NLRB Election For Cook Inlet Is Point r
* Of Argument Between CIO And AFL Heads
• The National Labor
Relations .Board, will
or will not, hold an
election in Cook In
^ let this year to de
termine whether CIO
or of L shall hold
bargaining rights for
Inlet fishermen. The
point of view depends
on whether the CIO or
the iJF of Jj is dis
cussing the issue.
iJF of L spokesmen
say an election has
been authorized by
the NLRB, to be held
under thq territorial-.
Department of" Labor,
and are now confi
dently awaiting the
announcement of date,
time and, place!of the
election.
CIO officials of
the . Alaska Fisher
man’s Union jus't as
confidently assort
that an NLRB official'
in Seattle has wired"
them saying the Board
will not hold an el
ection in Cook,Inlet
during the present
fiscal yep.*)- .(tyhp.ch
ends June ‘$b)u *. {- '■ •' ■
However it does
seem clear, and has
been conceded by CIO
representatives, that
the _ NLRB has agreed
that Board procedure
may be used, should an
election bo hold under
the sponsorship of the
Department oi' Labor .
f<fe an while, feovirnor
Ernest Gruening of Al
aska, now in Washing
ton, D. C., voiced a]
urgent app 3 Cl 1 to the
NLRB to intervene in
the Cook Inlet tangle.
Governor Gruening
termed the present si
tuation one which can
become “wholly ruinous
to the economy and de
velopment“ of the ter
ritory.
. ■. MLR S’ bfficials ans
wered the governor by
saying that thene are
wo funds’^ for an elec
tion this year. It is
estimated that an el
ection would cost -11
000 or about ^9 each
for all Cook Inlet fi
shermen •
* Governor Gruening
told * Washington of
ficials that it is
very possible the sit
uation may become much
worse ’before it gets
better. He said no
; c apnery ' f re ight was »„
being loaded in Se
attle, and that it is
possible iilaskan pas
senger vessels may be
come strikebound in
order to prevent can
nery workers from
sailing north.
BALTAIOR'S
Variety. Notion &News Store
_Seldovia, Alaska_
• NLRB heads told the
governor that the sit
uation is complex and
confused and that un
ions are making no
effort to clear up
'i the situation# It
was stated that if
both unions could get
together and clear up
issues involved, the
quickest way to set
tle thb dispute would
be by an election,
terms and .details of
which could, be agreed
upon by both unions#
This is termed a
'consent election.”
Under present rul
ings, hearings must
be held before the
NLRB Ccin hold an el
ection. ^ Board
spokesman reported
that the ^.F of L re
fuses to end its
strike, even for a
hearing.
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