The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-20
Rail Wage Board Awards
5000; 100000 Increase to Men


among the representatives of the diff
ferent big railway brotherhoods.
The increase, according to the
terms OF the award, 10 made re.
troactlVe to May OF this year.
| This means that the rail- workers
on their next pay day, will have the
grand aggregate Of three months
| back pay coming to them, In addi-
tlon to their old wage for the cur.
| rent period.
Section /. storekeepers, assistan
storekeepers, chief clerks, Apremen
subforemen and other clerical super
visory forces-13 cents.
Article II--cierlcall and station Forces
Sec. O. Clerks with an experience o
one ID or more years In railroad spe
cial work, or clerical work of a similar
their cumulative experience In sucl
clerical work is not less than one Il,
year-13 cents.
Sec. 3. Clerks whose experience a.
above defined is less than one Q) year
and until an experience of one "a yeal
in such work entities them TO the in.
crease provided for In section rs l.:
cents.
Sec. 4. Train and engine callers, as.
sistant station masters, train announc-
ers, gatemen and baggage and parcel
room employees (other than clerks)-1S
cents. m
Sec. s. Janitors. elevators and tele-
phone switchboard operators. Office.
station and warehouse watchmen and
employees engaged in asserting way
bills and tickets, operating appliances
or machines for perforating, addressing
envelopes, numbering claims and other
papers gathering and distributing mail,
adjusting dictaphone cylinders and
other similar work--10 cents.
Office Boys Get More, Too. .
Sec. 6. Office boys, messengers. chore
boys and other employees under Is years
old, filing similar positions, and sta
tion attendants--5 cents.
Sec. Z. Station, platform, warehouse,
transfer, dock. pier, storeroom, stock
room and team track freight handlers
or truckers, and others similarly en-
ployed-12 cents.
Sec. 8. The following differentials
shall be created or maintained, as the
case may be. between truckers and the
classes named below;
(a) Sealers, scalers and fruit and
perishable inspectors, one Q) cent per
hour above. truckers. rates as estab-
lished under section Z.
% Showers, or stevedores, callers or
leaders, locators and coopers, two (2)
cents per hour above truckers rates
as established under section z.
The above shall not operate to de-
crease any existing higher 'differen-
Sec. 0. An common laborers in and
around stations. storehouses and ware
houses, not otherwise provided for
Article 4 tic osHi siHIit1MaIntsnanee N way and
Structures and unskirIed Forces
Assistant building. bridge. painter.
masonry and concrete,
water supply, and plumber foremen,
apd for coal wharf. coal chute and
fence gang foremen, piledriver, ditch
ing and hoisting engineers and bridge
inspectors, except such assistant water
supply and plumber foremen as were
paid under the provisions of supplement
No. to general order No. 27-15 cents
Section. track and maintenance fore
men. and assistant section. track and
foremen--15 cents.
Mechanics In the maintenance OF way
and bridge and building departments.
except those that come under the pro-
visions of the national agreement with
the federated shop trades-.15 cents.
nance of way and bridge and building
except those that come
under the provisions OF the national
agreement with the federated shop
cents.
Track iaborers and all common Ia
partment and in and around shops and
not otherwise. provided for |
lerein--S 1-2 cents.
Drawbridge tenders and assistants |
ditching and hoisting fire.
men, pump engineers and bumpers;
crossing watchmen or fiagmen and
amp lighters and tenders--S liz cents.
Laborers employed in and around
shops and .roundhouses, such as engine
vatchmen and wipers fire builders. ash
,ept those coming under the provisions
# Article VIII, section 8, this decision),
,oal chute men, etc.-10 cents.
Article lv--shop Employees.
Supervisory forces-13 cents.
Machinists, boilermakers, black
miths, sheet metal workers, electrical
CARMEN. molders, cupola tend
RS and coremakers. including those
With less than four years experience
Regular and helper apprentices and
Ielpers, all classes-13 cents.
Car cleaners--5 cents.
\rtlcie photographers, Telephoners
and Agents.
Section l. Telegraphers, telephone
perators Except switchboard opera
ors), agents Except agents at small
ontelegraph stations, as referred to In
Implement No. l3 to general order No.
Z. Article ", section c). agent teleg-
aphers, agent telephoners. tower men.
ever men, tower and grain directors
lick operators and staff men--l0 cents
Sec. . Agents at small nontelegraph
tations- as referred to in supplement
70 10 to general order No. q, Article
V, section c-5 cents.
,RTIcLE VI.AEnelne Service EN-
ployes.
Passenger service
Per
Mile Per
Glass. Cents. Day.
Engineers and motormen.... s $3.50
iremen local or oiD ......... s. 80
Yard service
Freight service
Engineers (steam, electric,
or other power) )............l.04 N.Ot
'iremen (coal or oiD .........l.04 l.04
lelpers (electric). ,.........,lo4 l.oi /
Glass. Cents,
'iremen (coal or oiD I........... .ls
Ielpers (electric) c).,.........t....-... is
Hostler service
Note; Superseding rates established
Y or under the authority of the United
tates railroad administration and in ,
eu thereof. for each Of the hereinafter
AIMED classes. the following increased
ates are established: -
Glass: Day.
utside hostlers .s624
aside hostlers. s.,..................s aoo
Ielpers ............+........ o'Vf
RTIcLE VII-Traln Service Employees. I
Passenger service
Per
Mile Per Per {
Class. Cents. Day. Month.
onductors ....... 81 81 90 $50 90 I
ssistaut conductors,
or ticket collectors. 81 100 30 90
agRage men handling
both express and
ON the general council. after analy- {
= Of the award
Representatives Of the OUTLAW {
Mons which caused the recent switch :