The Jersey City news., 1902-12-01
FIGHT new YORK
United Building Trades Or
ganize to Battle for Local
Labor.

. lUUuls
The organization of the United Build
ing Trades Council and its subsequent
aftiliation with the Building Trades
League of Essex has done much toward
removing the barriers erected by New
York Organizations to prevent union me-
chanics residents Of this County from OBJ
tanning employment in the Metropolis,
and now it is believed that sthe passage
by the next Legislature of. the bill to pre-
vent disconnection against local union
labor on municipal jobs will go far to-
wards putting an end to the claims of
certain trades organizations on the other
side of the Hudson to jurisdiction on
many miles of New Jersey territory.
A few years ago when the two central
bodies of New York the Building Trades
Council and the Board of Delegates,
were at war, an opening in the wall of
discrimination against mechanics of this
State was discovered and taken advan-
tage of in the afIiliation of the Hudson
County with the New York Council. This
forced the Board Of Delegates to recog-
nize its opposing organization with the
result that the two bodies polled issues
and Hudson County mechanics, except
where their National trade cards protect
ed them, were again excluded from New
York work.
Of the fourteen industries represented
in the local Building Trades Council. one
half are to a greater or less extent at
war with New York Iabnr organizations
MANY of which claim jurisdiction here
Theses ara tha na;rfars stao ttors fin
smiths. steam engineers latbars lobor-
ers and far felt and waterproof ,vo,.l,ors
Through tba raean+ a,l;onoaof ~
Hudson and Essax rorno;Is q "a -
put to New york macban;cs of tba lost
namaa trada worl;,r ~ ~ ,,,,fo;r ~,
in Essax county and now +ha I,,+a,,,a.
t;onol Aesoc;a t;or of rr;n a,a cho,+ -,
Workers ;s about ~ toro nm tbo s.,tt
Of its two allied loc.ls l. tb;s countv
a aoo;nst tba clo;ms of d;erora,. orroy T;,ss ~,
t;ons of tba samo trade bp+ aas,;o+ad
NTH tha A,nalaonataa Assaa;at;an
which oI.i Inn ;urIsd;otion rT,;tb i fortr.sra
m;las of Tho Nv yorp c,+v fTaIr
Tba fobt "a tha looa, sto,nsat+ors
aro;nst ~ Nar VII rna,,;ua t;ons
o,a;rn;nn ;,u;sd;a+;a hona -. n,.ea;,;
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yorl stea n =, tters q, tba iob Tba a.
90 nivot t;o, Vii, rrb;ob tlaso man ora
|sa ll;od claims i,,r;sa;ot;o, ho+h boro ona
Il Essex copntr and i hacked nm Nv !
charter from tba Nat;onal Assooie t;on
of S+aanf;ttors Tho uudson eo,,ntv Or
oan;zat;on az rho trade which disn,,tes
tbis Jurisdiction claim. is affiliated with
the local District Council Of Plumbers
and Steam6tters. which Il allied with
the United Association Of Plumbers.
Steamftters and Steamfitters' Helpers
of the United States and Canada.
The passage of the legislative bill pre-,
pared by the local Building Trades Coun-
Gil to prevent discrimination against
nome union Ia DOT Will De OIL ItldteFiul as
sistance to the local steamftters in their
fight against New York. and the pro-
posed State union Of plumbers organiza-
tions. with which they are allied, will
| help them still further.
The vast majority of union painters
| in this county are affiliated with the
Brotherhood National organization, while
| in New York Amalgamated Painters pre-
dominate as to numbers. This has caus-
ed many clashes, but the local mechanics
have always been successful in prevent
| ing the rival organization getting foot
hold on this side Of the river.
The local steam engineers have fight
similar to the tinsmiths and steamftters
ON their hands. although no serious dis
pute has vet arisen. The New York or
carnations Of this craft also claim iuris-
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