Jurisdictional disputes in the motion-picture Industry : hearings before a special subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first-session, pursuant to H. Res. 111 (1948)

MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 461 We feel that we should endeavor to eliminate the continual friction and bickering that goes on at the present time. "We will greatly appreciate early consideration of this brief and any suggestions that may be offered. Hoping this information will clarify what we are up against in trying to get the jurisdiction which we feel we are entitled to and that you will be able to get together with the committee and help their decision on jurisdiction in the studio controversy, I remain, Fraternally yours, Li. M. Wickland, Business Manager. Special Officers, Guards, Watchmen, Motion Picture] Studio Poicemen, Fire Control and Prevention, Local 193, July 31, 19^6. Mr. Dan Flanagan, Special Representative, American Federation of Labor, Los Angeles 14, Calif. Dear Sir and Brother : Confirming our telephone conversation of July 31, I wish to advise you that the directive of the three-man committee of the American Federation of Labor has worked out very well as far as local 193, BSEIU is concerned with one minor exception on the RKO's lot which I am confident can be ironed out smootlily with the lATSE local with whom this problem exists. We are very well pleased and feel that the ironing out of the jurisdictional problems and the stipulation of jurisdiction has eliminated much unnecessary feuding in the labor movement. We still have a problem with the common laborers and hod carriers who have pirated our workers and it seems the two international presidents are unable to come to a conclusion. If an appeal could be made through you or called to the attention of the A. F. of L. council to decide this jurisdictional problem on these handful of watchmen, the entire membership of this organization I am sure will be very grateful for your assistance. Fraternally yours, Tkd Camp, Secretary-Treasurer. Building Service Employees, Local No. 278, Hollyivood, Calif., August 1, 19JfG. Mr. Dan Flanagan, American Federation of Labor, Los Angeles, Calif. Dear Sir and Brother : This letter is to confirm our telephone conversation wherein I told you that local No. 278, BSEIU, has experienced no difficulty with the jurisdictional award of the three-man committee in the matter of union jurisdiction in Hollywood. We are satisfied with their award as it has been working out. Fraternally, (Signed) John J. Lyons, Business Agent, Local No. 278 BSEIU. Memorandum re 1945 Hollywood Strike historical background of antagonism between iatse and certain other afl internationals Roots of the present jurisdictional dispute are bedded deep in past history of the American Federation of Labor — nationally as well as in Hollywood. Long before labor's first move to organize the Hollywood studios (1916), the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) had been involved elsewhere in national jurisdictional quarrels with some of the large craft unions — the same major craft unions now on strike in Hollywood. IATSE and the craft unions involved were and are members of the A. F. of L. The record shows that over a period of more than 30 years, these A. F. of L. groups have clashed in a series of major jurisdictional wars. Each such war has been followed by a compromise agreement which produced what in reality