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Page ACCION Saturday, March 15, 1947.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE Bulgaria Enacts Broad WARNING TO THE UNWARY TO STEWARDS as Wagner Act By PRUDENCIO CORDERO Unions are considered so important in postwar Bulgaria that a special law has been word of information to our bor laws and by so doing are passed guaranteeing a paid fellow workers so they will not able to line their pockets at THE FOLLOWING IS MESSAGE FROM leave to any worker elected be fooled by those white slave the expense of the poor work.
dealers.
as a delegate to a national or They are not only er. Having sold the men they PHILLIP MURRAY, PRESIDENT OF THE regional labor conference.
guilty of bringing women here go on their merry way leaving CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANI. ing day at New labor laws set the work to work in night clubs. They their victims without recourse a maximum of also bring men here to work when they lose their jobs.
ZATIONS, TO CIO STEWARDS.
eight hours and the maximum for PRA. certain pansie They do not last very long and for night shifts at six hours. brings men from Rio Hato and are thrown out like dogs, as Young people from 14 to 16 San Carlos and then sells them. happened in the case of a wor.
The following is a message nagement continues hostile are allowed to work six hours These men are called money ker recently who had to be put from Phillip Murray, Presi obstruction. But the union can at most and no one under 14 gods or owners of slavery. On in hospital by the chief of dent of the Congress of In and must preserve its own in is allowed to work. The law the 10th of February, Organi the Labor Office. He later industrial Organizations, to CIO tegrity and permit the full binds employers to pay equal zers Cordero and Atherton, the formed the President of the Re stewards.
functioning of democracy, in wages to men and women. President of the CIO and the public, Don Enrique Jimenez. of Over the years have learn spite of obstructions in its Workers are guaranteed a Chief of the Labor Office To these outrages, since those who ed that constructive industrial path. Furthermore, believe minimum of 15 consecutive mas Arauz, made a visit to are in charge little care what relations rest on four points that the unions with the most days paid vacation a year. the PRA Labor Camps at La happens to the workers. Bro1. The assumption and dis progressive educational prac new law is now pending which Joya and we were informed thers: watch out for these charge of responsibility. tices are most apt to broaden will raise the minimum vaca that these men violate our la white slave dealers.
Responsibility cannot be the area of mutual respect betion to 18 days.
discharged until it is accep tween workers and employers For the first time, all Bulted. And when it is accepted and thus to build union segarian workers are now proit should be acted upon. For curity, tected by insurance funds example, the CIO is commit Complete acceptance by which cover industrial accited to the responsibility of management of the fact orga dents, occupational diseases, educating its members. There nization by workers.
old age and health insurance, fore, this manual to help shop The CIO cannot force this. as well as special grants for committeemen and stewards But it can impress upon ma marriage and childbirth.
with their special responsibi nagement the sincerity of lities provides further proof union ideals, by training union that our national organization personnel to function as effecmeans what it says.
tively possible. Because Peruvian Workers continuing conscious union personnel is handicap Give in to Government educational process.
ped in an environment of sus Appeal Won Most of Both labor and management picion and distrust, it must be their Demands need educational programs to convinced, through legitimate help them carry out their res and reasonable assistance, of LIMA (ALN. Five thouspective and mutual responsi management good faith. and Peruvian copper miners, bilities. In my opinion, a meet know, and management will on strike against the Wall ing of minds involves a cons learn, that workers cooperate Street owned Cerro de Pasco cious effort to learn and un heartily when their union is Copper Co. since Jan. 1, have derstand Mutual confidence accepted and secure and when returned to work in response doesn always come easy. It they, personally, play an imto a government appeal. The must be created. Human rela portant part.
workers won most of their detionships must be developed, On these four points, a har mands for higher wages and sometimes slowly. These things monious collective bargaining improved conditions and agreed are not often spontaneous. pattern depends.
to arbitrate the rest.
And from They must be fostered through such a pattern, increased proaction. We of the CIO have ductivity results. Since inpioneered with educational creased productivity benefits programs geared to develop the union, the employer and, Austrian Youth ing these goals. This booklet in the long run, the entire represents a further attempt nation, the four points are of Movement Declared to establish stable labor ma utmost importance. The job of Legal nagement relationships, putting them into effect rests through the training of cap largely on the men who inter VIENNA (ALN) The AusLABOR able shop stewards and com pret the collective bargaining trian government got a polite Oh! For the love of INDIAN mitteemen.
HELPS INDO CHINA agreement. Therefore, the rank rebuke from the Allied Conof Money The security inte and file union leader, the one trol Council when it tried to Labor is taking a prominent grity of the union designated closest to the men in the shop, hand over the responsibility HAVANA (ALN) Cuban part in a nationwide moveby the workers to represent must be adequately prepared to ACC for banning the Union them.
to start the ball rolling in the of Democratic Students. The catttle bosses, copying the tac ment to help the people of Viet Nam (Indo China) in Here, too, both union and right direction.
Austrian government claimed tics of the meat trust, their battle for independence management are involved.
the student body was illegal The members cannot make PHILLIP MURRAY because it was engaging in po have announced they will halt from France. Vice Pres.
Dange of the All India Trades their union secure when maPresident, CIO.
litical action, and Allied rules the sale of meat until prices Union Congress has called on restrict such activity to political parties. The Allied Coun are jacked up or price controls Indian workers to refuse to load ships carrying troops or cil now says the Union is ab removed altogether. Only re supplies to the pre war French solutely legal. The World Fecolony. Recruitment of volunderation of Democratic Youth cently the price for live cattle teers to serve in the Viet Nam protested vigorously against the Austrian government acwas raised from 3cl. to 8c. a armed forces is going on under the auspices of the Indian Natl.
tion.
pound.
Congress.
The Management of the Monaco Gardens in the City of Colon have invited the membership of Local 713 to attend a festival held specifically for the workers.
On Saturday, March 15, beginning at 8:00 and STEWARD TORTOISE STEWARD RA B T UPW C10 Steward Tortoise ambled some job and one that he could down through the shop in not tackle since they had long search of something to do. As since ceased to pay him and he plunked down the lanes he only because he had not wondered why so much argu enough time to go around.
ments existed beween the fore THIS IS VERY GOOD men and the workers. Ob EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF viously, something had to be STEWARD IT NOT done. But, thought he, it was GOOD TO BE.
Steward Rabbit worked in grievance was settled in a hur were kept on the line by their another shop. The employees ry. Every employee paid his steward.
worked daily without unneces Union dues, or Steward Rab THIS IS VERY GOOD sary chatter and complaints bit and other members got EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF againts the management or after him. All workers know STEWARD IT GOOD workers were few. Every their grievance procedure and TO BE. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO