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The Potters Herald
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio
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New York State Labor Relations Board denies Larry's Cafe petition for employee election and affirms no law bars women from bartending, countering Local 16 union's objections over non-union barmaids displacing male workers.
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New York (LPA)-If it's okay for a waitress to bring a slug of Old Hotstuff to your table, it's okay for a lady to pour it out of the dark brown bottle behind the bar. That was the effect, at least, of a decision by the New York State Labor Relations Board involving Larry's Cafe on Eighth Avenue and its employes.
Technically, all the board did was deny a petition by the company for an election among its employes including three barmaids, on the grounds that none of them belonged to a union anyway. However, in a supplemental opinion, board chairman Keith Lorenz indicated there was no law against women bartenders.
Case arose when Local 16 of the Hotel & Restaurant Workers-AFL objected to the three barmaids, holding they were non-union workers keeping good union men out of jobs. Local 16 also contended that back of the bar was no place for a lady anyway.
Lorenz pointed out that the union had not objected to lady mixologists until unemployment-among its male members became acute. He said Local 16, the old meanie, was just trying to protect jobs for men.
The union once had a contract at Larry's, but refused to admit the barmaids to membership. Then it picketed the place as unfair.
There's nothing to prevent the girls from organizing, however, Lorenz pointed out. Nothing to prevent Local 16 from taking the ladies in, either.
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The board denied the company's petition for an election among employees including three barmaids, as none were unionized, and in an opinion, chairman Keith Lorenz stated no law prohibits women bartenders. Local 16 objected to the barmaids as non-union workers displacing men and claimed the role unsuitable for women, but Lorenz noted the union's objection arose with male unemployment and they refused membership to the women, leading to picketing.