Press Release, National War Labor Board

IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 1945 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA no NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD 88 o By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in it by Executive Order 9017 of January 12, 1942, and the War Labor Disputes Act of June 25, 1943, and acting on the application, dated April 25, 1945, of the Secretary of the Navy in accordance with Section 5 of the War Labor Disputes Act of June 25, 1943, and para- graph (b) of Executive Order 9370 of August 16, 1943, the National War Labor Board hereby orders: The terms and conditions of employment, existing at the plants and facilities of the United Engineering Company, Ltd., which were in effect on the date the Secretary of the Navy took possession thereof, are hereby changed in the following respects: 1. All rights and privileges enjoyed by Lodge 68, International Association of Machinists, under the terms of employment existing at the plants and facilities of the United Engineering Company, Ltd., at the time possession thereof was taken by the Secretary of the Navy are withdrawn (subject to any requirements of the National Labor Relations Act) as follows: NARA a, The closed shop, preferential hiring, or any other form of union security requirements in regard to Lodge 68, in existence by virtue of Sections 11 and 13 of the San Francisco Ship Repair Agreement, dated April 1, 1940, as modified, and Section 1 of the Supplemental Agreement, dated August 5, 1941, between Lodge 68 and the United Engineering Company, Ltd., or otherwise, are hereby rithdrawm. b. The right of access privilege of Lodge 68 to the premises of the United Engineering Company, Ltd., existing by virtue of Section 7 of the San Francisco Ship Repair! Agreement, dated April 1, 1940, or othervise, is hereby vithdrawn. C. Any provision of the San Francisco Ship Repair Agreement or the Supplemental Agreement between Lodge 68 and the United Engineering Company, Ltd., which requires the consent of Lodge 68 to any action or its participation in any pro- cedure, is hereby withdrawn, subject to any requiroment of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. Nothing herein shall be construed as depriving the indi- vidual employees of the said plants and facilities of the benefits of the wages, hours and other working conditions in effect on the date possession of the said plants and facilities was taken by the Secretary of the Navy. (OVER)