Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Massachusetts voters will pass judgement on three proposed items of labor legislation November 2. These would: 1) ban both the closed shop and the union shop in the Commonwealth; 2) require annual election of union officers by secret ballot, and 3) prohibit any strike not authorized by a vote of the majority of all members of the striking unit...
...danger of requiring a majority vote of the entire working unit to call a strike is that the vast body of workers may be too apathetic politically to bother to vote. Foes of the referendum argue that the union may thus be deprived of its strike mechanism...
...giving up his livelihood to fight for something he supposedly believes in. There can be no apathy about so drastic an action. If a worker is willing to strike, the chances are that he is aware of his willingness and is ready to participate in the strike vote. In administering the law, it is important that the Commonwealth guarantee every union a convenient time and place for the balloting. Otherwise the law may damage the union's bargaining position...
...Populi. In St. Louis, Henry C. Mertz helpfully drove 14 people to the polls as part of his campaign for ward committeeman, later found that in their precinct he had got a total of one vote...
Alice Gilbert '49 was confirmed as the New England regional chairman, and Frederic D. Houghteling '50 received a similar vote of confidence for the treasurership. One more local figure took a place on the regional board when Robert C. Fisher '51 was elected as recording secretary...