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2,700 Are Idle as Result of Sit-Down Strike by 83 Men.r.Entire Plant Down as Framej Discrimination. i IS ENCOURAGEDJanesville. Vis.. April 23.—CAP) ij —Twenty-seven hundred General Enrollment Ahead of .Same ; Motors employes, were inrowninto idleness today when a group1 Day .Last l ear.of union workers on the frame* -Tine in the Chevrolet Motor com- First forma! reports of the panv refused to work. workers in campaign for renewal.“ Cessation of work on the frame and enrollments of memberships ^ line forced a halt in operations in in the Cooperative Concert asso-. n , the motor factory and in the Fish- eiation were made Thursday night •n er Body companj- plant. to the headquarters in the Y. M. **a.' Company and union officials C. A.declined to discuss the dispute, but The check-up revealed that the . n ; report^ were that 63 frame line enrollment was ahead of the same .workers sat down at their jobs in period in last year’s campaign, a protest against alleged discrim- There still remain many former ie ination against a union worker. members and prospective ir.cn-, The employe, a member of the bers to be called on. e United Automobile Workers' un- The campaign closes Saturday d ion. had been ill for several days. n5-hI at 6 o'clock and no further .:ne reports said, and upon return- memberships will be sold after a ;ng to work was giver. ^ different xhat time. President H. r. Wonder 15 job. ... requests that all workers ande * G. Frazer. Chevrolet plant. those assisting ir. any way with e .manager, and Elmer Yenney. pres- the campaign make their final re-n j ;dem of tne union local, said tney ^orts before 6 o'clock Saturday ]had no statements to make. night-
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Newark Advocate
Newark, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 23, 1937
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