Evening journal., 1921-07-30
e Anti-suicide Committee.

arbitrary conditions forced upon us
/ by the thirty-year-behind-t
labor policy OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company; resting our cases
individually and collectively in the
United States Labor Board. and the
Railway Employees Department of
the American Federation of Labor"
A. ]. Berger, general chairman Of
the Joint Protective Board, Brother
hood Railway Carmen of America,
! Pennsylvania System Lines, stated
that the report issued by the Of
ficials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to the effect that the Shop
Crafts are in accord with the man
agement pertaining to rules and
working conditions is false and mis-
leading. He said: 1.-The so-called
agreement that has been signed by
the men purporting to be elected on
the company ballot that was ftr-
nished the shop Craft men on June
6, 1921, is an agreement signed by
the rankest kind OF a minority and
has no bearing whatever upon the
majority
He quoted figures TO substantiate
his statement. furnished by e. T.
Whittier, assistant to George L. Peck.
vice-president in charge of personnel,
showing that on the entire Pennsyl-
vania System, exclusive of Altoona
Works, 33,104 men were eligible to
vote. The company received on their
shop ballot 34SO covering the four
regions. He said at Altoona, men
who have been furloughed for
six months or more. have been called
back, and after being put through a
course were instructed that before
they could go to work, they must
sign paper agreeing to work under
the regulations that had been put
into effect at that point, which
he said was in violation OF
. the orders of the u. S. Labor
Board. Since the establishment OF
the board, he said. all OF the organi-
cations affiliated with the Railway
p Employees Department, A. f. Of l..
have abided by the rules Of saic
b board, and it is their intention e
continue to abide by said rules.
r VIII Await Boards Decision.
p I'VE are informed" he said, "thai
( the decision on the case between the
t System Federation No. 90 and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ha.
D virtually been completed and expect
= it to be made public hourly, al
which time the controversy on tn,
l Pennsylvania Railroad will be set
, tied as far as the United States Rail
p road Labor Board is concerned"
w. A. Garfield, secretary Of Dis
1 trict No. 40. Machinists' Union. de
< clared that the railroad companies
Dor Board, are the people who ar
e now objecting to its decisions.
i John c. Saylor, business repre-
Il sentative of the Central Labo
s Union. advised the men to "sit tigh
= and don't rock the boat" "Awai
F. the decision Of the Railroad Labo
II Board" he advised.
u A committee. comprising the dul
: authorized representatives of eac
q" craft, was instructed to wait upo
Master Mechanic Whitman thi
u morning, and present him with
4 copy of the resolutions.
The men were advised to repor
II for work when called, but to stan
n by their rights and refuse to wor
~ piece work. on a rising vote ever
IS man present declared his intentio
IT Of following this advice.
= 'If you work nine hours da
1 instead of eight" declared Carol
It you are depriving 1914 per cent q
l. the men who are walking the street
Of job. and If you work ten hour
le day you are depriving IS per Ger
is Of the right to work" He declare
At that the piece-work system woul
tend TO materially reduce wages, ir
s. stead Of increasing them as the con
of pany contends.
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