LDC~L LINES ATTENTION, PRESS SECRETARIES All lottors concerning Christmas parties must be reo celved at the 1.0 . on or belore February 15, <strong>1984</strong> . Christmas reports received after that dale will not be printed Thank you lor your cooperation. Labor Issues Swing As Pendulum L U. II,em,'p.8I. " II, ST. LOUIS, MO.- Five yun have pnsed Since we witnessed the "m,ude <strong>of</strong> '18" In whICh PfopoJUion 2.3 10'11 defealed by a dramallC "ass lOOts oUlpounn, at Ihe pollln, places, but, as SWings Ihe pcndulum <strong>01</strong> lime to also Iwmgl Ihe rcsulgcoce <strong>of</strong> ilSuu-"nVIl'w" 10'0' 11."" back In MltsoUll t keccndy the N.llonll " ItLVH·IO·Wo. k" Commlltee opened a Held <strong>of</strong>Hce ,n Stdaha, perh.ps J(eklll, 10 caphlUze on Ihe geo,,'phlul unemployment In Ihe "ale's WUlern Ilea, bU I, whelhu Ihe mcanl thi_ Ume" a populi. rcierendum Or possibly di.ect IC81II.uve acllOO, Ihe ,oal " the .""'c-Cnco.:le ,heIT creed In ttlte 10_ To "asp In perspeCllve how labo. ,uues SWIn, U Ihe pC:ndulum, ooe un look h.c k 10 Ihe tu, " bulent limes <strong>of</strong> the Crut lXple,.,on when mil .. hoos wue unemployed and memolles <strong>01</strong> bloody labol/ management conilonlllloni Were fresh OUI <strong>of</strong> Ihe lurbulence came Ihe Dnll 8aco n Act in 193 1 whICh SCI plrv"hn, waIn for CQ05IruClion conuaels on publoc work., II was lollowed In 11132 by the NOlln·L,CUatdll ACI whICh sel hmllallon ~ on rudic,,1 inluncllons "daled 10 ~tnku, plckellng. aDd boycott5_ In 19.1S camc Soc,,! Sccullly .nd Ihe mon slgmflcant labol law evel enleled In thu, counlry, Ihe WI8Jler Ael il fIla/loteed in law In Uld,vldual'l nghl 10 ro.n I unIOn, barg"n colleenvdy through eleelcd ,ell,escnllllvu, eopge In "cancelled aCIIVIllCS far mUlual .,d and plO' tccllon," Ind empowered Ihe NLR8 10 hold &CClel elecuons, StOp employcl .nll·umon .CIIVIIICS, .,.. bllllle gnevlnces, and te.n".le WOlkCII fi.ed 1<strong>01</strong> uOlon IC"Vllles r he W.JOe. Atl, loll owed In 1936 by Wallh·Healey, whICh 51aodard,ted the el,h, hour day, was eonullullon.Jly upheld by the Su' prcme Court In 1937 with a deCllIOO Wlltten by Cblef IU~IILe Hu&"cs If Ihe lXprcnlon ended wllh Ihe enco •. hficllion <strong>of</strong> wo rkers' ngh" cngraved 10 the I,w <strong>of</strong> the land, the POll WII yean wele to plove Ih&llhe pendulum $ ....,np back The 1946 mld' lerm eleclloM .... w Repubhcan domm.nce <strong>of</strong> Con"en and grudy s"cn,lhened OI'PO'IIIOn 10 Ibe g.m, guarantecd 1ft the Wagne, Act. tkspne a ve'D by Plcsideol Trum.n In 11147, the Taf,-Hanlty ACI ..,as!led bolh Conglcss.onal houses. ThiS law, which John l. LeWII lermed " Ihe firS I ugly, uvage thlust <strong>of</strong> fnClsm In Amenca," blnoed the closed shop, secondary boYCOIIS, .nd juns·thellonal wOlk 1I0Ppa,e, IClnslnuled lud,c,.1 10lunCllon, provided .. hSI <strong>of</strong> unl. " labor P"CIICCI appliclhle 10 labor un.onl Wllh U fl O ... S penalllCi. and . ulplssed ex .. isun, lederal law by empowell", .UIU to adopt restriCtive " 1I,hHO' WOlk" .IIIUIU. Labor oppo' sLlion to Ih.SleI cDnll nued Ihrough the next decade bU I ....., somcwbat s.lenced by • Cong/enional amendment !lithe 1959 Landrum·CntHn AeI, ... hich prOVides seVele penalllCi 'l"n~1 I.bu, o."n,u" lions 1<strong>01</strong> vlolallons <strong>of</strong> ilS prov".ons. With Ihe era <strong>of</strong> the '60. Came a new nallonal admlnlstralion .nd • new ume <strong>of</strong> turbulence .nd social Ch.nle. With the governmcnt~1 Ul attuned 10 locial aClivism, II could Iiso hur iu 1 .... 10, libo. aC livllm: again encodemenl In 1,10' .efleeted aCli v· ,~m and Ihe welfare <strong>of</strong> Ihe majo. ilY, Ih" would lUI 1<strong>01</strong> aDolhel doz.en ~."" .• The Equal r.y Act 10'11 Ilgned inlO law In 1116.3, the CIVil RI,hls AC I in 1964, OSHA 10 1971, and ERI SA In 1974. Somewhele in Ihe I.tc. '70. leJll.I .ctions belln III .win, full lurn a 1915 p'Clldential VC ID <strong>01</strong> leglSlalloo concerning III U5 plckellng could nOI tIC' .eveued by I wo Democratlclll y controlled HOU'CI, the 1978 Humphrey Hlwkin. Full Employment BtU IIiled 10 pus the ConVul1 but In , ha l lime YUt <strong>of</strong> 1978 I" QJIO',uon 13 IRTW I wenl down dlrce 10 IWO btClUS
Picnic Awards Honorees • Rowley. , Local 17 Ratifies New Contract L.U. 17 [o&u), DETROIT, MI CII._WIIl! the 6·17. UTT Unn, neiallatlons WCIC compLNd, Ihe ncw conn acl was ratified September 22, 1983, and became dfccuvc October J, 1983 We halle had a lew call-ou" lor OUI T·2s and arC hopmg 10 pick up morc as the monlh goes on. AI , he OClober 13 Tree Tnmmer, Evaluation Commutee Mccunj;. scvc.d ucc UlmmU5 were promoted 10 T·lJ and lourneyman cbss,ficallon Con,.nulatlon5, B,OI h· er., for a ,ob well done A, the cuy <strong>of</strong> Wyandollc, Bill BUlltr lin lUi! been app
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