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)

1508 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. Walsh. Any men working under the lATSE today are working under a closed-shop contract. Anybody working in Hollywood under the lATSE today is working under a closed shop. Mr. McCann. Are lA men now doing the carpenters mill and main- tenance work previously done before September 2»3, 1946, by car- penters ? Mr. Walsh. There are lA men working in the mills, absolutely. In fact, we wish they were all IA men. Mr. McCann. Those are all the questions. (By authority of the chairman, the following excerpt is included in the record from the minutes of the meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C, May 15-22, 1946:) The council considered the protest of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and .Joiners of Ameriea asrainst tlie acceptance of the decision of the executive council committee on the Hollywood jurisdictional dispute. The following memorandum on the case was read: Under date of May 9, 1946. Secretary Frank Duffy of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joinei-s of America, transmitted copy of a resolution which was unanimously adopted by the twenty-fifth annual convention Of the United Brotherhood of Cnrpenters and .Joiners of America. He stated: '•In conformity with the action of the twenty-fifth fJeueral convention, unani- mously concurring- in the resolution presented by Studio Carpenters Local Union 946, the general executive board directed me, as Sfucral secretary, to send to the executive council of the American Federation of Labor a copy of the resolution (known as Resolution No. 60) as presented to the twenty-fifth .general convention, and demand immediate restoration to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America jurisdiction over work that rightfully belongs to members of our organization." The resolution referred to reads as follows: "Whereas the Studio Carpenters Local Union 946, Hollywood, Calif., having been on strike 35 weeks over jurisdiction of work rightfully belonging to the carpenters; and "Whereas the executive council of the American Federation of Labor ordered the termination of the strike, and a committee of three, comprised of vice presi- dents of the American Federation of Labor were appointed to review the studio situation; and "Whereas they handed down a directive which would give work that rightfully belongs to the carpenters to the lATSE : Now, therefore, be it "Resoh'ed, That this convention go on record protesting the action of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor in accepting the report of the subcommittee and igjioring the fact that the general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was not given an opportunity by the subcommittee of the American Federation of Labor to present claims of jurisdiction for the work in question ; therefore be it further "Resolved, That this convention instruct the general executive board of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America to protest to the execu- tive council of the American Federation of Labor against the action of the execu- tive council in accepting the report of the subcommittee in issuing the directive which they did, and ask immediate restoration to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America jurisdiction over the work that rightfully belongs to them." Vice President Hutcheson stated that this is the unanimous action of the con- vention of the brotherhood and the situation is worse now than it has ever been and is getting worse. He stated the question arises whether the council wants to deal with it now or whether the council wants to wait until it gets worse and then do something about it. Vice President Hutcheson contended that the way things are going now eventu- ally the carpenters won't have any men in that work at all and then the brotherhood will demand that the federation do something. He stated they are asking it now. President Green stated that a strong feeling apparently exists out there among the local representatives of the brotherhood which was expressed by one of their delegates to the Lakeland convention.