STRIKE COMPROMISE

Inangahua Times, 29 March 1934, Page 3

STRIKE COMPROMISE

j CAUSES MORE TROUBLE. MANY UNEMPLOYED. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, March 27. The automobile strike compromise, cabled on Sunday, seems rather to have produced a controversy than settled one. While the Government will supervise elections and determine Union preferences, the manufacturers have agreed to abide by their decision. A close scrutiny of the agreement reveals that it provides for multiple collective bargaining, that is, while the majority of the men may wish an American Federation of Labour, the representation of minorities may desire company unions or radical organisations to speak for them, and all must be recognised by the employers. This is sure to lead to illimitable confusion and is regarded by some American Federation Labour men as .a distinct loss of ground in their campaign to gain predominance. The American Industrial Labour Legislation is calculated to clarify the situation, pending Congress has been subjected to renewed attacks, and will possibly be so emasculated to be but another compromise vexing the problem. Some observers see the Unionists becoming exasperated with their continued failure to achieve their complete ;aims, and are now preparing to fight the issue with more widespread strikes. Two thousand seven hundred and four men struck at the Camden, New Jersey, shipbuildings’ plant to-day, halting the construction of three cruisers apd six other Naval vessels. The strike is threatening the coal Industry, while railway labour negotiations are still fruitless. The American Federation of Labour estimates that while 350,000 were re-employed in the industry in February, 11,375 thousand are still unemployed throughout the Nation, one of the highest estimates since the Roosevelt recovery drive.