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yEMPIRE LOSESC0N\IN 1UNDER RULINGFRCUF EXAMINERHe Holds Company Is En-gaged in Unfair LaborcingEmployes—Firm W illHam] In a u2Mrs. 1widowtown(Goodythat shFile Exceptions.IPIn an intermediate report made public today, Charles. E. Persons, a trial examiner for the national labor relations board, held that the Empire District Electric Company has engaged in and is engaging in unfair labor practices affecting 'commerce” under the labor act byinterfering with, restraining and JThrei visitors men b' pertain and im Arno: Mass., -origina al to final ei tenary ship” v ing- las Mrs. gatheri Biasportanl(from T ~ -coercing its employes0 * in tne ex-ericise of their; rights.Persons/ who presided in the trial of the Empire District case here last May and June, recommended that the company cease and desist from interfering with, restraining or coercing its employes,” and that it cease and desist” from discouraging membership in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.The decision, which included a lengthy finding of facts” reviewing the testimony, found in favor of the complainingr International Brotherhood on all issues exceptthe cases of three discharged ejn-«ployes.Persons gave the Empire District10 days in which to comply with the requirements he set forth and to file a report with the KLRB accepting his recommendations. He |j decreed that unless the power •company does comply, the matter be referred forthwith to the national labor relations board and that the said board issue an order requiring the respondent to take such action aforesaid.”Copies of the examiner’s reportthank this hiiHU!ATINot©doiWas United today the at on a lt;Wednlt;of 14 : On Hull, jC. Gr-Japan Which “My presswere received here today by both * the union and the electric company. ° nJames E, Harsh, vice presidentandpire District, declined to comment on it pending a study of the document. A. E. Spencer, jr., of Empire District counsel, said upon receipt of the report that the company will file exceptions to the rexaminer’s findings and will ask for a hearing before the laborboard.W. A. Cox, a field representative for the electrical workers’ union, said the union reserves the right to file exceptions. He called a meeting of the full membership of the Joplin local for 2:30 o’clock next . Sunday afternoon to hear the report read and discussed, and to decide whether the recommendations are to be accepted without exceptions by the union.In specific cases complained of in the hearing, Persons' findings and recommendations were as follows:That the company engaged in unfair labor practices by discharging and refusing to re-employ Mitchell Vaughan, Ned C. Barkley, W. S. Monson and H. Tabor*, that the four men be offered immediate andfull reinstatement to their former positions without prejudice to their seniority, and that all four men be given back pay “for any losses of pay they may have suffered by reason of the respondent’s discrimination.”That the company offer to restore Hugh Oreutt, T. T. Alexander, Claude Biddlecome and Clyde P. Dilworth to the positions held by them before their transfer withintent to coerce and intimidate them in their union activities, without prejudice to their seniority, wages and other rights and privileges.”That the union’s complaint as toof Ancombs-eiviliarecogi cial s* uled £Bui tack public The Ameri field, three The “not ccan n loss Vcan pAmerstantitionalcomp*liner)Tok States tonigi gover of a (JaparSouthThe were ferem Kensi for flt; stood took were lives venec1 that 1 trals by th(Tf H. D.capecseng€ are bernmteres — - _ planeFred Walters, Jack Pritchard and iB. D. Stevens be dismissed by the | owneboard, it being the finding of theexaminer that there was insuffi-*cient evidence to prove that thesemen were discharged because ofany union activities. The examineradded tfiat in the case of Stevensthere was insufficient evidence tojustify any determination.The examiner stated in his report that “the record is replete with evidence regarding individual acts of interference, coercion and intimidation in union affairs by supervisory (Officials of the company,” and that *uch acts were for the purpose of discrediting the union and thereby discoui*aging membership in it.”He directed that the company ‘cease and desist from discourag-HyPresihe acomping i day. Th _____ _ _ . _ stateing membership in the Internation- at hi *1 Brotherhood of Electrical Work- '2i*s or any other labor organization,□y discrimination in regard to nire or tenure of employment or condition of employment.”He further recommended that theHe to hi uatia new Fa dentcompany post immediately in conspicuous places in its plants throughout the Tri-State area in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and maintain for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, notices to its employes stating (1) that re-land(Continued on Page 4)»1MillsoppoThon t hadalretservi
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, Aug 26, 1938
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