The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-23
Quarry Workers Interna-
tional Association Votes
for a New Scale
WHICH CONTINUES
TO APRIL /, 1922
Quarry Workers Get Nine
Cents an Hour More, and
Jumpers, Etc, 10 Cents

/ to wages and machinery to adjust dill
! ferences, which was drawn up and ac-
cepted by conferees representing the
Quarry Workers international Asso-
citation Of North America and the ma
tional committee of the International
Monumental Granite Producers asso-
citation, the National Building Granite
Quarries' association and the Granite
Paving Block Manufacturers assoca-
tion, who met at Montpelier Sept II
10, has been adopted by the Quarry
/ Workers international association. An
nouneement of the result of the refer
endum vote was made to-day by Fred
w. Suitor, secretary treasurer of that
| association.
The agreement was voted for prac-
tically unanimously by 10 of the
| branches, the vote in the latter
branches being by varying maiorities,
The adoption of the agreement was by
majority of voting members rather
than by branches.
The adoption of this agreement
means that there will be no cessation
of work in the jurisdiction of the
agreement, and that the scale Of wages
win be uniform as well as the time for
the expiration of the agreement, which
is April l, 1922. Under the new bill
there is a raise in wages of nine cents
an hour for quarry workers and 10
cents an hour for Jumpers, boxers and
| derriekmen coming under the agree
ment This raise is in sliding scale,
beginning Nov l. again Jan. |, 1920,
and again April /, 1921
A largely increased minimum wage
is in force which win raise the wages
Of some of the workers far above the
present level This new agreement
applies, as already stated, only to
wages and the machinery for adjusting
differences
Briefly stated. the new agreement
provides. That there shall be frequent
meetings between parties signstory to
The agreement for the purpose of con-
sidering matters relating TO the well
fare Of the industry and that these
committees shall recommend such
| changes as may be agreed upon; that
every possible means shall be used to
| substitute feeling Of cooperation for
that Of contention and distrust; that
no constitutional amendment nor any
other action Of either party shall change
the agreement during its life unless
such change is mutually agreed upon;
that "all provisions in existing agree
ments, not in conflict with the above
provisions Including wagesl, shall re-
main in force until April !, 1922, at
which date this agreement shall termi-
nate
The Wages.
In order that the wages may be dis
tinctly understood, the following sec.
tion Of the agreement is printed
"tal That all employees, who are
members of said Quarry Workers In.
ternational association. shall receive
an increase of wages of two (21 cents
an hour on Nov |, 1915 a further in
crease Of three (3l cents an hour on
Jan !, 1920, and further increase of
! four a. cents an hour on April ], 1921,
until and ending April |, 1922 These
increases shall also apply to all en-
ployes receiving more than the min
| imum wage
"tb) That the minimum wage for
quarrymen, pneumatic drill runners,
tripod drill runners, jack hammer run
ners, derrickmen (except head derrick
mem, blacksmith's helpers and team
sters shall on Jan /, 1920, be fifty two
t52) cents an hour and on April |, 1921,
! fifty-six t56l cents an hour.
Itch That the minimum wage for
head derrickmen, channel bar drill run
ners, powder men, lewisers, carpenters
employed about quarries and riggers
who 90 aloft shall on Jan, /, 1920, be
fifty-six (56) cents an hour, and on
April /, 1921, sixty t60) cents an hour.
"(d) That the minimum wage for
laborers, steam drill helpers and grind
ers shall on Jan. /, 1920, be forty two
t42I cents an hour and on April !,
1921, forty six t46l cents an hour.
"tel That the minimum wage for
engineers on grout cars and firemen
having charge of one boiler shall on
Jan. |, 1920, be fifty t52) cents an
hour and on April /, 1921, fifty y-six (56)
.
sixty (60l cents an hour.
"tgl That the minimum wage for
hosting engineers operating one der
rick shall on Jan. l, 1920, be fifty-four
(54) cents an hour and on April |, 1921,
fifty eight (5St cents an hour.
"(h) That because of the varianees
in existing agreements, in respect ia
the classification and wages of black
smiths. and to obtain as much of a de-
gree of uniformity as appeared com
patible with such variances, it is
agreed:
"That the minimum wage for black.
smiths shall on Jan l., 1920 be fifty
six (56) cents an hour where the afore-
said increases of two (2) and three (3)
cents do not bring the minimum be-
yond fifty-si (56l cents; and that in
eases where said two (2l and three (3)
cents increases make minimum on
Jan |. 1920 exceeding iifty-six 1861
cents, said increases of two t2l and
three (3 cents shall nevertheless be
added to present wages and the amount
thus arrived at constitute on Jan
1920, the minimum wage,
"That the minimum wage for black
smiths working on iobbing fires and
sharpening machine operators shall or
Jan /. 1920 be sixty (B0 cents an
hour, where the aforesaid increases 81
two (2l and three @ cents do not
bring the minimum beyond sixty (6Ol
cents; and that in cases where said
two t2 and three (3l cents increases
make a minimum on Jun /, 920, cx.
ceeding sixty t60l cents, said increases
Of two (2l and three (33 cents shall