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 1333 Miami, Fla., February 8, 1938. H. S. BOUGHTON, Bu.sinrs.s Af/cnt. Buildin<i Tntdcs Council, 122 North Sou Joaquin Strctt, Stockfon, Calif.: Decisions of American Federation of Labor and building trades department as set foi-th in printed jianipldet issue<l by executive council sets fortli tbe juris- diction of the Interntitional Association of Machinists over tlie buildin.u, as- senililins", erectiiiir, dismantling, and repairing of machinery in machine shops, buildings, factories, or elsewliere where machinery may be used. This informa- tion is sent you in accordance with action of executive counciL William Green. Miami, Fla., Februart/ 6, 1938. R. W. Upsiiaw, Assistant Manager, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.: Decision of American Federation of Lalior and l)uilding trades department as set fortii in tiie printed pamphlet I sent you sets forth the Jurisdiction of the International Association of Machinists over the building, assembling, erecting, dismantling and repairing of machinery in machine shops, buildings, factories, or elsewliere where machinery may be used. This information is sent you in accordance with action of executive council. William Green. THE carpenters' POSITIOX Within a few weeks after issuance of the above-quoted telegrams, the general president of the cari^enters' union notified the A. F. of L. executive council that the carpenters' union would not accept the A. F. of L. convention's decision relating to the machinists" union .jurisdiction, and furtlier advised that if President William Green did not stop issuing telegrams to officially confirm tlie n]a<'hinists' union jurisdiction the carpenters' union would stop paying per capita tax to A. F. of L. Rather than tell the carpenters' union tliat they would not be intimidated by demands and threats from a union which refuses to abide by a convention decision, tlie A. F. of L. executive council resorted to appease-, ment and yielded to the demand of the carpenters' union by instructing President William Green to stop issuing telegrams setting forth the jurisdiction of the machinists' union. 194.3, THE I. A. OF M. ACTS Thereafter, for more than 4 years our grand lodge endeavored to have the A. F. of L. officers carry out the above-referred-to definite instructions by the 1014 A. F. of L. convention. Failing in these efforts, our members, during April 1S4.''>, by referendum, voted to withdraw from the A. F. of L. Several months thereafter the officers of the A. F. of L. urged the I. A. of M. to return to the A. F. of L. with the promise that upon our as.'^ociation's return thev would do everytliing within their power to assist in the handling of our jurisdictional problems. It was natural for the members of our executive council to believe the A. F. of L. officers would can-y out their promise bv con- forming to the instructions they received from the 1014 A. F. of L. convention. On our return to the A. F. of L. in the fall of ]04.3. tbe grand lodge issued to the A. F. of L. a check in the aniout of $4.^,281.78 as payment for delinnuent per capita tax during the few months we were outside the A. F. of L. Unfor- tunately, instead of keeping their promise, the officers of the A. F. of L. enlarged on tbe assistance they were giving the opposing unions who were raiding the membership and trespassing upon the jui'isdiction of the machinists' union. T, A. OF M. CONVENTION. 104.5 Finally, following further efforts to brine: to an end the discrimination suffered by the machinists' union since Anril 1038 rthe date the A. F. of D. executive council reversed their position following tbe carpenters' threat to stop paving per canita tax) to chansre our stepchild status and give our union a square deal the dplegates to the 104.T grand lodge convention adopted a proposal which the general menibershin by refercndnin voted, in excess of 4 to 1, to deffr per capita tax payments to the A. F. of L. until such time as the A. F. of L executive