The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-12-30
UNTERMYER ORDERS TRADES UNIONS
TO MEND WAYS in DEALING WITH
EMPLOYERS IN BUILDING TRADES

er. reached the conclusion that he did
not like the color and style Of the
work, though this was entirely salts
factory to the owner and architect
O. Where necessary there should
be amendment of bylaws to prevent
union officials and executive commit
tees from imposing unj Just and eXtor-
tomato penalties on employers An
illustration of this is the compelling
of employers to pay one-quarter OF
davis wages to men kept waiting IN
line more than 10. minutes for their
pay.
10. All regulations and practices
that restrict freedom Of the owner or
builder in the use of appliances ap-
proved by the public authorities or
that require parts OF work to be done
at building which can be more eco
nomically done at the shop, should be
rendered impossible in future by
proper regulation. Existing provls-
ions should be repealed and unions
and their delegates forbidden here
after to enact regulations that permit
them to punish or discipline employ
crs for the so-called offense of "rush-
ing" or "driving." The aim should be
for efficiency. Such regulations put
a premium on ineficiency.
Oppose Five Days a Week Limit.
II. The unions should be deprived
by amendment of the power to pro-
hibit their MEMBERS from working
more than five days a week and of the
power to fine or disciplinea them for
working on any day other than Sum
day or a legal holiday.
II. Any delegate or business agent
who has been convicted and served
prison term for eXtorting money Or
of using his position as a means to
coercion should be made ineligible to
future appointment.
10. Regulations should be adopted
prohibiting any union or business
agent from enforcing scale of daily
work such as is done by local 3I4 of
the Plasterers' Union in Long Island
City,
IA. With respect to plumbers
unions, the following regulations in
force must be abated: Providing that
only one helper may be employed to
two plumbers; that the helper cannot
use tools if the plumbers are using
tools on the job; insistence in the
cement masons union that where two
men are employed on a job one must
be paid 40 foreman's wages and that
where four are employed one of them
shall handle no tools
Calls Foreman Rule Unnecessary.
IS. With regard to metal fathers,
the rule requiring employment of
fathers on job wherever concrete is
being poured by common laborers
that compels the employer to have a
foreman look on while the work, is
being done by the laborers, though
there are lathers on the job, is I'M
reasonable and should be abolished
I6, Painters unions have a rule
where the Office of an employer is To-
Gated in a city other than that in
| which the work is being done the rate
of wages that prevails in the city of
the employers residence must be
paid. There is no reason in such a
| regulation.
II. Under Section 10 of Article 7
painters unions allow only one ap-
prentice for every 10 men or under,
but no shop is allowed more than two
! apprentices, no matter how many men
may be employed. If such Limitation
is continued there will soon be only
one painter to every 10 now in the
trade. This regulation should, OF
| course, be repealed.