Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-04

with a brief interval for noon.
? day lunch.
The decision went against the car.
men in the matter of night runs
which the men charged had been
arranged by the company to avoid
the application of bonus-pay fea-
ture. Provision was made for re-
opening this phase of the contro-
versy before the war board on Feb
ruary |.
Provide Further Hearings.
The joint charmen stated that
they had not been sufficiently ad-
viSed of the actual rulings OF the
examiners to pass on the minimum
wage complaints. They held that
the wage of 42H cents per hour,
provided for in the boards award,
was intended to apply to adult male
employees, and added that it would
require the attendance of the boards
examiners to investigate and pass
on specific cases complained OF.
With report to short-piece runs,
which are from six and a half to
seven and a half hours, the men
complained that such run does
not yield sufficient compensation
and requires employees to take trip
per runs. This arrangement, thu
decision states, appeared to have
been made to evade the bonus fea-
ture, and it was further stated by
the chairmen that the company
neglected the consideration of fair
ness. 5.
An amendment of this feature Of
the working conditions was directed
to avoid injustice. If conference
between employees and company does
not get results, il was suggested that
the matter should be referred to the
examiners.
In connection with the complaint
by the men that the company has
shown discrimination against union
men, the decision finds that the
company is now endeavoring to
comply with the orders of the war
labor board.
On the subject of collective bar
gaining, it was found that the COM
pany is conducting an open shop;
that the rules of the board require
that the company shall place no OBJ
stacle or interference in the way OF
the union men, and requires that
while the company must deal only
with its own employees, it does not
prevent the employees from selecting,
their own methods OF representa-
tion before the company.
The company was found to have
been within its rights in declining to-
enter into contract with the union,
as the .rules of the board do not re-l
quire that the company shall deal
by contract with union, and in that
sense is not required to recognize a
union
Employer Too Technical.
Employers were cited as having
been too etchnical intreatinent Of
committee of employees in the mat
ter OF the latter's union identifica-
tion. Pride of union men and .e.ll-
nical seasitiveness of employer were
mentiontd as factors which have led
to troubles.
The application of the men for a
modification of the award as relating
to increase of wages, was denied;
also the application for funda-
mental change of schedules was
overruled, as both OF these features
may be brought before a full board
hearing on February / on which
date testimony taken in Omaha this
week, and such additional testimony
as may later be submitted, vii, be
considered.
Text of Decision.
The text of the decision follows:
"In this case the employees have
presented three applications. The
first is an appeal from the rulings
of the examiners in the interpreta-
ton of the award made by the joint
chairmen of July 81. The second
is complaint that the company has
violated the award and request
that they be directed to comply with
it in the particular instances OF al
legged violation, and the third is for
modification of the award to in
crease wages over the amount fixed
in the award and for the substitu-
ton OF the schedule for the opera
ton of the cars of the defendant
cOmOanv a new schedule deyseAd
on different basis, which will make
the daily operations Of service of
the employees less burdensome.
Coming to the first application
the complaint is against the ruling
of the examiners in what are called
early and late runs. THE daily run
is now begun in the evening OF one
day and concluded in the early
morning Of the next day and the
spread is calculated from the, begin
ming Of the service in the evening