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— Union Busters Slapped] me Wagner Labor Relations Act w be us stantialy reinforced in two mor rulings Monday. Both of them are nly since they hit directly against a | number of methods employers have used | recently in their efforts to circumscribe the , law of the land. | First, the court slapped the employer who schemes to stall and delay certification of a union as a collective bargaining agent while he pulls strings to whittle down its . majority among the workers through favor- itism, discharge or other such familiar methods. No matter what happens while the case is pending, the court ruled, the union retaing its right to bargain for the workers, Only last week the War Labor Board |moted that employers are increasingly chal- jlenging the rights of unions to bargain fo workers, fishing out all sorts of excuses obviously for no other purpose than to dis turb labor relations stability to a point of provoking strikes. The other ruling of the court slapped down an employer who, after recognizing a - union, continued to enter into “individual contracts” with workers, in ‘effect bribing them with temporary favoritism, if they - ! would break with the union. This action was a logical follow-up of the recent ruling re- \ | affirming a ban on “yellow dog” contracts. | va Such decisions are especially timely today . Lt in view of an inclination among some reat- = NDEXET I | tionary employers to shake themselves away a a from union contracts in preparation for their re an | post-war plans. The earlier the law of the NOT eos RDED land is put before such employers in specific an i | j}terms, as the court has done in a numberf v. APR 15 1844 ilof\yecent cases, the more healthy it will be!’ foy\\ebor-employer, relations generplly. A TO nae ee a ee ge ete ee Tent This isa clipping fran page iA of the DAJLi “JORKSR Date _ Lod. SG YS eS Clipped 4 the Sat of BSAPR 18 194g" a sevorment ~