The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-09-16
STRIKE BALLOT BEING
TAKEN ON n. c. & ST. l..
Stop! Look Listen, Think!

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The strike ballot is being taken on
all the railroads of this country. The
Istrike ballot is being taken on the n.
&c. & st. l.. Railway. The N. c. & st.
i. Ry., is in this country-right here
Iamong US It's people are our people.
Have you stopped to think what a
Estrike On all the railroads of the Unit
ed States means? Have you stopped
to think what a strike on the n. c. d.
l'St. l.. means? Have you stopped to
think WHY the employees Of the N. c..
& St. L. are voting on strike or
WHY any Of them should favor a
strike?
Did you know that the United
States Labor Board cut the wages of
the railroad employees just while
back, and that the employees just kept
on working just the same as if they
were getting the old wage. But then
the railroads saw how easy the Labor
Board handled the wage question that
they entered the fight and are trying
to take away from the employees the
working conditions that had existed
long before the war.
Railroad employees are just like
other folks. They work for the pay
there is in the job and the conditions
under which they work should be the
same as in other vocations. They only
want to he treated as others are treat
ed who earn their living by the
sweat Of the brow.
Our people will please read below
and see what the company is requir-
ing of the employees and what the
employees are refusing. Under some
of these paragraphs, the company
would be allowed to run employees
who have been in Lexington all their
lives to other terminals and work
them as they see fit, and their Sc
niority would amount to little.
Will the people stand by the en-
ployes? The test will soon come. The
following is what the railroads are
trying to put over the employees;
/. Propose to eliminate all time
and one-half for overtime.
2. Put all passenger service on
5 hours or 100 miles, except short
turn-around passenger service, which
they propose to change from '8 with
in 10" to IS within ID" and all over
time on minute basis.
3. Do away with all three crewed
locals, and all trip guarantees on To-
'aals, work trains, etc, -.ss-A
4. Change Art. 10, to provide that
firemen will be paid for actual miles
for each class of engine used instead
of the highest for entire trip or day
as provided in present rule.
5. Eliminate pay for hosting pas
senger engines at intermediate points.
6. Eliminate all initial and Final
terminal switching and delay pay.
Eliminate rule that when engine
hauls passenger equipment on freight
schedule or extra, crew will be paid
through freight rates.
8. Change present rule that crew
will be paid for all time used or held
between terminals, and allow them
for time they work, deducting time
tied up under present rules.
9. Make new rule allowing crews
on circus trains to be tied up between
terminals and allowing a minimum Of
1873 miles, and overtime after 10
hours and 3S minutes, deducting time
not working over the 1873 miles or 10
hours and SO minutes.
Do away with present rule which
provides crews will be used on own
seniorority district, and allowing
management to run them through ter
minals and on other seniorority dis
tricts, whenever the management for
the purpose of economy and public
convenience desires to do so.
IL. Eliminate rule that provides
that the Bridgeport -0rm, Bridgeport
Dunlap and Shelbyville Branch runs
will be paid every day in the month.
u. Eliminate paragraphs c, d, e. f,
in Article 27, Governing starting
time of yard crews.)
l3. Do away with or changing
present Article IL so that yard crews
may be used in road service and only
paid the highest ratese for entire trip
or day, instead of actual miles made
in addition to their yard pay as in
present schedule.
A FRIEND OF THE BOYS.