Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-01-21
RULINGS or NATIONAL
BOARDS Will sETTLg
MANY CONTROVERSIES $


The National Board Of Jurlsaie.
tional Awards in the building In.
dustery. organized over ynar Aeo.
has recently handed down some I'm
porlant and far reaching decisions
/ thai VIII put an end 10 disputes of
long standing between some of the
larger crafts Of tho building trades
The board VAS organized through
mutual agreements aud understand.
ing upon the part Of the building
trades International unions. cuntgac.
tors and all those engaged In the
industry. The purpose Was TO elm.
mate lost industrial motion due 10
iurisdiotienal disputes that have
caused such heavy LOSSES 10 the union
mechanics, the contractors. and which
has caused such meflled aa we'll as
severe condemnation upon the part
OF the public. II supplements the
n 7 department OF the A h og l..
TO the extent tha, |, has the lndorse.
ment OF that body aud Is court OF
lasi reaort
The personnel OF this board and
those attending the meeting in Wash.
ingson follows.
h, ] Russell. chairman, American
Institute of Architects
Il. Z. Miller, Engineering Council
Col. ]. II. Virgins and J 4. -
Dresser. Associated General Con.
tractors Of America
u M. Craig, National Association
building Trades Employers
Thomas X prioee and John ]
IIynes, building Trades Department.
American Federation Of Labor
William J. Spencer, executive soc.
retary,
John r Coagroye, OF the Brother.
hood Of Carpenters and Jolners. was
the only member OF the board who
failed TO attend the meeting.
One OF the most important deei.
siona reached al the recent meeting
In Washington was that regarding
the generation old dispute between
the Carpenters and Sheet Metal
Workers unions an to who shall
erect metal trim In iiraproof huifd.
ings. The sheet metal mon are given
this work
The carpenters also lost their con,
troyersy with the structural iron
workers over the erection OF metal
forms for concrete construction where
the metal In HEAVIER than No. 10
gauge. but are given the work of
hanging aiding metallic doors. The
carpenters. who did not put IN an ap.
pearanee al the meeting. mel In
indianapolis on January IL TO do.
eide whether tho decision OF the
board shall be accepted This ieeiaion
~ looked hp0u ~ Last aAAn that
|sxlll deetde ,pfhHther ~ not I'M rffarts
|of tjT9 h0ildinh lFades ihtafests 10
|eliminafe the inttWnnion strike III d
failure or q success.
Following II a summary of the
most important decisions reached.
In the matter OF the controversy
between the tile layers and plumbers
over setting and alignment OF tile
and porcelain bathroom aeceasorics
Il was decided that all bath and toilet
room accessories made of clay pro.
duets. built In tlle-faced walle, shall
be the work OF the tiles setter.
In the Interpretation of the boards
decision of March s, 1920. In the mat.
ter OF the controversy between the
iron workers and latbers over rein.
forced eoDcrets construction, I'll IN
not to be understood as nbrogating.
setting aside or IN amy way altering
The decision OF the Rochester eanyen.
tion OF the building trades depart
ment, November 20. 1919. awarding
Jurisdiction over hy-rib lath to the
Wood. Wire and Metal Lathers In.
ternational Bnion. and II fe under
stood that the placing Of by.rb lath or
any ribbed metal lath. however IL mny
be used, comes within the juriadic.
tion of the I.athers' union
In the matter OF the controversy be.
tween the sheet metal workers, lath.
ers and carpenters over metal floor
domes. it was decided that the placing
OF metal floor domes. whether TEN.
porary or permanent, whenever sup
ported by wood props or other wood
supports and used as frames for con
crete construction, come within the
Jurisdiction OF the Carpenters union.
Jurisdiction over foremen on con
crete columns. foundations, engine and
machinery beds as contested by the
bricJayers. hod carriers and plaster.
ers. II Is the decision of the board
that the work shall be done by the
laborers under supervision OF such
skilled workmen aA the employers
may designate.
In the dispute between the eleva-
tor constructors and the electrical
workers on the question OF construc-
ion work on elevators, II IL agreed
hat the electrical work involved In
he installation OF signal systems.
'ans. telephones, electric light fixtures
ind Illuminating thresholds and cleo
rIcal interlocking devices except on
automatic elevators. and feed wires
0 the controller, Is awarded 10 the