Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...city many gentlemen are allowing their whiskers to grow in order to furnish a little color for the world premiere of the picture Union Pacific which will be shown this spring at three local motion picture houses. The premiere will last two days...
Employes of the Union Pacific Railway have been rather gently admonished that it will be much the best for them to allow their facial hay to grow in preparation for those two gala days. . . . Some men with beards growing have become very well pleased with the effect and several have vowed to keep their beards after the world premiere is over...
Avowed purpose of the Act is to see that workers who wish to bargain collectively with their employer may do so through a union of their own choosing. To accomplish this, the Act: 1) forbids employers to interfere in any way with the workers' choice, even if the interference benefits a supposedly bona fide union, and 2) gives the administrators discretion to make sure that when a group of workers wants a union, they get the one preferred by a majority...
Under this technique a union representative on occasion may try to "organize" an employer before his workers are organized. If the employer is "sold" before his workers accept the same proposition, the resultant agreement may or may not meet the preferences of the employes concerned, therefore may violate the Wagner Act. Many a Federationist, raised in this concept of bargaining, resents any hint that it should be suspect...
...future permit NLRB to set aside agreements only if they: 1) are with an outright company union; 2) grant a closed shop to a union which does not exclusively represent the employes covered; 3) deny a union exclusive bargaining privileges...