The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-01
THE MILWAUKEE
HAVE SIGNED UP
WITH |. b. +. w.

lSeaJtle correspondent VI ElcS-
trica Workers JournaD
Editor:
The past month has been one of
great activity for L. u. No. n, IN
asmuch as International President
McNulty has been with us working
in conjunction with the Executive
Board negotiating an agreement with
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad for the identification work
to be done on their main lines and
sidings from Othello to Tacoma and
Seattle, Washington.
President McNulty called the Mil
waukee office from the Labor Tenn
pie and made an appointment for the
Conference Board to meet with Mr..
Goodnow assistant to the President,
and his engineers, on Tuesday, April
oath, at 10 A. M.
At the appointed time the Con-
ference Board of the following men,
bers: Dave Reid of 600, w. j. Dobbs
of 523, G. A. Stark, Gilbert Hobbs,
w. f. Delaney, j. Mangles, F. S.
Jones and C. Cross of II, and L.
Bertsch if rs and President McNulty,
it being made known by letter that
| II was to represent 4S3 at all meet
| ings, went into conference with
Mr.. Goodnow and the engineers of
the work.
After four days of meetings be-
tween the officials of the Mi)wau-
Kea and The Conference Board the
agreement was reached which the
Beard brought back to the local
unions interested for their acceptance
or rejection.
Special meetings were called as
per the constitution and the mem
bership voted to accept the pro-
posed agreement by vote of 1872 to
33.
The agreement calls for CLOSED
SHOP, EIGHT-HOUR DAY, y time
for all overtime, Sundays and holi-
days. Transportation from and to
headquarters in case of dismissal or
cessation of work along with such
other transportation as is usually
accorded railroad employees. Head
quarters to be that place at which
the employee is hired for work.
All camps in which journeymen
are employed shall be furnished with
spring beds or cots, mattresses, pill
lows, blankets, sheets or light cotton
blankets, pillow cases and towels to
be Numbered once each week.
Board and lodging to be $1.00 per
day.
A majority of each gang setting
poles or substitutions therefor shall
be journeymen linemen.
Foremen must have I. B. E. w.
cards but are to do no actual work
except in cases of emergency.
All necessary changes in material
and apparatus which have to be
made on the job and all work as de-
fined in the |. B. E. w. constitu-
ton shall be done by journeymen
electrical workers.
Wages as follows: Foremen, $5.12
per day; journeymen, $4.62 per day;
helpers, $500 per day. After July
/, 1918: Foremen, $5.25 per day;
iourneymen, $475 per day.
The foregoing are the most prom
inent features of the agreement
While this agreement does not
provide for all of the conditions that
we as skilled electrical workers are
entitled to nevertheless the vote of
the locals interested demonstrated
it's complete satisfaction.
This agreement was negotiated and
adopted as per our constitution the
membership directly interested cast
ing a secret ballot for or against the
acceptance.
This Job will be the first large
construction job that will be done
under absolute closed shop condi-
tions in the Pacific Northwest and
the wage is the highest ever paid
for cold construction in this part of
the country.
We feel sure that had not our
members made such a good record
in the class of work they performed
on the Montana job that the work
the above agreement covers would
have been let to a contracting firm
and the chances are that said firm
would have been unfair to our
Brotherhood
During the conference Mr.. Good
now and Mr.. Buchas, his chief cleo
trical engineer, repeatedly stated
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