Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-27
WagesNot
ReducedIs
Claim ed
Local Carpenters Not
Reduced Wages Is
Contention; Trades
Councils Statement

That the wage of Sale mcar
penters has not been reduced i
per cent as per their agreemen
following the reduction Of th'
wages scale in Portland thi
spring, is the contention OF
member OF the committee in char
ge Of the construction Of the new
Salem hospital.
When the reduction in tht
scale was made, it is said, Port
land carpenters were receiving
eight dollars a day and Salem
carpenters $3.50. With the re-
duction of 10 per cent which the
Salem local agreed to make, the
scale would now be $6.75, which
would have been acceptable to the
hospital board.
Denial was also made this morn
ing that the committee has been
Informed, other than newspaper
reports that the association or any
OF the members OF the building
committee individually had been
placed on the unfair list.
No notifications of the inten-
ti0ns OF any OF the labor unions OF
the city to subscribe to the hos
pital fund has been received by
the association though the unions
were approached twice and had
been informed as to the financial
situation arising from the neces-
sity of funds.
The Central Trades and Labor
council passed resolution last
night stating that they would in
yestigate the controversy between
the association and carpenters
and made public the following
statement:
"The Salem Trades and Labor
council has taken under consider
alton the grievance filed by the
carpenters rules and intend to
angles OF the controversy appar-
emily developing in the building |
of the Salem hospital.
Certain members OF the hos
pital board came before the labor
body last year and promised that
II they would get behind the hos
pital movement that Salem labor
would be employed and that or
ganized labor would be given
credit for its share OF assistance
as given.
Reports are brought to the
Labor council that the
members of the hospital board
have succeeded In violating the
rules and inted to
brow-beat all crafts In the build
Ing trades into working below the
wage scale.
"The Central Labor council
ioes not want to place the Salem ,
hospital upon the unfair list,
but does intend to ascertain the
Identity Of those members OF the
hospital board who have misre-
presented the attitude of the la.
Dor organizations with apparent
aim to prejudice publis sentiment {
against the right and just stand {
iaken by the carpenters local OF s
his city.
"Organlzed labor desires to aid {
IN building the Salem hospital,
Put II does not intend that the
heap labor advocates on the hos
oital board shall be unmolested 9
n apparent efforts 10 scalp the
mans wage.
"The statements are authorized
" the Salem Labor council"
when $50 people out OF !
own OF $4,000 subscribe enough
unds to make the building OF the
alem hospital possibility II is !
p to the committee to conserve
hose funds as much as possible"
'as the statement given from the
ffice OF the association this morn
ig. "Six dollars day. Tor car
enters is all we can afford to
ay." cl
The first car OF cement for the d.
arrived yesterday. Build Sc
lg plans Mere discussed at a &
leeting OF the board OF director Il
nd 1t was decided to call for bids h
ithin short time to contracts. &c
That the association was hav- m
Ig any trouble with the unions N
as denied this morning by Henry u'
:. Meyers who stated that work
! the building would progress as 'e '
Ipidly as possible. -