The labor world., 1921-11-05
NOVEMBER j S, 1925
same OLD STORY, STR|KEBREAkERS
BUMPED OFF VIII EN- STRIKE IS OVER

What methods have been practiced
to induce employers in the building
industry to hire the non-union men
offered to them by the open shop
crowd which has been waging ,cam-
paign against the union shop princi-
pie in the building trades are being
revealed by suits brought by some of
these non-union workmen for the re-
covery of pay promised them for their
services by the open shop representa-
tives
suit for the recovery Of $7,785.9S
was filed by attorneys E. J. Talbot and
]. E. Manning against the San Fran
cisco Chamber Of Commerce, Builders
Exchange and the Industrial Rela-
tions committee, who are jointly
charged with having pledged them
selves to furnish the extra money
promised to carry on the open shop
fight against organized labor.
There are something like 40 strike
breakers represented in the suit refer
red to. while Attorney Arthur Joel
has filed suit in behalf Of a couple
others for damages exceeding $500,
While L. G. Macarthur has the case
of eight more for over $500. In
each suit the three organizations men,
toned are named as defendants. The
reason for this combination cropping
up In every suit is that they yll
worked together so closely that the
name of one appears on one set Of
papers and that Of the others on other
papers in the possession Of the strike
md 30 SNk~
| that this very method in all proDa-
bility was adopted to confuse and dis
courage the very kind Of damage
suits that are now being brought.
The occasion for the suits is that
contractors supplied with these men
discharged them while they had been
guaranteed steady employment till
October 1.
The grievances complained Of in
these suits are summed up by J. C..
Dolson in recent issue of the Rank
and File, which is published at San
Francisco
The contract of employment was
made out as between the Builders Ex-
change of San Fracisco and the in
| dividual strikebreakers. It contained
O~o-As Fc~A q o opAAS duu pIOVlS1ODS
were to be effective from the day the
applicant started work until October
1, and from one to 60 days there
| after at the employers option. The
second and third paragraph related to
the character and ability Of the strike
breaker and his physical condition.
The fourth paragraph promised work
in San Francisco or within a raius
of SO miles, The fifth stipulated that
strike and lockout conditions prevailed
and assured "reasonable' protection.
The sixth paragraph contained the
applicants promise to obey orders and
stated the contract could be voi1ed
only for incompetency, false repre-
sentations, INSTRUMENTATION, or refusal
to work when and where ordered. It
also absolved employer from respon-
slbility for injuries sustained through
disobedience to orders or the negli-
gence Of the employee.
1.-THE trouble has arisen over the
two following paragraphs. particu-
larly the seventh. This provided that
the Industrial Relations Committee,
San Francisco Builders Exchange.
should furnish transportation in ad-
vanced. Ten per cent was to be de-
Quoted from the weekly wages until
the sum thus advanced was repaid.
If, however, the employe remained
'loyar' and was in the employ of the
Exchange on October l. the full
amount Of the transportation charges
so deducted was to be refunded to the
strikebreakers.
I'm order to avoid the payment of
huge sum on October 1, the Builders
Exchange contrived to get a large
number of their faithful hirelings
fired before that date. The reason
given for the discharge was ineffi-
ciency.'
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