Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-07-14
LABOR DISPUTE
settlement IS
NOT COMPLETED
Arbitration Day Failure as FaI
as Settling All Differences
in Local Situation
CONDITIONS BETTEREC
Some of the Unions Come tt
Agreement With Bosses
During Conference
BAD EFFECT, HOWEVER
Open Shop Conditions Still
Prevail in Many Cases.
Trouble Likely
BAD EFFECT, HOWEVER

Arbitration day yesterday was a
failure as far as the settling of the
differences of the Building Trades
Association and Building Trades
Council are concerned. From indt-
cations today conditions between
these two organization are some
what better than they were, as some
of the unions came to agreements,
but as others did not general build
ing seems to be more tied up than
ever. This is brought about through
the fact that while some trades
came to an agreement others could
not and will continue the open
shop plan, thus making it impossi-
BILE to trades employing union men
and those running open shop to
work on the same job,
IT was on May IS that the open
shop conditions were first declared
in this city and it was not until
yesterday that the Building Trades
Association, consisting of the mas
ter builders, and the Building Trades
Council. consisting of the union men.
held general meetings to see if some
agreement could not be reached.
Conferences were held at the Build
ers Exchange between the various
union representatives and master
builders from early morning until
late at night. and although some OF
the trades were able to agree others
were not The results as reported
at a general meeting of the Building
Trades Association after the arbitra-
ton conferences had been concluded
were:
Carpenters.
The master carpenters and union
ferences, but each time they proved
unsuccessful in reaching an agree
ment. The union men, according to
the reports of the conferences as
given out by the association, refused
to work for less than SO a day. The
master carpenters offered the union
representatives ninety-four cents an
hour, with a guarantee of no cuts IN
this wage until May /, 1922, said
Fred c. Christensen, secretary OF
the association, today. The union
men refused to accept this settle
ment on the plea that they are affill-
ated with the Middlesex District
Council of Carpenters and If they
made a settlement of this kind they
would be the lowest paid carpenters
in the state of New Jersey and that
all Middlesex carpenters would be
aftecteO DV SuCH setlieiHChe ~
made by them. said Mr.. Christen-
sen.
When it was found that an agree
ment could not be reached the mas
ter carpenters let it be known that
although they are open to arbitr-
ton at any time, they will continue
the open shop plan. The master
carpenters originally demanded a
reduction from IS to 81 per day.
In the case of the masons 1t was
agreed to leave the entire matter to
an arbitration commission consisting
of five disinterested persons. two
of these are to be appointed by the
master masons and two h. the union,
the fifth to be selected by the four.
The committee is to be appointed by
tomorrow night.
It was also agreed that until this
arbitration board reports on its find
ings, that all union men will be re-
employed at the old union scale
which was in vogue when the open
shop scheme was adopted by the
master masons. The two men selec-
ted by the master masons for this
committee will also act on the arbl-
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