fRBCEDKNT ESTABLISHED
Following if an exoerpt taken from a
Ipttyir written to Jim Downey By Ted Nak
Mty$ ppjijpril 16th t
m $you* JJm* as Well aa other membere of
y tye FpFtr may recall that last year Z men
tlonal ^ai someone made the statement the
they would see that I would not haws* a j*1
fishing in Bristol Bay duo to my Union
activities in favor of BfFJ* X filed un
fair labor 'oharges against the Company*
John ^eisn^ss handled my case and*notified
me yesterday that I won the oaae and that
j| ohf<?jc^or the average earnings of tho
mtie^en^last year'is readyf for me to
pdofc up# "Jim, I believe thisv should be of
terrific value as a precedent In establish
ing the rights of good Union men under the
National Labor Relations Aot**’
Those who were aware of this oase prior
to this publication will be glad to know
the outcome*
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APRIL 29th J,
(o.*and not in each others neoka as the
current method of oonoealppntiYould aeen
to lndioate,**) “i:.
According to a letter reocrivad by Jim
Downey on April 16th from Commissioner
Alb In L« Peter aon of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service, the Industry*
• through oontaota made with Hr• W«C
> la desirous of effecting in agreamenl nliu
the BSFC aa abon aa possible and If wJ .Vis
ing to resume negotiation^ when requested
to do ao by this Federal Mediation S^rvioec,
.Wo definite dace was suggested for Jhe
meeting'between representa^ivoa ni riSFrT
and AS I hePause kr * ^eter^o*: has previous
oommitmehts in Fairbanks Anchorage that
require hie attention! when he is free, he
will have only three days during which he
will be able to participate In the meeting,
Mr. Peterson states further that this should
be time enough to oonclude contract nego
tiations if both aides will evidence a
sincere desire to reach an agreement.
As soon as the available date for this
meeting is known* Mr* Peterson will advise
Mr* Downey and Mr* Arnold with the hope
that 36-hours notice will allow sufficient
time to give proper notice to any jnambors
desired in attendance* 4
Meetings as outlined above will be .hej.d
at Naknek Village* «. .
HELP FOR RESIDENT I’ISHKKMBU
On Tueclay# April 15# Father End&l left
town for Anchorage where ha will broadcast
Lovor UFQD on irsuss of the Bristol‘Bay r*»
\eldent fishermen a nd Alaska Salmon Indust rye
On the evening of hie arrival* he ap*
peered before a *Aoeting of the Anchorage
Central Labor Counoil and requested funds
to buy fcodl a no o*ritioel moe^fiiuieo for
the destitute faxillae in fhj buy areaa
The oounoil voted to act on the reqBst and
all delegates fror. mabr Too.Is we’e itw
struct©! to press for Mmntlal aii from
their looal unionn..*to xsais.. fc.,000 resi
dent Alaskan f?so*m n fi*2 d^novy ror^err
over th s rsxt Ism not:the (^eg s Pour)