New-York tribune., 1922-11-05

81 .sopted set OF principles which
q ,>drce to large degree any pos
.a;,sr OF the building army refusing
sss 'bits--the building Of homes,
nssy,es and other structures needed
I. IA comfort and commercial prog
s.. Of the city.
si.es last December the building in
..s,sy has been conducted without any
as.y ~. nar so the performances of either
~, ar employer. Many efforts have
80 made during the year to draw the
y sides into g pact which would az
.s,. ~ an unrestricted building program,
a. litsle progress was made.
Terms Of Agreement
sor,. of the outstanding features Of
II iist Of principles which the unions
ssvs ~ agreed to abide by are that there
LAY, Ss no strikes; that ii the unions
s s.n 20 proyide sufficient men non-
.s .,ns.r workers may be put on the Job,
nd ever5 effort will be made to reduce
e,rsrsime. The principles upon. which
~ proposed trade agreement for the
as .as ysar snail be based are as follows
II There shall be no strikes or lock-
.ats oy stoppaga of work, neither shall
msnbers Of union collectively leave
as work Of q member of the Building
sysdes Employers Association. Trade
.rrsements made by the employers as
4 citations, members Of the Building
lrsdss Employers Association, and
,rsds unions shall provide that all dis
,,tss arising In the trades shall be
s.stIsd by trade boards Of arbitration,
IN an umpire II necessary, and the
i s.,isIons of trade boards and umptres
sssli he final and binding.
There shall be no agreement pro-
.isne for discrimination against build
l.. materials, raw or manufactured.
The amount of work a man may
,srform shall not be restricted by q
;! sssson uor by the representatives, Of
s@sys or members Of union, and the
ss Of machinery, tools, appliances or
ssshods shall not be restricted or in
,syisred with.
1 The employer shall bs st liberty
+ d employ and discharge whomsoever
q il aees ft, and the members OF the
uions shall be at liberty to work for
skomsoever they shall see fit-
4. The foreman shall be the agent of
assmployer and shall not be tried for
N Of his acts as foreman without due
ssite of trial, accompanied by writ
IA statement Of the charges against
II ae. being given to tho joint trade
psrd.
"a The trade associations and unions
j shsll Jointly maintain system which
will provide an adequate force of
skilled mechanics. The apprenticeship
vIan Of the New York Building Con-
gress is indorsed.
I. The members Of the unions shall
not refuse TO work with men who are
rot members Of their organizations
when the unions have failed to supply
sufficient number Of mechanics.
5. Overtime shall not be worked, ex-
eept when unavoidable.
9. There shall be no provision in any
trade agreement having for It's object
the collection Of debts.
10. There shall be no provision in
any trade agreement which will prevent
tae doing Of cutting by the trade which
installs the work for which the cutting
Is done
II. Unskilled work, az defined in che
srsde agreements, may be performed by
Iaborers or helpers. The work that has
bsen heretofore recognized to be II
Ne possession of q trade shall not be
nbmitted to arbitration, unless pos.
sssion Is claimed by party or parties
ss Jurisdiction of trade dispute.
H. All trade agreements shall provide
3 bat disputes between trades and dis.
gtes relative to questions of jurisdic.
ten Of trade shall be adjusted in ac-
i issdance with the method set forth ir
b lie joint arbitration plan of the New
ytrk Building Trades, as adopted or
/ Ialy 8, 1908, and amended on April
4 z, 1905, and that all decisions rem
dsrsd hereunder determining disputes
srislng out of the conflicting jurisdic-
tonal claims of the various trades
shall be recognized by and be binding
tpon the parties thereto.
Stalemate Ends
Samuel B. Donnelly, Of the Building
Trades Employers Association, in g
statsmsn. !ssued yesterday reviewed
The stalemats that has existed almost
syeag In the building industry Of New
York City. The statement says:
ghs building industry has been con.
aacsed during the year 1922 without
% agreement between the unions and
4 me employers association, except 6
yernai one covering wages. All agree
ments, including that with the Building
!. s,aoes Council, expired on December
ssThs Building Trades Employers AS.
s0cistion refused last December tc
n,, naks blanket agreement with the
building Trades Council for 1922 and
saav9heea that individual agreements
sou,d be made between the several
s1pioyers' associations and the unions
Z ssch craft; provided, the unions
sould agree that such agreement:
aguid De based upon principles adopt
oy the Employers Association. The
sIneil sssl refused to accept the prin'
i .paes, ordered the unions not to make
.suVluusl agreements with their EN-
vsers and demanded blanket agree
vsas with Employers Association.
after stabler, Robert D. Kohn anc
.ypsH Il. Simon, representing q citi-
committee and scting as media
s, endeavored to bring about ar
Eseenent between the Building
ssoes sas;l Council and the Employers AS
aion during the months of March
a april, They were not successful
mainly to the fact that the council
FUSED to discuss q basis for future
~, agreements unless the Employ
association first entered into 6
ket agreement ssith the council
ag the wages for all of the trades.
eptember the Council requested
hsrence with the Employers Asso,
Three sessions were held and
understanding was reached. The
ssystoyers consented to amend and
elae several of the principles. The
ss ssslsi then accepted the principles
instructed the unions members ot
d ,s nody to proceed with the negotia.
T. ~. st agreements with the trade asso.
asssoas 10 OF employers for the year
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