t - International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers

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The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
Resolved. That Locl Union No. I-9 tenders
its sincere symnpathy to the famtiiy of our late . U. N."e
of time and of funds to render the beat
Brother in their time of gieat sorrow; and be 1072 Joaeph R. elldo
1.000 .0 decision it could make, acting more in the
it further
9
Resolved, That a opy of theae resolutions
RichaI I -er
1.000oo.00 nature of a hearing board. To put the
b sent to the family of our deceased Brother. 1241 Johll lenry [lTaggiri
1,,00.00 matter clearly, we are confident that the
copy be sIread on tih, innules of our Loeali I,0. C. D. Cole
I ,000,00
Union No !-9 ad ao be sent to inthe ollicial
Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor
Journal of our BIoli,,hood for publicatio n
466
Counci represented aIs a whole on this
DAN MANNINO,
John Richard Myers
1.(1.00
LM1EiMT R H.CEEN
ii Thomas F. MaIdea,,
150.00 joint cumlitree will develop its view of
IHIARRIY SI-ATER
702 ( ]aries Ramlolph
the schedule proposed. Only through that
Committe.r 639 029 Iavd El. tna
1,000.00 mleans can the process of joint determina-
Ernest Leroy tiH!is. L. U. No. B-429 881 T. i Stone
150.00 tion of prevailing wages become a prac-
Initialted 1nrch 2, 138
949 Willian J iedlay
150 no tical reality. Action by thle councl as a
I1 is wiillh pe1At sorrow and rogret that
couneci is therefore vital."
we, the menill iof Ic.al Union No 13U429.
$55,175.00
recored ilhe dll , i Brother. rnesl Lerot
our alebers can justly be proud of the
HlLcks. to ps.4d; ly Deemeber 3, l33I.
palt our Internati.onIal Oliee played in
To .those or lm, h. k.rw him inlnately. Roy TVA WAGE (CONFEE ENCE
will be r emembertd ,s one who was aiways
lils eontcl-et.ice and .ho.ldd intreest then-
ready and willing l0 go along with the boy,
(Continud frri, page 6I) selves in the ripoiL of its representatives
To thile family of our dlprlred Bother we
extlnd our heartfelt s111pathy and warm in some cases maid a closer examination to the conirelte, ...d the accouit of the
ir...Anee that we .i. no with them in their
bereavement.
of the data in othiel' cases. There h;ls been conference as contained in the 'Blue
A Ppy of the above shall be given to the lengthy argument and iscussion coln- Blook" which is published after each con-
family of our deprted Brother. a copy Ibe
spread on the minates of our locl union and cerning the interIretation of the data ference. In conclusion let us point out the
a copy be Sent Lo the Journal for pUbieattol. before us. Everyone has participated and ,neessity of each member interesting
CEOJCE HARRIS,
J. U. JENKINS, there has been opportunity for all of the himself in the opfration of this big ma-
C. L. ROSE. members of the council to develop and chine, finding out how it works and help-
Committee, review all of the facts which relate to the htg to make it work better from year to
entire schedule. Management now desires year by cooperating with those chargel
DEATH CLAIMS PAID FROM JANU- to have time to review them in relation to with the care of the machine. As ex-
ARY 1 TO JANUARY 31, 1940 its previously expressed opinion and popressed by one of our members: "All
L. U Nams
Ao.a.nl sition. As soon as management is able to hrough life you are in one of two poti-
102 William Vogelsang - 91,{00000 do so, it hopes to lay before you a protLions, someone is carrying you or you are
a T. F. Shatkey
475.00 posed schedule for the ensuing year. carrying someone else."
649 0. ii. Buyle
1,000.00 'One word about management's alti-
77 John P. Wright
825,00 tude toward its proposal. Management
20 0. I[. Ii.s
1,001.00
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
has never wanted to adopt the attitude of
38 Dan Moley
1,000.00
1.0. Oscar S. Magiless
take it or leave it. The Authority as in
(Co[thnued ftro page 6B)
1,000.00
1. 0.
lO.
A. D. 11.al
1,0(00.00
the past enters upon these negotiations "We conclude an agreement with country
O.0. W. A. Myers
1,0f00.00 with full confidence in the desire of the A, for example, in which we graNlt conees-
664 Nelil Van HIorn
475.110 Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor
,ioni. ofl eer L ",'otlla .i .. .lo ti eau 'yhieh w t fiid
it economically profitTble to obuy abroad.
