Word: non-union
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...Brush. Terrain over which the Truman Administration hunted them was thick with underbrush. Clausen's Case Co. has had plenty of labor strife. The nub of the present trouble is a letter written by union leaders in 1937 which recognized: 1) the right of any employe to join a union of his choosing, 2) the right of non-union workers to deal individually with the company. Triumphantly Clausen declared that the letter guaranteed that Case could remain an open shop. Union leaders declared the letter obsolete, and negotiations promptly broke down...
Scabs & Stalemate. Wherever possible, owners sailed their ships with non-union crews, claimed that only a score or so were strikebound. In anti-union Montreal, some 200 non-union men, mostly veterans and husky high-school graduates, were recruited to sail the ships...
...there was no end to strikes. British Columbia's 37,000 still striking wood-workers were joined by 700 seamen of the Canada Steamship Lines. They struck when the City of Montreal sailed with a non-union crew. Slated for June 3 is a strike by some 4,000 other members of the A.F.L. Canadian Seamen's Union, who want an eight-hour day. (Present working day: 12 hours.) Ready to go out also were 6,000 A.F.L. textile workers in Quebec. Only the last-minute appointment of an inquiry commissioner averted a walkout by 10,000 C.I.O...
...must popularize the notion of work. A recent opinion poll shows that less than 45% of factory workers belonging to unions think they should turn out as much work as they are able . . . among non-union workers 60% think [so]. . . . If this represents the attitude of union men . . . then I think the union leaders have a big educational job. ... If only six men out of ten non-union men believe in doing their best, then I think we all have...
...strike can be called unless voted by a majority of all employes, non-union as well as union...