Miami Labor Citizen

Sportswear Strike Settlement Culminates With Love Feast

STRESSING the fact that the ILGWU fights when it has to but when the fighting is over and the strike settled, they give their wholehearted support to helping the struck plant back onto its feet, Samuel Macy, general manager of the Miami Joint Council, ILGWU, keynoted the theme of the banquet last Thursday night at the Seven Seas Restaurant. Guests at the banquet consisted of striking members of the Local from the Miami Sportswear Inc, with which company a new contract has been signed after eight months strike. members of the Miami Sportswear, Inc., officers of the Miami Joint Council and the speaker of the evening, International Vice President John S Martin of Chattanooga, Tenn. Other speakers included Miss Naomi Troklus who urged full co-operation with the company under the new contract to the end that all might be assured of jobs at good pay. Mr. Jack Brasington, who was present with Mrs. Brasington, representing his father who is president of the company, and who was too ill to attend, assured the returning employees that the company was anxious that all work together to the end that the company prosper. Vice-President John S. Martin stated that "Breaking bread together is a symbol of peace and good fellowship. The union and management has gone through a long struggle and now that a settlement had been arrived at, it is only natural that they should break bread together." Vice-President Martin stressed the fact that out of some 478,000 workers in this particular industry, 438,000 were in the union. "One of the things," he said "that makes America great is the fact that our productivity is greater than any other country in the world." It was interesting to the LABOR CITIZEN representative who was present to note how definitely the principles of fair play laid down by their great leader, David Dubinsky, were being carried out in their promises (Continued

WE, the workers of the Miami Sportswear Company, of Miami, Florida, at the contract ratification meeting, in which we secured a fine agreement in settlement of our strike, as well as a back pay settlement, and agreement with the Company which permits a court order to be entered against it, and

SINCE we well know that our eight months of picketing to establish our Union in this plant would not have been successful if it were not for the full and wholehearted co-operation and inspired leadership of our International President David Dubinsky, and the financial support of the International, and

SINCE we are delighted and pleased with the successful settlement which has been achieved as the result of this fine support which was given our strike and our fight by President Dubinsky,

IT is this day resolved that we, the workers of the Miami Sportswear Company unanimously express our deep and sincere appreciation of the leadership, help and backing given our strike by President Dubinsky, and the International, and we pledge our continued efforts to make this shop the best Union shop in Miami, and to assist in the further organization of the unorganized in this market.

THIS 13th day of July, 1951.

Miami Sportswear Workers of Local 415, International Ladies Garment Workers' Union

NAOMI LEE TROKLUS

LORA E. BUNDY

RACHEL GARCIA

Shop Committee

Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union Local 145, the Miami Joint Council, former employees of Miami Sportswear, Inc., who have recently settled amicably an eight-month-old strike against the company, and company officials sat down together last Thursday night at a banquet at the Seven Seas Restaurant. (See story for further details.)
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of co-operation with management. Many other labor organizations could well take a leaf from the book of the ILGWU.

Others present who were introduced were Mrs. Macy, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brasington, Miss West, Mr. William Katz, and Miss Celia Alvarez, organizer.