The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
EMPLOYEES OF PENNSY
URGED To TAKE PART
IN ELECT|NC ENJOYS

In connection with the vote by the
first group of Pennsylvania railroad
employees to elect representatives to
deal with the officials of the system
in all matters affecting their welfare,
lowing appeal to the employees con-
in the election:
"On the eve of the election by the
first group of employees of represen-
tatives to deal with the officers of the
Pennsylvania railroad. the manage
ment earnestly requests every en-
ploye concerned to participate in the
election
"The plan that has been proposed
to the employees concerns not only the
negotiations of rules and working con-
ditions; it is a plan whereby the en-
ployes of this railroad, through rep
resentatives of their own selection.
will have a voice in management in
all matters affecting their welfare.
To Vote Choice.
ut is your right to vote your choice
OF representatives according to your
own interests and without prejudice
The United States railroad labor
board in it's decision 119 has empha-
sized that right as one Of the cardinal
principles governing the relation be-
tween the railroads and their en-
ployes, and the management of the
Pennsylvania railroad is making every
effort in this vote to afford you an
opportunity to exercise that right as
you yourselves desire. The negotia-
tons of rules and working conditions
~ h,1S the
management and the representatives.
whom you select, but it is not the pur-
pose to stop there. Many of the prob
lens confronting the railroad today
concern every individual employee,
and it is the sincere belief of the Of
ficers of the road that we can better
solve them in conference with our
own employees through mutual under
standing of the facts affecting our
common interests.
Working Out Details
1.-THE details of this plan, under
which employe representatives are to
have a voice in management, are now
being worked out for discussion with
such representative when they are
chosen. 1t will be the function of
these representatives in conference
with representatives of the manage
ment, to shape this plan and organize
themselves into committees to handle
matters of mutual concern.
I'm general, the proposed plan is
this: Each class of employees, such as
the signal department employees, the
maintenance of way and structures
employees, the telegraph department
employees, the shop forces, mechanics,
their helpers and apprentices, will
elect their representative on each
division; or, in the case Of the shop
forces, in each master mechanics
jurisdiction, to constitute a division
committee. This committee will elect
a chairman and, if empowered by a
majority vote of the employees con-
cerned, will speak and act for the en-
ployes on the division for which Sc
lected
THE chairmen SO selected will be-
come members of a general committee
which will in turn select a chairman.
The general committee or such por-
ton thereof as may be decided by the
committee itself will speak and act
for the employees before the general
superintendent and general manag-
ers. The plan. of course, also contem-
plates the selection of system COM
mittee and of a system chairman to
speak and act for the employees OF
each class on the entire system.
1.-The procedure to be followed by
these committees will be worked out
by themselves in conference with rep
resentatives of the mana cement in a
manner similar to the negotiations OF
the procedure Of the joint reviewing
committee in engine and train serv
ice It is our hone that we shall very
soon perfect an orga niZation in which
each individual employe will be rep
resented and through which our mu-
tual interests may be discussed
around a table and an amicable set
Element reached on all controversial
questions"