The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-03-31
FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MANAGERS
 AND PLOYEES
Committee Representing Employers of District and Mine Managers Sign Mutual Agreement Embracing Work ing Conditions and Wages.
Manager

In the office of General Manager Carmichael, of the Arizona Copper Co.,, Ltd, an important meeting was held on Wednesday of this week at which time an agreement in regard to industrial conditions in the Cliff ton-Morenci-Metcalf district was en- tered into and signed by a committee of seventeen, representing the em- ployees of the district, and the three mine managers.
 Representing the three large operI ating mining companies in the dis trict were Norman Carmichael, Gen. eral Manager of the Arizona Copper Go. Ltd, M. H. Mclean, General Manager of the Detroit Copper Min ing Co.,, J. w. Bennie, General Man ager of the Shannon Copper Co.
 The committee representing the employees of the district which had been previously chosen from the several crafts was composed of the following: @ s,
 Theodore Hollingsworth, C.. s. Edmondson, C. Duval, Dick Walsh, Rudolph Palacio, Sam Bridges, Can uto A. Vargas, Ignacio Aja, Santiago Bras, Lidio Dominguez, O. O. Smith, Frank J. Starr, Jose Bernal, Noberto Gonzales, Hilario Penas, Francisco MaeSe, Encarnac1On LucerO.
 The agreement signed by represen- tatiYes of the employees and the gen. eral managers covers general rules for working conditions the presenta- tion of grievances, and wages iE the Clifton n-Morenci-Metcalf district.
 The agreement is a lengthy docu- ment of about four thousand words and will be printed in pamphlet form in both English ana Spanish for dis tribution among the employees.
 The main features of the agreement in the first portion thereof is as fol- lows:
 .'.There shall be on the part of the company and it's employees a strict observance of the federal and state laws respecting mining and. labor and of the company's rules and regulations suRplementing the same.
 '-The right to hire and discharge, the management of the properties, and the direction of the working forces. shall be vested exclusively in the company, and, except as express ly provided, this right shall not be abridged by anything contained here in.
 Tt is understood and agreed that all operations shall be conducted upon the open shop principle, and no dis crimination against union or non union men on account of their affili- ation or non-affiliation will be practic- ed by employers, or employees; the Western Federation of Miners always excepted.
 Every employee shall have the right Of ultimate appeal to the Mana ger of the company concerning any condition or treatment to which he may be subjected and which he may deem unfair, and nothing contained herein shall forfeit to him this right.
 Employees shall not be obliged to trade at the company stores, but shall be at perfect liberty to pur- chase goods wherever they may choose to do so.
 Any employee charged or entrust- ed with the employment of any workmen or laborers in employment, who shall be found guilty of demand ing or receiving, either directly or Indirectly, from any workman or labor CT, employed though his agency or worked or, continued in employment under his direction or control, any fee, commission or gratuity of any kind or nature, as the price or cond1- ton of the employment of any such workman or laborer, or as the price or condition of his continuance in such employment shall be immedia- tely discharged, and may be prescott ed to the full extent of the law.
 Any employee, workman or labor CT, who may be found guilty of offer ing or receiving, directly or indirectly any fee, commission or gratuity, of any kind or nature, as the price or, condition of his employment, or con in T,1< hnhoIf of himself or of any other person shall be instantly dismissed" :.
 Several pages of the agreement deals with the wage scale in the dis trict which had been previously agreed upon and which has already been published.
 The manner of nomination and se- lection of grievance committees repre- senting the several departments and classes of labor and the formation of the general grievance committee for the entire district is also dealt with at length in the written agreement the several grievance committees to be elected annually.
 Subjects that May Properly Come Be-
 fore Grievance Committees:
 Complaints regarding working con- ditions.
 NoHnPldmIS 1O6e1iu uih6 COoIAAOhI uJ any overseer, foreman, shift boss, etc.
 Complaints regarding discrimina- tion in employment.
 Complaints regarding uncalled for dismissal.
 Complaints against Hospital or Medical Departments.
 When an employee has been dis charged, if he desires to claim rein statement, he shall present his case to the Grievance committee and it shall be by them investigated within five days from the date of discharge.