Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-25
The New Industrial
 Board Meets Today
TO FORM BASIS OF RELATIONS
 BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR
FOR PERIOD OF WAR

FOR PERIOD OF WAR The Subject of Strikes is Regarded
 as Perhaps the Most Important to
 Come Before the Conference. 4 Washington, Feb. 24.-Five repre- sentatives each of capital and labor will meet here tomorrow at the call of the government to lay down basis of relations between capital and labor during the war.
 The representatives were named by the national industrial conference board, representing employers, and the American Federation of Labor, representing employees, at the sugges- tion of Secretary of Labor Wilson, who has been directed by President Will son to formulate labor program for the war.
 Representatives of Employers.
 The representatives of employers are Loyall A. Osborne, New York, vice president of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company; Charles F. Brooker, Ansonia, Conn.,, president of the American Brass company; w. H., Van Dervoort, East Moline, Ills, president of Root & Van Dervoort Engineering company; l.. A. Loree, New York, president of the Delaware and Hudson, and c. Edwin Michael, Roanoke, Va, president of the Virginia 1 Bridge and Iron company.
 Labor's Representatives. Representatives of the workers are: Frank J. Hayes, Indianapolis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers; l William L. Hutcheson, president of 1 the Brotherhood of Carpenters; J. A. l Franklin, Kansas City, president of | the Brotherhood of Boilermakers; Victor Olander, Chicago, representa- tive of the Seamen's union, and T. A Rickert, Chicago, president of the l United, Garment Workers.
 The ten men will name two others
 to represent in the conferences the general public.
 The conferences will begin off ciak adeclare, with the essential points o1 difference few in number The first
 aiTn in getting the two sides together 1 is to reach an arrangement that vii do away with strikes and lockouts and make possible government labol
 program which will operate so that i
 will become necessary neither for tht |, government to take control of war in.
 dustrics nor to commander labor foi
 war production.
 I Important Subjects. II Besides, strikes, other important sub Ejects to be dealt with include base
 for wage deterninations price, sfxin. t and -pteceWork prices, elimination o
 restrictions on output and measures t, prevent the cutting of piece rate pay
 practices to govern adilution of labor
 discrimination against union or non union labor. admission of union agent to plants, methods of adjusting dis putes, rights of workers to- organize
 The subject of strikes is regarde , as perhaps the most important to com before the conference.
 l In the shipyards alone strikes hay
 produced more than 60o,000 idle days
 which is equivalent in tonnage to mor
 than 75,000 tons of ships. In ethe war industries they have been nearl
 as numerous. 3
 Strikes and Lockouts.
 On the subject of strikes and lock
 outs both capital and labor have mad . declarations as to their attitude. Tn :, national industrial conference boar : has stated that any interruption 1 :. production operates to the advantag II ]. of the enemy, and the American Fed eration of Labor has subscribed to tl
 same principle, but added the qual
 fication that strikes should be under :, ttaken only as a last resort .f Both capital and labor agree ths = there should be no discrininatio telther against union or non-union me : and this principle, it is believed, UT doubtedly will be included in tf
 agreement. Closed shops will remai . closed where it is possible to obtai ss sufficient supply of union labor ar v no effort will be made to close ope T T shops; although labor undoubted will be given full rights to proselytiz II Both sides are in accord on the poll ]. that all legal existing standards f, II safety and health of workers should l
 maintained throughout the war. l. What Capitalists Contend. Fl Capital, with the support of the go- 70 ernnent, insists that there shall 1 "a no limitation put by the. unnions ( $ the amount of work a man should d and labor, evidently willing to col 'd cede this point, insists that the "a 5 of pay for piece work shall not iV CQL Il IQG ImlLaLlOn Is raISeQ, te Capital asks that wage increases at reckoned on 8 basis of increases m costs of living, and labor asks tn nt the following additional consideratio be made factors: The equity of t to established wage, the question as at whether the rate was obtained by e lectlve bargaining, a comparison " the rate with similar establishmer
 in which the rates were establish
 by collective bargaining, and ,ai COT
 parison with rates in other district. Equality of representation on a IG justment board is demanded alike ,
 capital and labor. Labor in additi a insists that if the membership on adjustment board is uneven in rurAb
 the odd person should represent [ he public.
 ed Labor asks that there must be 20 SC win and demands recognition by el IS, ployers of the common interests of eu
 ployes. It further demands applic he Etion of democratic principles as C K. posed to autocratic authority in H. dlIstry.
 b. Labor further asks that wfene, he employees have a common complaint ". grievance the employer shall m.
 those selected by the workers as tn ed representztiyee
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