Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-25
PAINTERS UNION
SUSPENDED FROM.
TRADES COUNCIL
Patience of Other Unions Is
Exhausted BY Strikers
Failure to Abide by Com
promises with Contractors

The painters union was suspend
ed from the Building Trades council
last night by vote of the unions
which was practically unanimous,
it was stated last night by Tom
Clark, president.
Does this action mean that the
building trades will not fight a
move on the part of Albuquerque
contractors to secure painters
where they can find them for the
unfinished jobs that have been held
up for the past seven weeks?" he
was asked.
1T does" he replied.
The Building Trades council has
taken a final stand against longer
holding up a big building program
that has been kept back by the
strike. Contractors state that they
can find painters who are capable
and willing to do the work at SO per
day and have only been waiting for
the sanction of the building trades
unions in employing them.
With their jobs being filled by
other men it is believed that the
members OF the painters union Will
vote to return to work. IT is com
monty reported that a few radical
men in the union led the majority
who were in favor of returning to
work into prolonging the fight.
Thus an end is seen to a long
fight that dates back to June /,
when thirty-five painters and pa
per hangers of local No. 1923 of the
painters union suspended work.
Three Albuquerque shops signed
contracts allowing the painters de
.mands of an increase of from IS
to 50 per day. The history of the
strike follows:
June 49, Albuquerque Contrac-
tors association voted to continue
In its refusal of meeting the de-
manded increase of IS to 50 per
day demanded by the painters.
Building Trades council orders
eight unions to take referendum
vote and report. Painters union
agrees to stand by result.
June %. Referendum vote is a
tie. Four unions supporting paint
ers and four against them. Car
penters' union, representing major
ity of men in all unions, votes
against painters demands.
June 20. Building trades take
second referendum vote and vote
five to three in favor of the paint
ers' union returning to work at IS
per day. Wash hands of team
sters' strike by stating that team
sters are not members of council.
Ittl., Do ,Yf lnplo 20
1t will not abide by second refer
endum of Building Trades Council.
but will agree to a plan decided
upon by committees from council
and Albuquerque Contractors as
ISOLATION.
July 8. Building trades with
draw their support of painters
union.
July Z. Mass meeting called to
settle scrap. Business Mems Co
operative association asks members
to forget" about private painting
jobs until painters return to work.
July s. Mass meeting Ia held
and committees appointed by
Building Trades Council and Con-
tractors association to agree upon
plan for settlement.
July 3. Executive committees
offer plan of painters returning to
work at So per day with 81 raise
for all crafts on January /. 1921,
If living costs have not dropped
10 Per cent at that time. Paint
ers union declines to accept the
compromise but offers plan of
returning to work at $3.50 per day
md of receiving so cents increase
or January /. 1921. If living costs
have not decreased 10 per cent,
July IL, Contractors refuse to
agree to plan other than the one
decided upon by the executive COM
imittees of the two organizations,
by which the painters had agreed
to stand.
July II. Painters refuse to call
further meetings.
July 20. Building Trades Coun-
ell meets and unofficial report Is
out that they have given the
painters certain length of time
to settle their strike. Contractors
meet day following and vote to
continue to refuse demands of
painters
4 July "a. Painters union sus-
pended from Building Trades
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