The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-11-29
THE MACY AWARD
SUBMITTED TO
REFERENDUM

Rejection of the Macy award and
authorization to the various metal
trades councils composing Pacific
Coast Metal Trades District Council,
to call strike after December 8
unless the appeal from the award
be acted upon favorably are the
questions upon which the member
ship of Pacific Coast Metal Trades
are holding referendum
Following are given the working
conditions demanded by the work
ers and the official ballot:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Pacific Coast Metal Trades District
Council
To all Metal Trades Councils of the
Pacific Coast-Brothers - Greet
ing:
The Pacific Metal Trades Council
in special convention assembled in
the city of Seattle, Washington, au-
thorized the following official bal
lot to be submitted to the men,
bership for action through the af-
filiated Metal Trades Councils and
Local Unions.
For the information of the mem
bership, the District Council sub
r1its the following: The District
Council jurisdiction covers the states
Of California, Oregon and Washing
ton and the province of British Co.
lumbia. The following councils have
delegates present: namely, Seattle,
Portland, Tacoma, Vancouver, Vic
toria, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Olympia, Everett, Aberdeen, Bell
ingham Bremerton and Vallejo.
The special convention was call
ed for the purpose Of passing upon
The Macy award. The District Coun-
ell took the following action upon
the award:
We, therefore, recommend to the
Pacific Coast Metal Trades District
Council that the award, as a whole,
be rejected, and that an immediate
appeal be made to the Board of
Review and Appeals, for recon-
sideration of the award
We further recommend that the
P. c. M. T. D. C. take immediate
steps, by electing a committee COM
posed of seven representatives of the
various districts, one of whom shall
represent the Navy Yards, and one
of whom shall represent outside
Councils, and one from each of the
following districts: Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, who shall Immediately pro-
coed to Washington, to place the
case before the Board of Review
and Appeals.
Your committee is of the opinion
that the expenses incurred by this
action should be borne equally by
the membership of the entire dis
trict, on a per capita basis of five
cents per member.
After a searching review of the
provisions of the award made by
the Board, covering hours, wages and
working conditions, your committee
finds that not only have some con-
ditions been arbitrarily taken away
from us, but in some instances the
membership have actually suffered a
reduction in wages. We therefore
recommend that the P. C. M. T. D.
c. instruct the representatives to
present, and stand by, the original
demands submitted by this Council
last August
Inasmuch as the membership has
been patiently awaiting the award
since September 18th, we believe that
the decision can and should be made
before December Sth. In the mean
time the membership should be in
structed to take a referendum vote
and, failing the rendering of the
result of the appeal by the above
date, that we should use every means
in our power to enforce the actions
of this Council as outlined in the
original demands and request the
membership to remain at work I'M
til the date specified herein.
The following is the original de-
mand: