and all CtfVsBions be called on "to withEtr from the arbitration courts Upadopt a policy of direct Eptistion with the employers for Kntrisl agreements...
...We found, however, that conditions in other localities did not warrant such action and it looked to us as if we could not hope for active support from these markets...
...moreover, a simple repudiates), <fe compulsory arbitration **s*f|r entirely ineffective, and tWljirse should not be followed ¦k#K could be replaced by somelj||etter...
...5. Establishment of impartial chairman machinery which will in a measure help to call the chisele.ru to account even if they get the pro taction of the association...
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...The state police in the Baldwin strike in August acted in a most brutal manner...
...Bdirles Croft-, secretary of the Hetralasian Council of Trade Hhions, opposed this policy and HmBed the days before the insti¦KM of Arbitration Courts, when ¦MHiweating leagues had to be Bhtsd to protect the workers, and ¦MM and conditions were execramt...
...It would be simply too bad for us t...
...It offered no protection for the inside shop...
...MMi the Only Safeguard | connection with the fight foi I" restoration of the, 10'/, wage ¦imposed in 1031, a resolution Bdor active propaganda K to be conducted and asjajgas organized in each state imeate the workers in the ¦3itt-y of relying on the inMal arbitration system as a B| df obtaining economic jus»V#n the menace of fascism, and B dangers of war...
...TTHE old agreement had certain * weak ponits...
...The sketch was presented over WEVD...
...M*i Action Planned .jJ«ecision on the organization UJMfaAe unions, reference was BMMte to the fundamental neySPMor industrial education, and l3y*h*ted trade unions in the ¦Rotates were urged to set "ff"*u»ittees on the group basis, HMMximum of two representH*from each group and two JJPttjJ from the recognized Hi the unemployed, for the consolidating the ranks ¦Jft*dt union movement in WJ|f»«i»thwi against the Mh** «W be effectively ¦F One ei the duties of these committees should be to "conduct propaganda meetings on the job...
...4J0H 4L4M WORfffMi WIN STRIKt , PITTSBURGH.—Plants of th* Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., which closed when 4,000 workers at Ford City and Creighton, Pa., went out on strike, asking a 30 cents an hour wage increase and the check-off, will open soon as the result of a settlement reached this week, A 6% wage increase and union recog...
...It provided no impartial chairman machinery to make adjustments speedily...
...The strike was called by the new Federation of Flat Glass Worker* after conferences extending over two rnontha faTlad louring<•*>«•if...
...When released his body bore the marks of the hands and feet of hit legal torturers...
...It did not give the union means of checking up on sources of production...
...At present, he said, the Aus¦nliin workei s hud a higher standId M Irving than workers elseno...
...We succeeded in embodying such desired changes In our collective pact as will enable us to function normally a,nd efficiently, except the demand for a revision of the wage scale...
...We put up a stubborn fight for increases of wage scales and were deadlocked on this point with the employers for some time...
...Ope restaurant keeper who was friendly to the strikers and who occasionally supplied the pickets with hot coffee and sandwiched was brutally assaulted by strikebreakers after dark and his place wrecked...
...2. Right to investigate all books and records of the manufacturer and jobber to ascertain all sources of production and costs...
...We again say that our victory is due-t* a past .extent to Stantey Glass Case Halted by Grand Jury ¦y J. P. Hlgcjlat CTAR CITY, W. Va.—From Comrado Gwrjjje & Gis.-, Charleston, father of Stanley Class, cornea the news that the Woods County Grand Jury in Parkersburg failed to find a true bill against Stanley Glass for alleged violations of the notorious Redman Act...
...However, I must say in all fairness that no convictions have ever been secured under it and it may be repealed at this session of the legislature...
...Fought for Increases "The Executive Board and our shop chairmen and active members at meetings deliberated on additions and modifications of our agreement for a long time," declared Max Moscowitz, active and able manager of the local...
...The (|sisry pursued by the trade Tof Australia has always |uf the greatest interest to the EL trade union movement in ETsf the decades of experience EgMtration which Australia has the experiments in comEgy arbitration...
...The Baldwin Implement Works is a subsidiary of the Weirton Steel Co., its president, Wier, being one of West Virginia's most prominent labor haters and a bitter foe of NRA labor provisions...
...It spurred .competition between New York and i out-of-town areas by the 25 per cent wage differential in both the contract and the blouse code...
...Needless to say, we could not possibly undertake such a movement without making sure beforehand that the scales, it increased, would apply also to blousemakers outside of New York, tad the fight was, therefore, postponed for one year...
...Hi" was most foully abused by state police, held incommunicado in a foul sweat box, in which he could neither stand up, sit or He down, and hauled out every hour to be questioned by relays of polio...
...UNION THANKS BRANCH FOR STRIKE VICTORY JOSEPH BKLSKY, secretary of the Hebrew Butcher Workers' Union, has sent the following letter to the labor committee of the East Flatbush branch of the Socialist Party: "We take this opportunity of thanking you for your earnest and energetic efforts on our behalf in connection with the strike at 379 East 98th Street, Brooklyn, Please be advised that the union successfully settled the strike...
...New Better Equipped With the signing of the new agreement in the blouse trade on January 24 the blousemakers' organization emerged a stronger union, far better equipped to carry on its work and to control work conditions in the industry...
...Where a contractor is working for a manufacturer exclusively prices paid to the workers of the inside shop shall also be paid to the workers of the contracting shop...
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...The manufacturer loses his rights and privileges under the agreement should he fail to live up to the adjustment within the specified time, and the union may act thereafter as it sees fit to remedy grievances against the employer...
...While all the violations against the Redman Act by Glass were alleged to have been committed in July he was not arrested Until Oct, 26, and then without warrant...
...I believe that we should take step* to haul into court his brutal torturers...
...The conM»0 to be drawn from both res'¦Pet is that, with or without •jftfltion courts, the only guaran¦f-safeguarding the economic Kits of the workers lies in the Unions...
...However, we are glad to be able to 'say that we are growing and ttrengtaening, hofli In numbers ai# In spirit...
...Time Limit Set 4. A lime limit fo 48 hours to manufacturers to make good adjustments on complaints reached by the union and the association...
...After further debate sfpbelution was rejected by 72 ¦to 48...
...The Redman Act is u measure similar to the criminal syndicalism laws of other states...
...The new agreement to a great extent eliminated the inadequacies of the old, since it provided for the following: 1. Reduction oi the differential from 25 per cent to 20 per cent, automatically raising the scale of the out-of-town workers and thereby lessening the competition between the New York and the outside shops...
...It will be recalled that Comrade Glass participated in the strike of the Baldwin Implement Works employe* last summer and that he was arrested by state policemen and tortured and abused for three days in October...
Vol. 18 • February 1935 • No. 66
