Weekly journal-miner., 1920-07-21
WHAT RAILROAD WORKERS ASK
 IN WAGES

1 WASHINGTON, July 14.-De- mands for substantial wage increases ! for nearly all classes of the 2,O00,- I0O0 railroad employees have been pending since late last summer. These
 demands, first presented at different times to the railroad administrator board on wages and working condi- tions, were unsettled when govern
 ment operation of the railroads was ended, and in urn were referred to
 the railroad labor board, which was created under the transportation ast Some few of the classes O1 organ ized employees have not pressed for nal demands but have insisted that
 their wages be increased if advances
 were granted other related classes
 of workers. The principal demands
 of the leading unions follow:
 Brotherhood of Railroad Train
 man: Passenger brakemen be ln-
 creased from Sl2O a 30-day month 10 $50 for 26-day month; baggage men be increased from $l24SO for 30-day month to S160 for 26-day month; assistant conductors be in creased from Sl44 for 30-day month to $179 for 26-day month; freight brakemen in valley territory be in creased S408 to $5.S8 a day with ten Iper cent; yard foremen or conductors be increased from $5.33 to S72O q day; yard helpers or brakemen be increased from $ to $500 a day; | switch tenders be increased from $4 Ito $500 day; also time and one half for all Sunday and holiday serv- ice and a guaranty of % days month for regular employees ill all classes of service.
 Order of Railway Conductors;
 Passenger conductors be increased from Sl&O for 30 day month to SIPS for 26-day month; through-freight conductors be increased from $5.40 to S7.65 a day in valley territory, with | increases in the mountain rate from S5.8l to $8.37 a day; local freight con ductors be increased from $592 to | SS.28 a day in valley territory, with l increase in mountain rate from S626 | to S9.13 a day.
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men; and EnCinemen: Road freight 1 tiremen to be increased al average l of Sl.84 a day over present rates yard freight hrcmen be increased an
 rage of SIPS a day over present rates; passenger fremen to be in- creased from present average of $4.31 a day to $6.50 a day.
 Brotherhood Of Locomotive En- | gineers: While presenting i.o specl- hc requests, notice was served that ! the engineers desired increases pro oortionate to any increases graned | other employees.
 All road employees, as distinguished 1 from yard employees, in the four fore ! poin@ organizations, generally group ! cd as the Big Four brothcrhoods, ! now get proportionatcly increased i daily pay when they make mileage in excess Of 1G0 mile. and in freight service get time and onc-half for time consumed in excess of what would be required on the guaranteed speed basis which is two and one Na'f miles an hour
 SWitchmcn's Union of North Am erica: Foremcd or conductors be iu- creased from $5.33 to $7.5O a day and $S night; helpers or brake men be increased from $ to $7 day and S7.5O a night; switch ten dcrS to receive same rate as helpers; time and onc-half for Sundays and holidays.
 Maintenance of Way and Engine house LaborerS: Rate for all mcchan- ics in the maintenance of way de- partmeut to be increased from basic rate Of s cents au hour to uniform rate of 68 cents an hour rate of 6o cents au hour; rate of all track men and other laborcrs 10 be in- creased from rates running from ZS cents to 40 cents an hour. Most of these employes now receive between 5 and 40 cents an hour.
 Brotherhood of Railroad Signal men of America: An increase of ap- proximately 10 cents an hour for each class of signal employees.
 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks; An increase of at least 20 cents an hour to January 1,19ZO, and in C addition the establishment of diff Icrentials between certain classes of employees; also immediate elimination i of the existing 43-ceut all hour max 6 mum rate for freight handlers and other labor III freight houses, store