The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-30

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q Is indications today.
tpint mass meeting Of the Dav-
Srsft local No. 635 and the Rock
- and Moline local No. 4SS, has
2S1e called for tonight At the Rock
1Snd Industrial hall. It - ex-
5s1ed that the men will vote TO
rH work Friday morning pending
~ attaining Of = contract With
S5eefrical Contractors association.
vas claimed that such action
uaM not be carried out on the
Sinciple Of a strike and that It
IBID not be lockout on the part
n The employers. but would amount
~. ne men being forced out BY the
lfrsctors without an agreement to
~ under. The old agreement ex-
HES Thursday.
1t However, actual results will be
Y same as II the men were on
rike or had been locked out The
~ Is the first to follow the claims
I Z Contractors in general tina. wages
1rst come down. and that no new
ansements are to be signed at the
m rates with any Of the allied
1des crafts.
Would Wrtek Union, Claim.
according to H. D. Smith. busi-
& agent Of tho -tri-city. locals, In
li1frafional Brotherhood oil, Electro
i gus. inside wiremen's branch, the
ltxe being Offered by the Electri-
III Contractors association tend to-
svnd wrecking the union.
& The agreement board Of the
Sunicn and the labor board of the
contractors held q meeting at the
Quad City Builders exchange head
sauarters in Rock Island Tuesday
afternoon, and the breach between
HE organizations was widened.
| Business Agent Smith said the
contractors presented an agreement
which contained only four of the q
clauses Of the old agreement, taking
but all the important and salient
features Of the old contract and add
ing some other propositions.
1 The contract asks a wage reduc-
hon from 81 to Is cents an hour, and
refused local arbitration or arbitra-
hon of the question by the national
organizations, Mr.. Smith said. The
Anion officials also said that the en-
9loyers refused to make a tentative
agreement to be effective until af-
Ter the findings Of the committees
how at work investigating prices
Ind which work Is following. the
hall of the builders last week fol-
b Joint conference, which was held
pt the New Harper hotel.
The contractors also reduced tbs
overtime wage offer from double to
time and one-half, and would give
The unions only "a instead of As
hours to furnish a union employe on
iemand before the contractors en-
bloyed a non-union worker, Under
The old agreement the employers
we're to give employees notice the
tight before should there be no work
I Tor them on the following day, and
IN case such notice was not given
Ind the employee showed up fol
work. a payment of two hours
I wages was to be made. This clause
Nas stricken.
i The clause relative TO appren.
ices was also stricken. The union
Fould not be allowed to issue cards
70 apprentices nor to negotiate theil
wages, and the employers would b.
tiven the right to employ as many
apprentices as they desired and pay
Them any wage desired, according
p Business Agent Smith.
Can Not Guarantee Work.
The clause wherein the unior
Guaranteed the work of its members
70 both the public and the employer
vas also stricken. Mr.. Smith sait
NE old agreement provided tina
each union man must perform hi
york according to the city electrical
code, and should this not be done
NE worker had to go back and d,
Ne work over on his own time un
ecr penalty Of forfeiture of his Jun
.s ~ membership. ms clause wa :.
n arraamenr to nrotact aeains
! 4olding back pay on the ground
Z Nat the work was not satisfactory
Under the old agreement the mel
furnished their own tools with tn,
reception of bits and stocks an,
/ dies, the latter used in threading
YORK. Under the new offer the mel
would have to furnish all tools, an,
aocks and dies would cost then
shout $50. Bits soon wear out an,
would have to be replaced, MI
Smith said.
Under the old agreement the EN-
Noyer paid car fares to and frOu
work, with the exception of the mel
cpming to work from their home
nd returning to their homes. Thi
clause was stricken, and it was cite,
4 b Business Agent Smith that shoul,
ahy employee 60 out on 10 small
Nbs in a day, his car fare, indie
plndent of coming to and from hi
hme morpinO Nom opd pi~b,