Word: shops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back down now," declared Joseph Stefani, leader of Locals 186 and 112 who are demanding higher wages and a closed shop agreement. "I think they're going to give us something or other...
Labor leaders on the other hand insisted that the 300 A.F. of L. employee of the University has spoken and that "they won't yield an inch." They claimed their demand for a closed shop was justified, pointing out that the 10 percent who have not joined the union are enjoying the benefits of the Federation's bargaining and yet are refusing to contribute their share...
Because the A. F. of L. has such an overwhelming percentage of the kitchen workers enrolled in its ranks, the University, by refusing to allow a closed shop, "is denying the right of adequate collective bargaining," Stefani charged last night...
...leader revealed that with only three dissenting votes three hundred union members had-voted to walk out next Monday, "If we can't get a closed shop, we expect as least an increase in salaries and the removal of the compulsory insurance deduction from the pay checks...
...money's worth. For this reason labor representatives have not stopped at a reasonable agreement. Their current demands not only ask for what amounts to a 50 percent wage increase over the 1937 level, but also attacks the University's cherished pension plan and its aversion to a closed shop. True to the history of American labor, the locals are taking a mile. Or trying...