The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-16
MINIMUM WAGE
WILL BE $3.50 PER DAY
Pay for Overtime Will Be
Reduced from Time and
One-Half to Time and
One-Quarter - The Sup
Elementary Agreement Is
to Run to the End of the
War, or Not Later Than
March 1, 1920

! A wage increase of 90 per cent for
members of Barre branch, Granite Cut
! ters' International association, is the es-
sential result of supplementary agree
ment signed by committees representing
the union and the Barre Granite Manu-
facturers association last night. Pri-
marily the increase is a war measure
adopted by the manufacturers and en-
ployes in the face of extraordinary con-
ditions, and the agreement ratified by
both bodies last night is the answer of
the manufacturers to a request received
by their association from the secretary
of the Barre branch Oct 20, in which it
was stated that a union committee had
been appointed to confer with a manu-
facturers' committee "on the subject of
considering the necessity OF increasing
wages of granite cutters, In the sup
Elementary agreement as now framed
the manufacturers grant 20 per cent
increase, which raises the minimum from
S4 to $3.50 per day, or 10 cents extra
per hour. The union. in turn, agrees to
the proposition that the overtime wage
shall be reduced from time and one half
to time and one quarter. The wage in
crease is to BECOME operative April /.
The new proposition, as will be seen is
not a substitute for the fiveyear agree
ment signed in 1915. Instead it is sup
Elementary measure and on the records
of both associations it is captioned:
IAN Agreement Supplementary to
Those Signed on May 10. 1916" The
substance is as follows: I'm considera-
tlon Of the extraordinary conditions pre-
vailing in our country, due to the war,
it is mutually agreed by the Granite
Manufacturers association, of Barre, VT,
and the Granite Cutters International
association that on account of the in
creased cost of living, the Granite Manu-
factiTers association agrees to give a
bonus of ten cents 10 cents per hour
to each member of the Granite Cutters
association, said bonus to
become effective April l. 1915
1T is also agreed that when it is
found necessary for members of the
Granite Manufacturers association to
work their employees overtime, the en-
ployes shall be paid at the rate of time
and one-quarter
THE above agreement is to be con-
sidered a supplement to our present
agreement. and to remain in force until
he expiration OF the war, or not later
han March !, 1920"
Committees representing the two or
have met several times since
he first move was made by the granite
utters The conferences have been of
harmonious nature and the same may
,e said of the meetings last evening,
when the union members met in the
opera house while the manufacturers
we're assembled in their hall in the c. w.
Averill block All along, committees
epresenting both sides have labored ear
estly to bring about a satisfactory ad
and the unanimity indicated
a the acceptance of the supplementary
greement ON the part of both bodies
peaks well for the conscientious efforts
t the committeeman.
Not in many years have the manufac-
nrers and the cutters come to terms
nder such favorable circumstances. The
lcrease in the present instance is far
Irger than past increases that were
ranted only after long drawn out and
ftentimes contentious conferences La
pr in the Barre district is well employed
day and the happy issue of the nego-
atiOns in behalf OF the Worklngmen
in measureably overcome some of the
scontent which has arisen as result
the high cost Of living Objections 70
anting an immediate revision of the
age schedule were based by the manu-
cturers on the ground that many of
EN- have contracted a good deal of
work for prices figured on
e basis OF the old schedule. Apparent
the cutters committee appreciated the
.uation and acted accordingly.
The union was represented in the con
rences by the following committee:
.nrv Alexander. chairman, John Geals
ldrew Mitchell, Slvio l.. Cardi and
mes Cruickshank The personnel of
? manufacturers committee was a.
lows: Alexander Duncan. chairman.
bert O. Mcdonnell. II. y NJ Jones.
m A. Cross and George Straiton