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Once again the Progressive Miners got it in the neck. They started a cam paign of organization in the coal fields of Alabama. A flock of organizers back d by the American Federation of Labor with a big slush fund, invaded that state and tried to coax members of the United Mine Workers of America to de sert this union and join the outlaw crowd. But they had no luck. In fact, the Progressives have no members in Alabama. But just to make a bluff, they filed a petition with the National Labor Relation Board asking the board to order an election among the miners of that state for the selection of the sole and exclusive bargaining agency for the men employed in the mines. Progressives claimed they had a ma jority among the miners. As required by law, the Labor Relations Board made an exhaustive investigation of the situ ation, and then it dismissed the petition. The board said it found the Progres sives did not have enough members in the state to bargain with or for any one.
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Spring Valley Bureau County Democrat
Spring Valley, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 23, 1939
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