The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-12
OBJECT IS TO DESTROY
ALL UNIONS Of LABOR
NATIONAL BUILDING CONTRACT.
ORS ORGANIZATION Is BEING
FORMED.
Contractors Believe In Having Monop.
olv On Organization. It Is Good
Thino for Them But Il Must BE De-
MED to Labor. What They Propose
to REGULATE. There Must Be No
Walking Delegate.

Chicago, Dec. 10-Delegates from
building contractors associations in
forty or fifty cities met in Chicago to-
day to take part in the organization
Of a national building contractors as
sociation, the aim Of which will be to
provide for national Cooperation in
handling problems as they arise. Among
the cities represented will be New:
York, Chicago, Pittsburg, San Fran
cisco, St. Louis, Minneapolis. Topeka,
Cedar Rapids, Jackson. Mich; Cincin-
natl, Newark, N. j.; Reading, Pa; East
St. Louis, Louisville, and Erie, Pa. The
New York Building Employers Aseo-
citation will be represented by Benja-
min D. Traitel and James r. Strong.
The plan of the promoters OF the
convention, who are Chicago building
employers, is to organize national
federation of local employers associa-
tion in the building lines. In addition
to the general employers associations
there will be represented organizations
Of employers in the following trades:
Architectural iron, elevator building,
plastering, house drainage, mantel
and tile work, masons and builders,
plumbers, steamfitters, carpenters,
stonecutters, marble manufacturers,
painters, decorators mosaic work, sheet
| metal work, and electrical work. Sew
| eral of the national associations i'll
| trades mentioned have given the move
ment their hearty Endorsement and sup
port.
The objects of the proposed organi-
zation, as set forth in the call for the
|
ITO advance and protect the interests
! of the contractors.
"To secure equitable treatment in
their dealings with the employees.
"To encourage organization and the
formation of associations of contrac-
| tors.
ITO regulate conditions among build
ing contractors.
'''To devise means for the better ad-
vancement of the interests of the con-
tractors.
| ITO maintain peace and harmony
between the employer and the employe.
'The basis of the settlement of all
disputes should be conciliation and ar
! bitration. 49,
synnpa theti should be=
IakalpteIspr prnhih
cn1dIi are ropers.s andI
employees s. associat lions exist, ag gree
| ments to be made with them. ST : .@s.*s*zl
"A uniform form of agreement: be
! adopted and used in making joint
agreements, wages being adjusted ac-
| cording to local conditions"
All agreements are to embody the fol-
lowing principles:
| There shall be no restriction Of the
! use of machinery or tools.
'"There shall be no restriction of the
use Of any manufactured material ex-
cept prison-made.
| mo person shall have the right TO
interfere with the workman during
working hours. =
THE use of apprentices shall not be
prohibited.
THE foreman shall be the agent of
the employer.
"All work1men are at liberty to work
! for Whomsoever they see fit.
"All employers are at liberty to en-
ploy and discharge whomsoever they
see fit"
1t will be seen from this outline that
the object Of the association is to dis
| organize the labor unions