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You mentioned employees who actually organized
»nd went on strike and ultimately had to come crawling
back ultimately because the employer would not listen.
How would this change that situation?
DELEGATE BOTHE: I think the employer would have
to listen, which is perhaps the short word for collective
bargaining,
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dukes.
DELEGATE DUKES: Well, then, I would appreciate
it, if you would simplify it; does that mean they could
invite them in and sit five minutes and listen?
What does this do to the employer?
DELEGATE BOTHE: Perhaps I should read
the definition of employer in the National Labor Relations
Act so it is clear to everybody when we propose that the
employer should bargain collectively.
I am quoting from Section 8(d) of the National
Labor Relations Actvhich requires employers in interstate
commerce to do just this, which is to bargain collectively
is a performance of the mutual obligation of the employer
i and the representative of the employees to meet at
reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect