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)

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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 939 August 25, 1947. The lATSE is contending for a unit of employees comprised of painters, sign writers, screen artists, scenic artists. That case is now under investigation in our office. The next case is 21-R-40S8. The petitioner is the lATSE ; the companies are Cohmibia Pictures Corp. and nine other major producers and two independent producers. The lATSE is seeking a unit comprised of carpenters, millwrights, woodworking machinemen. That case is now under investigation in our office. The next case is RE petition filed by Columbia Pictures Corp. ; Hal Roach Studios, Inc. ; Loew's, Inc. ; Paramount Pictures, Inc. ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; Republic Productions, Inc.; Samuel Goldwyn, doing business as Samuel Goldwyn Studios ; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. ; Universal Pictures Co., Inc. ; and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., a petition filed by those companies alleging that conflicting claims have been presented to them by the International Association of Machinists, Cinema Lodge 1185, and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Local 789, affiliated with the A. F. of L., and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 399, affiliated with the A. F. of L. The producers filed that petition with the intent that the Board would determine which of these unions, if any, should bargain for the employees involved. In that we have the machinists' union involved. That case is now under investigation. That completes the pending R and RE cases. Mr. McCann. Mr. Chairman, I move that they be received as reference exhibits. Mr. Kearns. So ordered. {The documents referred to will be found in the files of the committee. ) Mr. Ryan. This is the last group of records that I have, and they involved closed representation cases. The first one is 21-R-2187, a petition Mr. McCann. May I suggest something, sir? Mr. Ryan. Yes, sir. Mr. McCann. They are closed representation cases ? Mr. Ryan. That is right. Mr. McCann. Then if you will be kind enough to read the numbers for the record without reading the titles, we will have the numbers in the record and we will receive the documents as reference exhibits. Mr. Ryan. All right. The first one is 21-R-2187; the second one 21-R-2252; the next is a series of cases, 21-R-2263, 2264, 21-R-2266 through 2273. The next one is 21-R-2309; the next 21-R-2464; the next 21-R-2517; and the next is the petition filed by the employers, 21_RE-20. The next is a series of cases, 21-R-2622 through 21-R-2630. The next again is another series of cases, 21-R-2783 through 21-R-2800. The next is an individual case, 21-R-3012. The next is a series of cases, 21-R-3026 through 21-R-3{)34. The next is an individual case, 21-R-3071. The next is a series of cases, 21-Rr-3137 through 21-R-3145.