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The Daily Journal
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
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Arbitration Committee rules to discontinue open shop principle on free bridge next Monday, employing only union workmen while retaining Assistant Superintendents Robert Graham and W. N. Johnson. Discharged workers not rehired, but sympathetic strikers allowed to return.
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The "open shop" principle on the free bridge will be discontinued next Monday.
Union workmen will be employed and Assistant Superintendents Robert Graham and W. N. Johnson will be retained in charge, according to a ruling made yesterday by the Arbitration Committee selected to settle bridge labor controversies.
No workmen who have been discharged will be re-employed, but union workmen who went on strike in sympathy with four union steamfitters who were discharged will be permitted to return to work, it was announced last night.
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Free Bridge
Event Date
Yesterday
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no re-employment for discharged workmen; union strikers permitted to return; only union workmen to be employed starting next monday
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Arbitration Committee ruling discontinues open shop principle, employs union workmen, retains assistant superintendents in charge; sympathetic strikers with four discharged union steamfitters allowed back