Word: contractive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week company and union came to terms, signing U. R. W.'s first contract with a major rubber concern. Firestone agreed to bargain with the union, to stop financing its company union. U. R. W. agreed not to "cause or tolerate" Sit-Downs and other strikes, not to coerce prospective members. Included in the contract (to run for one year) was provision for the first standard 36-hour week ever adopted in a major U. S. industry, with a promise that before layoffs are made hours will be cut to 24 per week for eight weeks...
More serious labor trouble confronted film actors and producers in Hollywood. Strongest labor group there is the International Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employes, a virtual company union whose leaders work hand in glove with producers under a five-year contract forbidding strikes. Independent unions, affiliated with American Federation of Labor, have long struggled vainly for-recognition. Last week when their demands for recognition and all-union shops were turned down for the fifth successive year, 3,000 members of A. F. of L. painters', scenic artists' and make-up men's unions walked out on strike. Picket...
...went on trial as a result of that strike. In addition to routine accusations of forcible entry & detainer, committing & maintaining a public nuisance, conspiracy to prevent others from working, they were charged with violating a New York statute passed in 1881. "A person who wilfully and maliciously . . . breaks a contract of service or hiring, knowing . . . that the probable consequence of his so doing will be to endanger human life, or to cause grievous bodily injury, or to expose valuable property to destruction or serious injury, is guilty of a misdemeanor...
...that of human addicts). Symptoms of addiction were increased "grooming" (scratching, skin picking, hair plucking), restlessness, nocturnal activity, gastric and bowel disturbances, slight loss of weight, increased amiability and apparent sense of wellbeing. Curiously, the pupils of the ape addicts' eyes dilated, whereas those of human drug-takers contract. The sexual effect was mixed: shortly after receiving his dose the animal would mate readily, later fly into a rage and fight if a female was brought near. If deprived of the drug in the early stages of addiction, the chimpanzees showed few signs of discomfort except yawning, moping, sweating...
...Company recognizes the right of its employes to bargain collectively through representatives freely chosen by them without dictation, coercion, or intimidation in any form or from any source. It will negotiate and contract with the representatives of any group of its employes so chosen and with any organization as the representative of its members, subject to the recognition of the principle that the right to work is not dependent on membership or nonmembership in any organization and subject to the right of every employe freely to bargain in such manner and through such representatives, if any, as he chooses...