9491 3 Walter A., irenlen
475,00 Council, composed of the 15 or iC, labor
This
5 J. F. Manley
elnablea ciu ntry A to inr-A ease its piur
1,000.00 organizations afifliated with the Ameri- chases from us. Without the most-favored-
134 P. Fuehs
1,000.00 can Federation of Labor, and with full ntion policy, the hulefits to the United
1.O. P. F. Turner
000,.00 confidence that labor and management States would end here, But with
3 C. Edward Ash
1.000.00
thle most-
I'llemlo
104 Jehu T. Rouny .
1,0[} .00 are both aware of their heavy responif.vored-iatiau claaue a part of the agree-
27 F. A. Sweitzer
bilities and of thleir joint obligations to menet, counltrieis and C Lake advantaue of
t
1,000.00
C. Ii. Muckler
1,0[0,00 see that tile re.ult fin.ally reached through the monettdsio raitnd to country A and
309 E. 0. Easthami
475.00 the process of negotiation is one which ilrease their xorlite to the United States.
Ihis may einable countiea B and C to aug-
Janies F. IIerbertt
1,0100.~0 is consistent with the law.
295 Wa
lent their inl prts from us. It may also en-
Miles Taylor
1,000.00 "Briefly, we have full confidence in yol able countries it and C to buy cor..uditie"
76i3 William R. Owens
1.000,00 and we believe you have full eontidence from country A whieh we do lnot.need and
1.0. F. Larey
1,000.00 in the Authority. Management knows that would not buy. Berause of its
46 S. F. }lollsad
inreased
1,000.00
1.0. W'. J. Decker
you are under tremendous pressures. You sales to countries B and C, country A is
1,000.00
134 J. C. J.akuh
know that management is under heavy stile further To increase its purchases from
DO.
1,000.00
1. 0. C. W. Turner
1.000.00 pressures, differnlit, porhap,, but no less us. 'Thus it is that the most favored-altion
a T. M. J. Conway, Jr. I'lloo.oll real.
poliicy gives every agreement multiple all
I. 0. Frank lMack
1.000.00
gies. each adding to the profit we derive
1,000.00 "Now one word, speaking more in the
Robert Morrow
from the agreeonrirs.
1.000 00 capacity of director of personnel and fir
I. 1. 0. Freman IDnolctte
1.000,00
"In short. without the most-tevored-nation
the Authority, than as chairman of this
659 L. C. Xauts
475.00
elsuse, the agreements program w.otlld op-
joint committe. I have said that the Au-
17 Leo Kervin
650.00
trate to restrict instead of expand trade.
Is F. ii. l, Gie
1,00tl.00
thority has not wanted to take the atti- but when iueluded in the agreenents the
83 William Sidney Burnside 475.00 tude of 'take it or leave it.' We have rec- clauae is anl op,1tr uturn, of iu ch profit.
817 J. H. Starkpole
1.000.00 ognized the fact that a mass of factual Because of these facts our government ia
521 Clarene A. Maim
825.00 data is subject to varying interpretations extreimely caro(ul that the clause be not
1O3 P. J. Kelley
1,000.00 and views, and
allowed
we wilcome
to open the way for mass
labor's parimporta-
103 liarrio Coodwin
1,000.00
tion of products made by cheap labor that
tieipation in arriving at an eventual joint
10. Lewis Stern
1,000.00
could undersell domestic products, arid so
agreement as to what the best interprets.
9 j. I. Step heus
475.00
endanger the ail reemuets program."
lion of this mountain of facts may be. We
18 Clarence Fuller
300.00
D)r. Terry denuies. as dues Dr. Luln, that
17 J. F. Drazan
1,000.00
believe that tlhat i what lbor wan t any harm to Alliericai labor in the .ilt,
5 I. Waggoner
1,000.00 '"But one thing is clear that that shOle, flat glass arid woolen textiles has been
1.0. WV. J. Newton
1.000.00 process is not possible unless we diii caused by the trade compact program,
382 R. S. Dletlay
1.000.00 with the schedule as a whole and with In a world gone mad in war-sd it
104 Pat iek Nnlton
1,000.0[ all thie various elassifications as a whole. rhould be emrihatirally remembered that
101 Walter F. Smith
I ,0[.o}(. Up to this point we have been r.eviewin economic aggressiin is a form of warfare,
70*
T. R. ChaItte.s
475.00
20 T. A. NAti.lle i
the facts and dvlupisg the argulnint L oatId uialiy prnreoi.s armed orflit it ia
1.00..0([
491 M. . .Mellon
00i 00 anid interpretations item by irem. Ftoci
I -fresreshing thing nto fln the Aeirican
nation, led by (urdell
G. B. Fahey
1,000.00 here on we must
ull, seekin, the
dleal with the whole pic- ways of peace. The yerY method uf the
352 V. Hritek
1,000,00 ture. The alternative to that prcedure, is Seezetary uf State is one familiar to labor
I. 0. J. M. W/atlinis
1,000.00 clear. It means simply that the manage- and one that shouil r.co amend itself to
I03 Joseph i'. Dillon, Jr. 1.000.00 meet would be forced by the limittions iabor.