The state herald., 1921-04-15


caulk the leak, after which the loco
motive carpenter replaces the tagging
and the sheet metal worker tightens
the Jacket AS these employees usual.
ly have helper, six men were EN-
! ployed on a trivial job that should
have been done by the boilermaker
and helper
"3. A boiler check to be changed
requires the sheet metal worker to
disconnect the pipe, Il machinist to
remove and apply the check, and the
sheet metal worker to connect up the
/ pipe. In fact the work is so inter
mingled that there are numerous op
erations that should be done by one
employe, who is competent to dc
them, instead of having employees
/ from the various crafts concentrated
on the one small job. which should
/ be done by any one of the crafts"
THE Michigan Central is now faced
with claim involving nearly $4,000
in pay for carman's helper who had
been Strengthening bolts. The broth.
titled to blacksmith's rating and
pay because he had been doing work
which is listed In the National
! Agreement as blacksmith's work. If
the brotherhcod's contention is car
ried,- it will mean probably that re.
clamation work of this character will
have to be discontinued because the
cost would be prohibitive.
AT Strong City, Kan, n Santa Fe
train left at an hour that necessitat-
ed having a carman start his work
at 6:45 a. M, or 10 minutes in ad-
vance of the time for the remainder
of the carmen to commence their
day. Under the terms of the Ma.
tional Agreement the road was COM
PEELED to pay five hours pay per day
for this Is minutes of service, of
s90.50 for total of ~ hours work
per month. 1t was impossible to ef-
feet any other arrangement without
placing the entire night force in ser.
vice. and it was therefore necessary
to change the departing time of this
train
AT the close of regular working
day of eight hours, the testing of an
engine on the Chicago. st. Paul. Min
neapolis & Omaha was not complet.
ed This work would have been com.
pleted in the following hour. but a
leak developed which necessitated
home additional work. and conse-
quently the task was not completed
until 30 minutes past the ninth hour.
Under the provisions of the National
Agreement this resulted in paying six
men five hours pay each for one.half
hours work"
THE Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
in June conducted u test in its shops
at Shopton. Iowa. and found that
tn ere were 81 cases where employees
worked over the ninth consecutive
hour to complete necessary work to
put the engines in service. The ac.
"7l time worked In all % cases was
sG.2 hours. and for this work the men
were paid for l70 hours. making Il
punitive payment of 1898 hours pay.
The same road has reported that
there have been many cases where.
on account of second shift man not
reporting for work. first shift man
has been requested to continue worl.
in the formers place. One man VIII ,
Z performed such work on the second
shift recently claimed FIVE hours pay
for each job performed during the
second shift This would mean that
the employe would be paid. In addi.
tion to his regular hourly pay. for 30
hours of work for being requested to
perform four different tasks In the
second shift
"a boilermaker employed by the st
Louis.San Francisco left the service
of that road ON October 10. 1919. He
did not receive his pay check until
November eth. because OF moor mail
service. Acting under one OF the pro.
visions of the shop crafts agreement.
he demanded and was awarded pay
Tor si; out OF the Wight days after he
quit work that elapsed before he re.
ceiyed his check" Can YOU beat
that?
AS result of the strict interpre.
fntlun Of one Of the rules in the shop
crafts agreement, the pere Marquette
vas recently compeiled to pay to.
tai OF S9.363.9i In back pay to four
employees because their titles were
changed although their work had re.
malned the same"