The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-25
ALL RULES
OF LABOR BOARD
Rail Shopmen Object to
No Overtime Sunday
and Holidays
GRIEVANCES STAT Ed
order New Disputes Taken
Up With Railroad Manage
ment Immediately

Hy tho Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.--RetcCtion OF
all railroad shop rules recently pro-
uuIEated by the United States rail-
road labor board, which cut time and
..c-ualf pay for extra work from
the shipments wages, was ordered
today by the committee OF 100 act
i.g Tor the six railway shop crafts.
lu a circular issued to the 100000
shop workers I'm the country the
committee ordered new disputes in
stuted with the railway manage
ments immediately over these rules
and falling an agreement. the dis
futes were ordered taken to the
i2abor board for hearing. The circu-
lag was signed 10y tho international
presidents OF tho six shops crafts
unions
of the seven rejected rules. the
greatest dissatisfaction cente'ed on
rule siN providing straight time for
regularly assigned work on Sunday
and holidays. This work was pre-
vlously paid FOR at time and one-half.
The committee proposed a substitute
rule reinstating time and onc-half.
Refuse Emergency Ituis.
The boards new rules covering
employees assigned to emergency
road work and to FIJI temprary vac
ancies at outlylngpoints were also
rejected by the committee because
they took away certain pay provi-
siOns In the old national agreement
made during federal control Under
rule 10 emergency employees are pad
Tor time worked and in accordance
with the practice at the home sta
tion, and straight time for all time
waiting or travelling.
4 The union committee directed the
Institution Of a dispute TO reinstate
time and one-half and double time,
Nio cover all time spent on the emer-
genCy assignment whether working
or travelling. Similar provisions viii
be asked in disputes to be created
over rules 12 and IA, applying to
men assigned to temporary vacancies
at outlying points, and to men on
road work who leave and return to
their home stations daily.
The boards new rule allowing the
carriers to require a physical eNami-
nation of all applicants for employ
ment was also remanded to the
system federations to re-negotiate
with the individual roads. The COM
mittce directed that the dispute be
instituted TO have this rule modified
"in the interests of the employees"
Bar to Carpenters.
Another important rule by which
the board made 1t possible for the
roads to hire any man familiar with
the use of tools as a car repairer
came under fire by the committee. A
new rule was proposed over which
the carman are directed to open
negotiations. The proposed rule
would allow helpers and helper ap-
prentces with less than four years
experience to be advanced to me-
chanics grade. and II more men are
needed men with experience in the
use Of mechanics tools could be
hired. This would eliminate the hir-
ing Of any carpenter who had not
had mechanical eXpclencc.
Thirty-three other rules were ac-
cepted suJect to the Interpretation
which the committee placed upon
them and the remaining rules We're
agreed to.
Some revision OF certain overtime
rules was said to be likely as they
were found to permit Of different
interpretations as they stand at pres
ent Railroad officials, however. de-
clared there was little likelihood Of
reinstatlng any of time and ne-half
provisions wiped out by the board.