Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 14

14-A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS AbHfiieTamWad Mom July 201977 Pride Scores Labor Suit Victory ment any unilateral changes in it did not refuse to administer the contract nor did it refuse to permit the union to carry out its function as bap gaining agent What the company refused to do was to bargain with the union for a new contract As we understand the law the company was not obligated to do The appeals court further said that since Pride did not violate the law in withdrawing union recognition neither did it violate the law through any unilateral action taken after the date it withdrew such rep ognition sonably based good faith doubt of the majority status it may justifiably refuse to bargain with the union Here the company sought to avoid its bargaining responsibility by Interjecting a good faith doubt of the majority status based on the petitions presented to it by its has been no dispute in this case to the genuineness of the petitions or to the objectively based good faith During the last 60 days of the contract term the company did not disavow the contract or imple OUT THEY GO! and saying Pride did not engage in unfair labor practices If the NLRB decides to pursue the matter further the next and last step would be an appeal to the US Supreme Court The union has not been represented at Pride since 1974 Mathis uid The court action grew out of a Feb 7 1974 agreement in which Pride recognized Local 826 as the exclusive bargaining agent of its employes at the Anson Highway refinery There were only 39 employes at the refinery unit then about one-half the number there now Mathis said Under terms of the 3 By ROY A JONES Staff Writer Pride Refining Inc hu not committed any unfair labor practices and did not violate the law when it withdrew recognition from a local union in 1S74 the Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals hu ruled Wendell Mathis of Abilene Pride vice president hailed the decision by the three-judge federal court in New Orleans major victory for our employes they are the ones who petitioned Pride to withdraw recognition of the union in the first place" Actually the third time wu charm for Pride in its courtroom dealings with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 826 AFL-CIO In December 1975 a National Labor Relations Board administrative Judge ruled that Pride was not required to recognise the union the employes' bargaining agent after Pride gave notice it was ending its contract with the union The Mine judge cited Pride however for several unfair labor practices The union appealed to the NLRB in Washington however and in June 1976 the NLRB overturned the original decision Pride then appealed to the US Court of Appeals which reversed the NLRB affirming the original decision tice After 23 of the 39 employes signed a petition requesting the action Pride gave notice June 10 1974 that it was terminating the eon-tract The union claimed Pride violated the law by thereafter making unilateral changes in wages hours and working conditions of its employes without bargaining with the union After Pride appealed the NLRB decision to the circuit court of appeals the union filed a cross-action seeking enforcement of the NLRB Oder that Pride bargain collectively with the union The New Orleans court denied such en-either party could terminate forcement the agreement after four In its opinion the eourt uid months and with a 60-day no- "Once a company has a res- DPS Officer Retires MIDLAND The Department of Public Safety commander of the Midland DPS Region which includes the Abilene District will retire July 31 Major EK Browning Jr the first uniformed official to have served the DPS for 40 continuous years will be honored in Midland Friday with a barbecue dinner Beginning with graduation from the DPS's first recruit training school In 1936 Browning served in Wichita Falls Vernon Waco and San Angelo He was promoted to captain in 1945 after which he served duty stations in Fort Worth Corpus Christ! and Austin He became regional commander in 1967 and was auigned to Midland The commander and his wife Ernestine live in Midland and have three children ARE You ONE OF THE 23000000 AMERICANS Feud Cmtrr oa IM CSF19KK No Irost throughout Dork copper Rag $689 wt 549 wl Food Frmrr FY1SC Holds 5177 pounds White erttsi Reg $419 KrfrigiTalur-Frvrii-r CTF14F Frost Free throughout White Reg $509 wt Kanpr RKS36 with Window Dour Automatic oven timer Harvest Reg $349 wt 299 wl S-Cvrle Dishwasher HDR676 Convertible model White Reg $299 259 Food Veklr HMA 4S9 'A horsepower motor Reg $79 66 WITH 3' HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IF YOU WERE WOULD YOU KNOW? 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