Arizona republican., 1921-12-14
RAILROAD LABOR
 BOARD SLASHES |OVERT|NE RATES
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 CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Slashing ex- tra pay provisions for the first two hours of overtime after the regular eight hour days work from rules governing railway maintenance of way employees. the railroad labor board has set up a schedule of ten hours day at the regularly hourly wage for common laborers, in new rules announced tonight to replace the national agreement.
 The principle of eight consecutive hours shall constitute a days work" is retained, however. and time and one-half pay is granted after ten hours work.
 The new provisions make possible a ten-hour day without .penalizing the railroads, which were compelled, under the federal agreement, to pay time and one half after eight hours. | The rules become effective Decem- Der 16. one year after the agreement was made between the railroad ad- ministration and the United Broth erhood of Maintenance of Way em- ployes and railroad shop laborers. They apply on all railroads where Tagreement has not already been reached on new rules.
 Many rules had been agreed on by ! 1 majority of roads and, in such cases, the federal counter parts were I remanded to roads not reaching an agreement, for further consideration
 These included rules on seniority
 promotion and special service, where local conditions were held to gov
 ern. Wage schedules were elimin- ated as part of the rules agreement. Removal of the two hours over
 time penalty was declared by labor
 board attaches to cut many millions of dollars from the carriers annua
 pay rolls
 I The old national agreement recog.
 nized the ten hour day in extra ol ] employment is temporary and sea- sonal. Regular gangs. however, wer' , paid overtime after eight hours. Under the new rules the numbel
 of hours work per day may be re | duced by mutual agreement to avoi' : reducing forces. The roads wer' ], formerly compelled to pay eigh 2 hours wages a day for each man em . | ployed. Regular assignment of Sun | day and holiday work no longe ] draws time and a half pay. Whel 1OT ltoS lA14 Ndy . WI . . however, employees will be paid thre y hours straight time for two hour d work or less, instead of time and d half for the two hours and pro rat
 time thereafter. Extra time worke
 before. the regular work day begin
 will still draw time and one-half.
 Employes called off their reguls
 assignment and travelling in com , pany cars under the new rules 6, only straight time for eight hours
 day, including Sunday and holidays 3 Straight time will be allowed en
 ployes travelling in other than outf
 cars for work hours only, receivir . half time for other hours, instead { 10 full time. Men who work throug s- meal time hereafter will be pa W straight time instead of time ar
 one-half, being allowed 20 minute '- extra with pay to eat their lunch' n; at the first opportunity.
 70 All arbitrary rules fixing the b' sd ginning and ending of the regul; go wory day are eliminated, these hou l to be fixed by agreement betwes ; local officials and the men.
 i- The board has now completed col III sideration of rules covering approx
 mately one million railroad employe - Characterizing the new mainte ,n ance of way rules as mere revision a to eliminate many of the onerous e eo fects of the national agreement, =. M. Felton. president of Chical sa Great Western railroad and chai
 man of the western committee on D
 titions of the Association of Railwi
 Executives assured in a stateme
 tonight that the benefit that may
 may not ensue from their applic
 tions is mere guess work until tn
 haVa heen tried ont