THE MOTOR INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 111, 10 April 1934, Page 7

THE MOTOR INDUSTRY.

AMERICAN STRIKE TALK. DETROIT. April 8. The labour controversy in the automobile industry again faced a crisis today as efforts at negotiation in the strike in shops producing essential parts failed. American Federation of Labour officials bitterly denounced the settlement which President Roosevelt negotiated. If the supply of parts fails, large manufacturers will probably be forced to slow down or perhaps halt production. Furthermore, there is again talk of calling a general automobile strike.

Labour leaders allege that the hoard created by the President is not moving fast enough in fulfilling their demands, and point out that unless full union recognition comes soon the production peak will have passed with little chance of a strike then being effective.

The terms of settlement provided that the Government supervise _ the polls in which labourers would irnlica.te their preference for the American Federation of Labour or a company union, with the manufacturers agreeing to abide by the decision. Thus the employers retreated from the flat stand that they would never recognise the American Federation of Labour. It then appeared that the unionisation of the vast motor industry was all but an accomplished fact, provided that the workers showed preference for the American Federation of Labour as was indicated.