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43 Iii-Rm“, 00103212 4, 19-16 £2.31»sz ADVOCATE, um.st TOWN, VA. PAGE
“SEVLLI ‘
ESTABLISHED 1869 ~ INCORPORATED 1912
fig : Halltown Paper Board Co.”
And - Successors to EYSTER & SON
{. ' Manufacturers of Paper Box Boards
Mill Lining
SA ' HALLTOWN, w. VA.
To Employees of Halltown Paper Board Co:
. THE COMPANY WANTS KLL EMPLOYEES TO KNOW WHY THE UNION HAS CALLED A
STRIKE AT OUR PLANT.
AT OUR LAST CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE UNION HELD ON
MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 30, 1946, AT 2:00 P. M., THE COMPANY WAS TOLD BY JOSEPH
CARRELLA,
" S J H SPOKESMAN FOR THE " UNION, THAT THE UN ION WOULD NOT
NEGOTIATE ANY LONGER UN-
THE COMPANY AGREED TO A “UNION SHOP.”
THE‘COMPANY TOLD THE UNION THAT IT DID NOT BELIEVE THAT A “UNION
SHOP”
WAS FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES, AND THAT THE COMPANY BELIEVED
THAT ANY EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO JOIN OR NOT JOIN THE UNION.
THE UNION IS STRIKING FOR A “UNION SHOP.”
IF THE COMPANY AGREED TO A UNION SHOP THEN ALL EMPLOYEES MUST JOIN THE
UNION OR LOSE THEIR JOB. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE COMPANY WOULD BE COM-
PELLED TO DISCHARGE ANY EMPLOYEE WHO DID NOT JOIN THE UNION EVEN THOUGH THE
EMPLOYEE HAS MANY YEARS OF SENIORITY AND IS A SATISFACTORY EMPLOYEE.
UNDER A “UNION SHOP” THE OUTSIDE UNION ORGANIZER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
UN/ION BECOMES A DICTATOR OF EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU KNOW JOSEPH CARRELLA, UNION ORGANIZER, BETTER THAN YOU DO THE
COMPANY FOR WHOM YOU HAVE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS? WE DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT YOU DO.
EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITHOUT A
“UNION SHOP.”
;. ¥ ~ . Halltown Paper Board Co.
. ' A BY P.‘ P. NELSON.
/ ' .
'/ Vice Presxdent and General Manager.
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