Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-01
Of ALL
BUILDING TRADES
THOUGHT LIKELY
BrickIayerS and PIaStererS Are|
Already Out and Others May
Follow As Result of the
TeamSterS' Strike.

A strike OF all building trades is pos
sible as result of the Ieamsters
strike. 1t was said last night by la
Dor leaders that the strike might be
called inside of twenty-four hours.
The bricklayers and plasterers have
already quit work and they are ask
ing that all workmen in the allied
trades join them. If the strike is called
it will affect the plumbers, carpen-
tiers, painters and decorators, electri-
cal workers, fathers and hod carriers.
in addition to the bricklayers and
plasterers, hating building operations
in the city.
All building trades workmen are af-
filiated in one central body known as
the Building Trades council, which
can call strike independent of Cen
trail Labor union.
The possibility of builders strike
grew last night, following the meeting
of Central Labor union, at which a
conditional agreement, entered into
Sunday at the conference of repre-
sentatives of the Business Mems CO.
operative association and a committee
from Central Labor union, looking to
settlement of the Transfers walkout,
was rejected by unanimous vote. 1t
was agreed at Sundays conference
that the agreement as drawn up would
be submitted to the central body
either for ratification or rejection.
The reason for the bricklayers and
plastetrers quitting work. and work
men engaged in other building trades
striking, if they decide to do so, was
said to be due to the men declining
to use material hauled by the trans
fer companies whose employees have
been on strike for several weeks.
The agreement entered into Sunday
and which was rejected last night, fol-
lows:
"ln the matter of the Transfers
strike, the Business Mems association
agrees that the minimum wage shall
be $3.50 per day for laborers and
helpers, a day to be a maximum of
nine hours. Overtime to be paid for
all over nine hours. For teamsters,
minimum wage of SO per day. SUBJECT
to the same conditions as above. All
men formerly in the employ of either
of the transportation companies to be
given their jobs, except in such cases
as the action of the men has been such
that in the opinion of the transfer
companies and the union they are, not
entitled to unemployment.
",rhe men reserve the right to join
the union if they so desire. and not
to be hindered by the transfer COM
panies in any manner.
The Business Mems association
guarantees the fulfillment Of these
terms by the transfer companies"
'In regard 70 the retail clerks, the
association of business men will not
discriminate against their employees
who are members of he union, or who
may hereafter become members. They
will agree to observe the hours as now
existing in Retail Clerks union agree
ment, which is IL hours and clos
ing at $3.50 p. m, and saturday until
8 p m. Pay day nights same as Satur-
day the pay day referring to the
shops and the lumber company
THE union agrees not to advertise
union stores or to discriminate
against other stores in advertising,
The above applies to all retail
stores except drug stores and butcher
shops.
The above agreement is signed by
the committee representing the Albu-
querque Business Mems Cooperative
association and by the committee rep
resenting the Central Labor union"
1t was stated last night that the