The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-07-24

| the employees, received the statement
and stated that referendum would be
Immediately called ON them. The award
is made in groups, each line of en-
| ployes being classified. Together they
amount to about $6OO,OOO,OOO to be
divided among about 100000 persons
| Each classification receives set in
crease per hour, the entire schedule be-
ing as follows:
| Section l. Storekeepers, assistant
storekeepers, chief clerks, foremen, sub
! foremen, and other clerical supervisory
| forces-13 cents.
| Sec. 2. Clerks with an experience of
| one CD or more years in railroad
| clerical work, or clerical work of a
| similar nature in other industries, or
| whether their cumulative experience in
such clerical work is not less than one
G year-13 cents.
Sec. 3. Clerks whose experience as
above defined is less than one CD year,
and until an experience of one CD year
in such work entities them to the in
crease provided for in Section 2, 6H
cents.
Sec 4. Train and engine crew cal
lers, assistant station masters, train an
nouncers, gatemen and baggage parcel
employees (other than clerks)-13 cents.
Sec. 5. Janitors, elevator and tele-
phone switchboard - operators, Office,
station and warehouse watchmen, and
employees engaged in asserting waybi1ls
and tickets, operating appliances of ma
chimes for perforating, addressing en-
velopes, numbering claims and other
papers, gathering and distributing mail,
adjusting dictaphone cylinders and 9TH
er similar work-10 cents.
Sec. 6. Office boys, messengers, chore
boys and other employees under Is
years of age, filling similar positions
and station attendants-5 cents.
Sec. 7. Station, platform, warehouse
transfer, dock, pier, store room, sick
room and team track freight handlers
or truckers and others similarly en-
ployed-12 cents.
Sec g. 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 CD per hour
above truckers rates as established, I'M
der Section 7.
(b) Showers of stevedors, callers or
leaders, locaters and coopers, two (2)
cents per hour above truckers rates as
established under Section 7.
The above shall not operate to de-
crease any existing higher differentials.
Sec. g. All common laborers in and
around stations, storehouses and ware
houses, not otherwise provided for
80 cents.
Article Ill Maintenance of way and
structures and unskil1ed forces specified
of the United States railroad admins
tration, of the hereinafter named class
es, amounts per hour.
construction, mason and concrete wa
ter supply, and plumber foreman, ex-
cept such water supply and plumber
foremen as were paid under the pro-
visions of supplement No. 4 to general
order No. 27-15 cents
Sec. 2. Assistant building bridge,
painter, construction, mason and con-
crete, water supply and plumber fore
men, and for coal wharf, coal chute
and fence gang foreman, pile drivers,
ditching and hosting engineers and
bridge inspectors, except such assistant
water supply and plumber foremen as
were paid under the provisions of sup
plement No. to general order No. u
is cents. ---
Sec. g. Section, track and mainten-
ance foremen and assistant section,
track and maintenance foremen-15
cents.
Sec. a. Mechanics in the mainten-
ance of way and bridge and building
departments except those that
tional agreement with the federated
shop trades-15 cents.
Sec. 5. Mechanics helpers in the
maintenance of way and bridge and
building departments, except those that
come under the provisions of the ma
tiona1 agreement with the federated
shop trades-81z cents
Sec. e. Track laborers and all COM
mon laborers in the maintenance of way
department and in and around shops
and roadhouses, not otherwise provided
for herein-81z cents.
Sec. 7. Drawbridge tenders and
assistants, pile driver, ditching and
hosting fremen, pumper engineers and
bumpers, crossing watchmen or flag
men and lamp lighters and tenders
80 cents.
Sec. g. Laborers employed in and
engine watchmen and Wipers, fire build
ers, ash pit men, f1ue borers, coal pass
ers, Except those coming under the
provisions of Article 8, Section 8, this
decision) coal chute men, etc.-lO cents.
Article ". Shop employees.
Section L. Supervisory forests
cents. VII s-*
Sec. 2. Machinists, boilermakers.
b1acksmiths, sheet metal workers, cleo
trical workers., car men, moulders,
cupola tenders and core makers, includ-
ing those with less than four years ex-
perience, all crafts-13 cents.
Sec. g. Regular and helper appren-
tees and helpers, all classes-13 cents.
Sec. 4. Car cleaners cents.
Article V. photographers, telephones
and agents.
Section l. Telegraphers, telephone
operators, Except switch board oper-
ators), agents Except agents at small
non-telegraph stations, as referred to in
supplement No. Is to general orders
No u, Article ", Section (c) agent
telegraphers, agent telephones, tower
men, levermen, tower and train direct
ors, block operators and staff men-1O
cents.
Sec. 2. Agents at small non-telegraph
stations as referred to in supplement
No. IS to general order No. u, Article
", Section C-5 cents.
Article W.. Engine service employees.
Section l. Passenger service:
Engineers and motormen, eight cents
per mile, 80 cents per day; hremen
local or oiD eight cents, 80 cents;
helpers (electric), eight cents, 80 cents.
Sec 2. Freight service:
Engineers (steam, electric or other
power), 1.04 per mile, 1.O4 per day;