Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AFFILl-
ATEp WILL WORK ONLY WITH
UNION WoRKMEN.
CARPENTERS, PAINTERS
AND PLUMBERS JOIN
Carpenters Take the Initiative and
Charter Has Been Granted-Tinners
Making Preparations to Form Union
Outline of the Councils Aims Set
Forth in Statement.

a building trades council in Mar
shallrown has been formed in which
$50 members of the various building
trades unions are members, and no
tice has been served upon employers
that the union men of the various
trades will insist upon working on
union made jobs only. The carpenters
union has taken the initiative in the
movement, and charter has been is
sued to the carpenters. painters and
plumbers from the building trades de-
partment OF the American Federation
Of Labor. The carpenters recently
adopted an increased schedule of wages
70 take effect April l, raising the I'M
ion scale from 81 cents TO 40 cents per
hour and calling for a nine hour day.
The painters. too, have adopted a new
scale.
The timers are planning to perfect
an organization soon.
Mr.. G. D. Sweeney, secretary OF the
Building and Trades Council. has been
instructed by his organization 10 pub
lish the following statement 10 the
public:
The Building Trades Council re-
Gently organized in Marshalltown, thru
their executive officers, have made the
following statement concerning the
aims and object of the council for pub
lication The building crafts OF the city
nave formed local building trades
council. with a membership of 80. The
object of the council Is 10 prom ote
harmony among the different unions
that take part in the construction and
repair OF buildings There has been
more or less contention among the
mem bers Of the unions as 10 which
craft certain parts of the work belong.
The council has therefore adopted a
schedule of jurisdiction claims. They
have an executive board composed of
one delegate from each craft, and this
committee will settle all cases of dis
agreement between contractors and
men and all other questions that may
arise from time 70 time, thus taking
the case from the craftsmen interested
and placing il in the hands of men
VINO Will give the case a thorough in
vestigarion and settle It on its merits.
Il has been the custom Of many unions
% work on jobs with non-union men in
spite of The fact that this is against
me rules OF organized laDCT.
The council has decided that the
time TO act has arrived, and that no
union shall be allowed to work on any
been done by non-union workmen of
any of the craft affiliated with the
council. II a job starts unfair none Of
the crafts will work on said job until
the contractor or owner agrees that all
work on JOB shall be done by union
men thereafter.
Some will say that this is not right,
we are discriminating against work
men because they do not belong to the
union Let US see. If you have had
any work done, you paid the same
wages to one as to the other. AS to the
outside men we have tried to show
them that as they were always ready
to take the wages that the organization
has made possible, why should they
not be men enough to help support the
organization We have reduced the
membership fees time after time for
their special benefit. The last chance
to take advantage Of this reduction will
expire March 80, after which there will
be no cut rates. Some of the non-union
men tell US that they had tried to get
work of contractors, but were told that
they had all the men they could use.
The cause Of this is easily explained.
Those contractors hire union men only.
We believe the forming of a building
trades council will promote not only
the interests Of union labor, but the
contractors and owners as well. In the
past those having work to be done and
have employed unorganized labor in
the start, have quite frequently been
compelled to call on one or more of the
organized crafts and because the job
had been unfair it has not been done
as soon as it might have been because
the jobs that were fair were entitled to
the preference. A little reflection will
show that there is nothing unreason-
able about this condition of affairs.
&c. D. Sweeney,
Secretary Building Trades Council"