The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-07
Rate Runs About 20 Cents
Less Than in Delaware.
Chesapeake Decision
NEW SCALE FIXED
BY BOARD AFFECTS
ABOUT $4,000 MEN
Eight-tiour Day. Time and
One-t1alf for Overtime and
Double Time for Sundays
and Holidays. Features


Washington. March e.-wa
hours and conditions Of ernpIayment
IN all OF the sovernmant shi9yards
on he south Atlaat1c ana CUR coasts
fixed by the shtpbutldinr labor ad-
iustment board, were announced to-
night By the board. to be retroactive
genraliv to F,ebruarv !
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1870.
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The summary Of the hourly rates
follows:
1>oflsrnen, = cents.
Acctylene burners and weldors,
bA csSntt7s bottle makers. ta~k test
crs. hand clippers and caukers, cop
persr tbs plumbers. plpefitters. elec-
tric.a!s. 81 eTs. ma4-h inista. 3oiners,
mill MIN ss.ugars saw niers en-
Etneers, ID ers pstrernmalle rs
hand r.veters. ehlr carpant ers wood
eaulars. iayars-out and sheet metal
Wofears, IS cents
Z fttNA34lSt EuApR%FN ana eau esTN
riggers, erectars tsteel} and pneu~
matte r4yetGrs. go cents.
Fasatrs ana poHshers, fasteners
81 cents,
hrlters. reaTeVs. cour erstnE gers
planar hands pUnchcrs. So cents
Boilers. ceEusntaTs rfvet holders
on as cents.
F1remeu, helpers ~ a Getty lena
workers, b,2GksDitAs. copparsm IL ms,
plumbrs. pipesttere. elect ricians. Mt
ters. fnachjntats and loftsgnen. as
cents.a.-ss.a..~.a-..ys,...4 s..4a.....-.a..--.--
Helpers OF boilers, { q m e t.e 2,
mo'ders, pafteruuakers punchrs and
shet ms etal workers. 81 f-g cents
f,aborers, : cents.
Heater boys, common laborers 80
cents
Pssse~ boys, IS cents
These wage sch~d ales establish a
minimum anS we3e decided after
rrolongd hearings in Warrington A.
which rap~esan tetiE-eS cg all the
crafts had opportunity to present
their requests and reprcsentativea OF
the euFployers so xpress the{r views
MS 10 the reaxona ~ aneeys Of the mems
deu7a = Ia
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. concern
ing Uo~SI1g conditions are an eight
hour day. With time and balf for
overtime week DAYS and double time
Tor sundays and the seven genera
national HOLIDAYS; double time for all
overtime ON repair work. overtime
beyond sixty hours a week. 20 BE- pro
nihited excepf on repair work when
ordered nv tire navy depa rtrn ert or
the EnrSencv Fleet CORPORATION. or
m protect life and property.
shirvard employers ara directed TO
permit the organization Of shop com
m5ttees Of their employees and to deal
with them In the adf1iwtmnt ~
grievances. and ell discrimination be-
tween union ard non-union men is to
cease.
A special provision Is made FOR
non tourneyrnen workers when rn,,v
auaiified craftsmen are unavailable:
men not fully Qua lined NAV NO en-
ployed at rates ten cents Less an hour
than those prescribed for iournev
man. but If they are retained six
months they must ne advanced to the
tourneynan' wage
The yards affected BY the decision
follow.
North Carolina shipbufhdinx com
pany. Morehead. y, C.
Southern Shipbuildtng cornpanx,
Charleston, s. G.
Terry q. p. company. Savannah,
Ca
America s. g. company. brunswick.
u g. Marine company. Brunswick.
Ca.
The Merrill Steven s. p. CORPORA
ton ftwo yards): the HiIlyer -Sner-
rinx-purn compauy; the y. M. MIR
dock and Morey and Thomas yards,
Jacksonville. Fla
Oscar Danieis company and Tspns
Dock company, Tampa. Fla.
Pensacola 8. a. company. penwa.-
cola. Fla.
Alabama DRY Dock and s. 3. com
pany (two yaris1 the Thurman s. r.