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Cried Republic Steel's Tom Girdler: "I'll go back to the farm and dig potatoes before I sign with the C.I.O." That was in 1937, during the "Little Steel" strike. Last week, like Bethlehem Steel and Henry Ford before him, Girdler signed...
...agreement, evidence to the New Deal of Tom Girdler's eagerness to get ahead with national defense, is a formal recognition of collective bargaining procedure, in effect at most of Republic's plants for the last two years. It requires Republic to dispense with elections, accept a certificate by the National Labor Relations Board that C.I.O. has a majority in eleven of the company's 15 plants, including South Chicago. Certificate will be issued after an NLRB check of payrolls against union membership. Other provisions: 1) S.W.O.C. may petition for certification in other plants; 2) workers fired...
...more desire to cooperate with his rivals on price matters than had the young Henry Ford (who has not joined the Automobile Manufacturers Association to this day). For lone Weirwolves, the high-cost atmosphere of the A.I.S.I. is oppressive. But Mr. Weir will continue to confront Messrs. Fairless, Grace, Girdler, et al. at the councils of Steel's Defense Committee, the body which really represents steel in its dealings with Washington...
...Even private owners of twin-engined Lock-heeds (including Tom Girdler) were asked by OPM to give up their "air yachts...
...Signed a closed shop contract with Tom Girdler's Republic Steel...