The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-30
|AHC1R|CA[ WORKERS ARE
| DISCHARGED BY COMPANIES

shall receive ten cents per day more
than those employed on city lines.
Article 5. All overtime shall be +
paid at the rate of time and one-half,
except Sundays and the following
holidays, which shall be paid at the
rate of double time, New Years day, |
Decoration day, Fourth of July, Labor /
day, Thanksgiving day and Christmas.
No labor shall be permitted on La
Dor day except in extreme emergency
to save life or property
Article 6. In no case shall, a line
man or splicers be required to work
on high potential wires alone, (highI
potential meaning over 600 volts) !
there shall be two journeymen line
men or spiders at all times.
Article Z. A man In charge Of wa
gon shall be rated as foreman and
| shall have not less than one journey
man, there shall not be more than one
apprentice to every journeyman.
| Article $, Nc employee shall be dis
Terminated against by reasons of his
performance Of his duties which may
he imposed upon him by the party of
/ The second part during hours when he
lis off duty.
Article 3. The party OF the second
part agrees to use all honorable means
Ito see that all members 40 their duty
i as agreed, and invite the party of the
first part for information which will
tend TO give a harmonious cooperation
to the carrying out Of this agreement.
4 Article 10. 1t is further agreed be-
tween the parties hereto that Insofar
I as possible only such men shall be
i employed by the parties Of the first
part as will tend to give harmoni-
/ GUS cooperation to the carrying out of
d this agreement.
i Article IL. Pay day shall be every
4 other Saturday.
4 Article II. In case OF grievance aris-
4 Ing the company agrees to recognize
e a committee from the union to investi-
gate and il possible to adjust the
81 same. All trouble that cannot be mu-
4 tually settled between the parties OF
this agreement shall be referred to an
"A arbitration board composed Of two
members or representatives from
beth parties and they shall choose a
4 disinterested party as a fifth arbi
traitor and the 'ecision OF the said ar
bitration board shall be final and bind
Ing to both parties of this agreement
Signed this -- day of --191s
STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEER
ING CORPORATION.
! INTERNATIONAL BROTHER OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Fer ...s.S.s,s.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
District Council Presiden
Fer 1880.
General Vice President
= Llnemen's Agreement.
! This agreement made and entere
: into this the day Of
: 1913, by and between Stone and Wei
: ster Engineering corporation (togetl
!, er with any subordinate company
= rectly or indirectly under It's cor
!, troll, individuals, other companies, COZ
q tractors, sub-contractors or third pa
ties, doing business or causing to b
: done, in behalf or at the behest of tn
company, all classes of electrics
: work herein mentioned), and doin
:. business in this state or whereye
i the lines of he said company do {
may run. They, to he known an
= designated as the company and part
,, of the first part And the Intern
tional Brotherhood of Electrical worl
:. ers through the district council N
!, of heosecond district, l. p. e. W
- together with It's subordinate loca
= in the territory above mentioned, ar
], doing business and known as til
10 Council the party of the secor
- part.
Witnesseth.
First, hat for and III considerable
On OF harmonious relations and settle
conditions of employment with fina
". cial and personal relations mutual
beneficial and the covenants al
or agreements herein contained, the pf
ties do hereby enter into, ordain, {
.ablish and agree to the followil
We wage scale and conditions OF emplc
ment.
Jet This agreement to so into effe
ay February /, 1913, and to be in fl
az force for the period Of fifteen mont
ay or until May /, 1914.
of Rules for Wlreman.
all Article L. Nine hours shall cons
of tute a days work between the hou
OF {: 80 a. m. and 5. p. m. with thir
ST. minutes for lunch at noon
oy- Article 2. The scale of wages
US nine hours shall be the same as pf
u u.