1946 Injunction Affidavits, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation v. United Steelworkers of America, in the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh: Smith Bros, 1946. Wraps. Good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and tanning. 31 pp. From the collection of Nicholas Unkovic (1906-1983, a prominent labor law attorney with Reed, Smith in Pittsburgh) who was the lead attorney working for J&L on this matter. The friction between the union and the management of the Draper Manufacturing division of Jones and Laughlin culminated in a work-stoppage in 1946 which lasted for seven weeks. Although neither management nor the Ohio Unemployment Commission would agree with them, the union insisted that a "lock-out" and not a "strike" existed. The union contended that a lock-out had occurred, because no legitimate offer of employment had been given. The union had sought a twenty-five cent increase, a reclassification of jobs, and new hourly job rates. The company offered the eighteen and one half increase typical of steel industry settlements, but included a change in the existing incentive system, which the union contended would have resulted in an increase of only about six and one half cents. The union also pointed out that the company had no right to change the incentive system approved by the Wage Stabilization Board without the agreement of the union as well as the Wage Stabilization Board. The company then withdrew its offer entirely, including the eighteen and one half cent increase.