The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-16

Men Given
Wage Boost
Labor Board Grants 2 Gents
an Hour Increase 10 tJ, 900
Maintcnance.ofWay
Employees.
Is Public Group Victory

Chicago. OCT. I5e-tBy A. P)-Th,
wage blll of the nations railroads Wal
Increased an estimated s2z,i25. 900 b.,
"a decision of the United States rail
road labor board. graftlng in
creased pay " cents An hour q
more than $1,000 maintenance Of way
employees.
-Four Of nine groups In the United
brotherhood ~ Maintenance 0f Way
EmplOyeK and Railroad Shop Workers
we're affected BY the raise, the lSrges'
single group being common Iaborers
The decision raised minimum rates u
pay for the classes affected from the
present % and 81 cents 10 25 and
81 cents.
Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the
labor board, In a statement following
the decision, said that the boards
based IT. finding on n general upward
trend IN wages since the boards
decision of last July reducing wages
for this and other groups Of work
men, and not on any pronounced
change in living costs.
Victory for Public Group.
The decision marked a victory
for the public group of the board
proposed the 2cept increase, tho pro
posal being rejected by the three
members OF the railroad group, who
favored no change, and the three
members of the labor group who IN.
v0red u much larger increase. The
maintenance of way officers, IN pre-
venting their case TO the board scy.
eral weeks ago, had demanded n yir.
tual minimum wage.
The public group wss augmented,
after q Today deadlock, by w. i.
McMenimen of the labor group and
Samuel Higgins Of the railroad group,
these two making the necessary fye
TO make the public group's proposal
effective. Chairman Hooper said that
the actual decision would be presented
10 the board Monday, the document
not yet having been materially handed
down.
Many Classes Affected.
The classes Of employees who will
receive pay increases through tOday's
decision include section, track and
foremeD and assistant
foremep, track laborers and all com,
mon Iaborers In the maintenance Of
way department and round shops and
drawbridge tenders and
ASSISTANTS, piledrivers, ditching and
1oisting firemeD, purnper engineers
md bumpers, crossing watcbmen,
amp lighters and tenders, engine
and wipers fire builders,
'sh pit men, fue borers, coal passers
Ind miscellaneous classes OF foremen
md other employees.
Among those not affected are me.
.banics and helpers in the bridge and
and maintenance Of way de.
,artments. bridge and building, paint
rs, construction, mason, concrete,
water supply and plumbing foremen
md assistants.
Sixteen Roads Sign Agreements.
Chicago, Oct 15.-Sixtecn railroads
ave completed agreements with the |
ew individual shop unions by which,
u effect, the men waive the right to |
trike and the companies pledge them.
elves not to lltigate. Both parties
gree to abide by the decisions Of |
he labor board.
The mileage represented by the
Dads in the new compact aggregate
5,3le, and numerous other systems
re negotiating similar agreements
Nth the organizatlons.
The Is roads already signed up are
he Southern Pacific Pacific SYSTEM,
fissotri. Kansas & Texas, Southern
'acific, Texas & Louisiana lines,
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis,
'entral OF Georgia, New York, New
Iaven & Hartford, Chicago. BurliDg
On 4 Quincy, Colorado 4 Southern,
'reat Northern. Lebigh Valley, In.
& Great Northern, Union
acific system. Illinois Central, Flor.
Ia East Coast Trinity, Brazos Val.
~ a San Antonio and Uvalde &
iulf.