The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-11
Employees to be Represented
in Joint Conference With
Ya Managers
WILL HAVE VOICE
IN LABOR CONDITIONS

and Management Sought = To Have
Joint Committee at Each of the Com
panys Pants.
CHICAGO, June 11.-The plan an
nounced last week of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana to give its en-
ployes representation in joint confer
| ence with the managers and to promote.
cordial industrial relations, provides
that in case the company 5 and EN-
ployes' representatives cannot agree
on method of settling any matter, an
| appeal shall he made to the United
| States Secretary of Labor at Washing
ton, District of Columbia
The right of employees to a fair wage
| is recognized by the company, and Sin
fixing wages, rates of pay shall be es-
| tablished which will have regard for
! the subsistence of the diligent worker
and his family in health and comfort. y
the plan states.
| The company has provided for an in
| dustrial relations department under the
management of a director of industrial
relations, and this department is to
"embrace all existing and contemplated
| activities pertaining to the social and
industrial betterment and ell-being of
| employees at the company S refneries
and other property where this plan may
| be adopted.
The director of industrial relations
is to have charge of the administration
Of the comany's labor policies, includ-
ing the supervision of the plan of rep
resentation of employees. He is to CO.
ordinate the work of the department
and so arrange its administration as 10
permit Of cooperation of the employees
j The. company will also publish a peri
odical as means of communication
among the management, the employees
and the public.
| Representation is to be made on the
basis of one representative for each 20(
employees in plants having 1000 en-
ployes or more, and at plants having
less than 1000 on basis of one repre-
sentative to each $50 employees These
representatives are elected by the en-
pleyas isnJG4B jnsnugTR 9dl TO soQolqh
| The joint representation of the man
+ | agement and the employees Is intended
to afford means of securing to EN-
ployes greater share in responsible,
for the conditions under which thei
work is carried on and a better under
standing and closer cooperation be
tween the employees and the manage
| ment in all matters pertaining to tn
employment and working and living
conditions.
To bring about this closer co.opera
| ton, provision is made for a joint gen
eral committee on industrial relation
1t each of the company 5 plants for th
purpose of insuring conference bctweel
employees and the management of sucl
matters as wages, hours lof employment
and working conditions, living condi
tons. recreation, athletics and enter
tainment and other matters of mutua
interest to the employees and manage
mcnt. This joint committee is compose
of all of the employees representative
and members to be designated by tn
management.
Provision is made that the joint CON
mittce is to hold regular meetings a
least once a month and for time lost i
actual attendance at these regular 0
at special meetings during workin
hours, the employees arc to receive con
pensation at their regular rates. In ad
dton to the Joint committee meeting.
arrangements are made for an annus
joint conference to be attended by a
employees representatives and BY tn
chairman of the board of directors an
the president, and such other officers a
the company may designate.