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...Branded by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee as "inexcusable" last week was a recent wildcat sit-down of 43 unionists in Allegheny Steel Co.'s Brackenridge. (Pa.) plant. Jealous of its record as a responsible party to labor contracts, S. W. O. C. promptly recommended that the company dock the wildcatters a week...
...first six months of 1937. It covered the most exciting six months in GM history. During the March quarter the No. U. S. motormaker was tied up in knots by the youthful United Automobile Workers of America. During the June quarter GM was harassed by almost daily wildcat strikes unauthorized by the union. Both GM and the union are freshmen in the art of collective bargaining, and for both the second quarter proved an expensive education-for GM in profits, for the union in prestige...
Whatever the cause may be, the facts demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt the worthlessness of an agreement if the procedure created to stop strikes is ignored and wildcat or unauthorized strikes result. It cannot be said that so far the United Automobile Workers of America have proven themselves to be a responsible body, with ability to live up to their contractual obligations. Manifestly, neither industry in general, nor General Motors in particular, can be expected to long tolerate such a complete disregard of its own rights...
...Governor Murphy's State, President Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers also ordered a "purge," removing three Flint organizers and transferring an-other "because of unauthorized sit-downs." General Motors has had more than 200 "wildcat" strikes since it signed its contract last winter, and G. M. President William Knudsen announced last week that he would not negotiate a new contract until U.A.W. agreed to definite penalties for violations by its unruly members. Since the U.A.W. record is held against all C.I.O. unions. John L. Lewis dispatched John Brophy from his own staff to survey Homer Martin...
...Wildcatter (Universal): Some of New Universal's unknown actors in one of New Universal's rigidly wholesome and unimportant success dramas-showing how a wildcat oil promoter is fooled by and then fools the big companies who are trying to put him out of business...