The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13

ITS consideration wage statistics
resemblance to the truth. ~. ,..=s.
) Decision Is Expected. -
Decision in this controversy is
expected in the not remote future.
What direction It will take cannot,
of course, be predicted. If the Rail
Board follows the clear injunction
OF the.1aw Of its creation and being,
the railway managers will be kicked !
out Of court, bag and baggage
Meanwhile, a federal court has
given a decision that emasculates
the board and reduces it to the inn
to which aggrieved. parties may
present their complaints. The court
clearly holds that the Board, after
rendering its awards. has no power
to enforce it, leaving it to the in
telligence or the conscience Of the
rail managers TO. decide just what
should be done with the findings. Z
The workers.. therefore, find
themselves tied hand and, foot to 4
Labor Board that is without ade-s
quate power to enforce its findings.
Disregard Rulings. .sss -ss
Meanwhile, more than so roads
have deliberatel disregarded the
rulings Of the Board and are con-
Quoting "their!arelations with em-
ployes in open d efiance of the trans;
porta ton law. as 1T has been tn-y
terpreted by its creature. s sEs y ss5
To evade wage rulings and wQ11k-
ing conditions esIa ablisheds by u
Labor Board many roads have
sorted to the transparent fraud tke.
leasing shops and maintenance wol
to dummy agents on cost plus cox
tracts. The effect Of this practjeSE;
is. to take, from the workers mi
victory they may have, gained In fair
arbital combat with the employer
In every instance where dummy
agents have been selected by CIR
riers the workers have immedta 4elyS
been subjected toadrastic wage cuts
and the imposition of working con-
ditions that the Labor. Board has
ruled to be unnecessarily harsh, and
inhuman. !: :
Consequently many thousands of
workers today do.not have the bene-a.
fit of. decisions made by the Board
in their interest. s.--:.s
Board Is. Helpless. ,. s4
And the Labor Board, according
to the federal court, cannot do. any-
thing to relieve this intolerable con-
dition. = = - ,... !. ..5, .E5!..
The. railroads, having foisted upon
the workers an. arbitration tribunal
that, the workers did. not want, are
cold -bloodedlys rejecting its orders
when it seems to- profit them to do
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That naturally puts the workers
back, upon their own resources, and
they evince a dispo3ition to grasp.
them and make them seryiceable
to end an impossible impasse.
The Federated Shop Crafts,
through their departmental organ /
ization, I. had; fill appreciation of
where the trend Of events is carry
ing them when they decided to sub
NIT strike vote referendum to !
100000 railroad workers on the
dummy contract and other evasions
OF the transportation law. IS. ~. .
~, Workers May Strike.
d It. is stated by officials of the
union that a favorable response to
this vote will be: followed Dysa walk
out Of workers affected by it,
: II It t'connes,to that the public should
have no difficulty In placing respon-,.
sibility for g cessation Of transpor-
taton. is 2 S.Es.. IS. :. ISL s5.*s SIS
The workers have kept the faith.
They have gone the. limit in an ef-.
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