Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Macauley, Walter P. Chrysler. Charles W. Nash, Roy D. Chapin. Next day he conferred with A. F. of L. men led by President William Green and William Collins, organizer for the industry. Then for three days General Johnson shuttled from one group to the other trying to arrange a settlement. At the end of the first day General Johnson held up his thumb and forefinger with only a hypothetical peanut between and reported, ''They are just that far apart." At the end of the second day the peanut had become a watermelon...
Said the President: "I would like you to know that in the settlement just reached ... we have charted a new course in social engineering...
...carry out the settlement are actuated by the same broadgauged statesmanship which motivated Mr. Roosevelt, then there will be cause for rejoicing, indeed, for the President has regained much of the ground lost since the NRA began its one-sided handling of the labor problem several months ago. Today the Government of the United States has restored the balance as between employers and employees and the Government is again the umpire, the neutral force that causes both sides to respond and obey...
...Settlement of the controversy between manufacturers and laborers in the automobile industry brings into bold relief two guiding principles for future industrial relations: it outlines a method for choosing the representatives through whom the NRA entitles labor to bargain collectively, and it demonstrates convincingly the logic of the conference rather than the strike method of procedure...
...right of collective bargaining through representatives of its own choosing, but failed to indicate a method of selecting those representatives. In many plants representation was given through committees elected by company unions, while outside labor unions also claimed the membership of a majority of the men. The present settlement will determine which representatives are the real choice of the laborers through a free election, held if necessary under the supervision of the National Labor Board. Minority groups will be granted proportional representation on the bargaining committees. A board representing laborers, employers, and the government will be empowered to pass...