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Farmers Advocate
Charles Town, West Virginia
October 4, 1946     Farmers Advocate
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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. V