Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-27

$2oO to s2O5 ....... $S.2S to s7.S0 $205 to s210 .. S769 to S72G s210 to s215 .. $T.15 to $e.74 $215 to s22O .......' ss64 to ss.25 $22O to s225 ......... s6.15 to $5.7s $225 to s2S0 ....... $5.69 to $5.33 $230 to S235 ...... S5.24 to s4.S9 $2.35 to s239 ......... $4S1 to s4.56 s2.3s.01 to $25O-enough to make s250 flat.
 To figure the increase he will get, each employe should determine the pay which his present position car ried in Decepber, 1915, for if he has been promoted or denoted his new wage is based upon the 1915 pay of the position which he now holds In- creases which have accompanied pro- motions are not increases in the sense of the new schedule. since "the wage runs with the place." not with the man.
 Back Pay For Men Dismissed.
 Back pay due under the retroactive increases will be sent to any man l who has been dismissed from the rail- road service since January or who has entered the army or navy, but not to an employe who quit volun- 1 tarily. An important principle contained in the director generals order is that reductions in hours since 1915 are not I to be regarded as increases in pay i This means that employees of the four hrotherhoods affected by the Adam son act are to receive additions on top Of the increases developed by that act !
 For instance, an engineer who made S4 a day working ten hours in 1915. ! may have bis. pay increased to $5 for the same number of hours under tka Adamson act. But for the purposes
 of applying the newt scale. the s5 is considered as $4 day of eight hours,
 with S1 for two hours. overtime. Con-
 sequently, the pay will be increased
 on the basis of $4 day, and over time will be paid at the same rate of
 increase.
 Proportional Increases.
 ! On this principle train employees,
 including members Of the leading
 brotherhoods.- will receive approxi-
 mately the following proportional in-
 creases over 1915 pay. or their equiva-
 lent when pay is based on miles op-
 erated: passenger engineers. II per
 cent; passenger firemen ard helpers 28 per cent; passenger conductors '15
 per cent; passenger baggagemen 3S per cent; passenger brakemen and dagmen, 40 per cent: freight engi-
 neers, 15 per cent; freight fremen
 
 ductors, 20 per cent; freight brake , men and fiagmen. 40 per cent; these ! ! men also must deduct increases granted since 1915.
 , The recognition of the eight hour ! ! basis though important as a principle does not materially affect the scale of new wages granted, For instance, a man who in 1915 received 8 for a ten hour day would now get s423 for ten bnIIrc h11t 4A h1
 sidered as s3.3S for a days work (eight hours) and S5 cents for two T. hours overtime. When readjustments Q are made later. involving possibly ex- Q tra rates of pay for overtime. the full <, effect of the new principle will be- I come more apparent
 E In addition to the rule regarding Il women's pay, MT McAdoo specified P that where women are employed, T their working conditions must be h healthful and fitted to their needs.r : Members of the Board. Il The new board of railroad wages = and working conditions is composed of l. J. J. Dermody. vice president of tbe
 Order of Railway Photographers: c. H
 Sines. vice president of the Brother
 hood of Railway Trainmen: A. O - Wharton. head of the railway e1n- D ployes' department of the American - Federation of Labor: F. F. Gaines l. superintendent of motive power of the 5 Central of Georgia Railway: C.sF
 Lindsey. maintenance of way engineer t for the New York Central, and W E Il Morse, general manager Of the Den Il yer and Salt Lake Railroad The 9l board will sit in Washington, probably | continuously.
 n Tt shall be the duty of the board U says the, wage order. ito hear and in. Ivestigate matters presented by rail u way employees or their representative. v affecting inequalities as to wages ant 7s working conditions. whether as to in II dividual employees or classes of labor II conditions arising from competitio, ie woth employees or classes of labor :: conditions arising from competition "A with employees in other industries
 rules and working conditions for tn
 several classes of employees whethe d, for the country sas . whole or differen j. parts of the country. The board sha' De hear and investigate other matters af
 fecting wages and conditions of em ,e rloyment referred to it by the direc
 tor general. The railroad board sha -o be solely an advisory body and sha ssgg submit it's recommendations to the di sS rectorgeneral for his determination. eS This order contemplates as stron 70 effort to iron out many ineaualitie 7s now existing. The board will des n with the organized and unorga nize m employees alike and the railroad ad 9s ministration on it's own initiative tai 5S up the claims of railway clerks an 50 other unorganized men.