Denver labor bulletin., 1918-11-23
DENVER TRAMWAY
MEN GAIN AWARD
BY THE WAR;
BACK PAY FROM LAST AU-
GUST, WHEN DEMANDS
WERE FILED.
Increase Amounts to IS and I8
Cents Per Hour, Against 6
Cents Offered by Company
When Union of Conductors
and Motornen Formed.

In an award, handed down by the
national war labor board in Washing
ton Thursday afternoon, 1000 Denver
Tramway Company motormen and
conductors receive increases ranging
from Is TO IS cents per hour, making
the wage schedule 43 to 4S cents per
hour. The award also applies to en-
ployes of the Denver g. Intermountain
electric railroad, whose demands for
more pay had been referred to the
board.
The companies are gwen until Feb
ruary /, 1919, to pay the increased
awards to the Denver men, dating
from August "a, when the demands
were taken to the war board. At that
time, soon after the Tramway em-
ployes had organized a 100 per cent
union, the company officials proposed
to increase wages 6 cents per hour.
This offer was rejected by the union
and the case taken to the war labor
board.
1t has been long wait, and the
union men have been exceedingly pa
tient, as well as faithful to the COM
pany and to the PUBLIC
Other Awards ARaounced-
At the same time the war labor
other cases where demands for in
creased wages were pending, as fol-
lows:
Motormen and conductors of the
Empire State Railroad corporations
city lines were given wages ranging
from 3S to AZ cents an hour, while the
wages of those on the interurban lines
were fixed at from IL to As cents an
hour. Other employees were given
proportionate increases, fiat mini
mum Of ~ cents an hour was estab-
lished and provision made that women
shall receive equal pay for equal work.
This award is retroactive to last Au-
gust 12, and the company is given un-
til next February / to make payments
Of back pay due employees.
Women's Pay Equal.
The award in the case of the Detroit
United Railway Company affected
only car inspectors, controller men, pit
men and pit men helpers, who are
given fiat increase of 20 per cent or
more in order to bring the pay of all
such adult employees to fiat minimum
rate of 42ls cents an hour, which is
established. Women must receive the
same pay as men for the same work,
and the entire award is retroactive to
last June /. The company is given
until December to make back pay
ments.
Wage scales for motormen and con-
ductors of the Cumberland County
Company were fixed at from Al to As
cents an hour. while wages of all other
employees must be increased proper
tionately, with 42ia cents as the mini
mum for adult male employees. Women
were given the same pay as men for
equal work.
Conductors Advanced.
Motormen and conductors on the
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville rail-
way were given wages ranging from
80 to 43 cents an hour; other employees
were given proportionate increases,
with 42is cents an hour as a fiat
minimum for adult male employees, and
women were given the same pay as
men for the same work.
Trainmen on the city lines of the
Auburn & Syracuse railroad We're
granted wages of from IS to AZ cents
an hour; those in passenger service
on interurban lines were given IL
cents an hour and those in express and
freight service on the lines AZ cents.
Other employees of this company were
given proportionate increases, with AZ
cents an hour as the minimum and
equal pay for women where they per-
form equal work.