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(44) TF! . 10/7/40 Thateher to FL. RP. The Company has continued to aleotey the ecurt order and the Kational Labor Zelations Act im en cutraceous meaner. Fach day results in ever fiscrenstag distatecretion in the paske of the “nine workers usioa.* (45) BU, bee ¥. The Conpaay's attitede eléarly Gemonstrates that it te deterninnd to feree {te euplayees te Join a unies of its owe ehoosing. The company refused to negotiate vith boeal $4 until Anvuct 8, 1929, although the erder vas entered by the ¥.%.2.7F. er about Angust 16, 1938, daring whieh time the coapany aid ot attenct to eperate the nine, In Seteber, 1939, when negotiations were in precress and while the Progressives were waiting for sgtion on a prevesed ecoatract patmitted by it the company arbitrarily metified ite ecapleyees te re- tara to work vithout having reached an agreenent. After the eine reopened the sonpaay recognized Salted as rap- Teaentetives of the employees, The company refueed to grant the Progreceives the check off or closed shoo features of the eoatract it granted United al though other mines ia the state operated under ouch a contract. , On February 15, 1939, the eompeny stated it would sigh ne coatract with the Progressives but after an Investigation by the regional director of the F.L.R.2. stated 1¢ would sagetiate. After chargea were nade to the ¥,5,2.3. She company agreed te certain phaser of the contract dat demonstrated bad faith by re- fusing to follow agreed precodure in the handling of disputes. During the uegotiations Elshoff stated te a representative ef the Progressives thet he did sot lite thet orgenizatioa and vould mot agree to caything te help {t and intended to de everrthing he eould to helo destroy it. Phe company ignored all requests of Lecal 64 to meet te Begotiate and failed to attend seetiags arranged sad finelly on faly 2D, 1940, refused to naet repfeseatativea at Leenl 54 without aiving eny reason for it. The “swpany has failed te offer seach eupleye: ca the permancat pay-rell ea May 12, 19°57, lemediste anf fell reinstatement to the position they than held. The semcany bee vielated the court order that acw emplayees should aot be hited te ae the enne verk as fgracr -sployees aatil the latter have dena of- . Yared these position. “— :