The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-02

The wage cuts announced early in the week were made by the company group and the so-called public group, which latter has apparently become more company" than the company group itself. A dissenting order by the Labor group on the board was promptly overruled. They contended that the present wage was not even sufficient to provide living according to American standards.
 Under the terms of the decision the classes designated as Common labor" and estimated to number some I87,4oo were cut five cents an hour Labor of a similar class em- ployed around shops, roundhouses, yards and terminals, numbering oI,24o, also were cut five cents an hour. Drawbridge tenders and assistants, pile drivers, ditching and hoisting engineers, fremen, etc, were cut five cents an hour They number 2o,74o, Section, track and maintenance foremen and assistant foremen were cut three cents an hour.
 Other Cuts.
 Among other slashes were me chanics in the maintenance of way department, except those under the shop crafts agreement, who were cut four cents an hour Mechanics helpers in these same departments, except those under the shop crafts agreement, were cut one cent an hour. It was emphasized, however, that all of these were minimum rates and will not apply in a uniform manner throughout the country,
 but will be affected by local condi- tions
 Railroad labor organizations as | clude besides the United Brother hood of Maintenance of Way em- ployes and railway shop laborers,
 the Railway Employees department, American Federation of Labor, l Maintenance of Way Foremen's as sociation, International Brotherhood of Stationary Bremen and Oilers, | Brotherhood of Railway and Steam Ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex press and Station Employes, and the l American Federation of Railroad | Workers It was stated however
 that practically all the men involved l belonged to the Maintenance of Way i organization, most of the other or 1 ganizations only having certain | groups affected, and these on only | a few roads.
 In addition to these the shop crafts
 are said to be due for another cut by 1 tomorrow that will net the roads $5o,- | GOO, ,ooo more. Between this and the
 cut of the early week, approximately 1 Soo,oo men are affected. In the shop crafts the reduction said to be due | and only awaiting formal announce 1 ment follow: Apprentices, five cents; helpers, five cents; mechanics, seven cents; passenger carmen, seven cents; | freight carmen, nine cents.
 Blacksmiths, boiler makers, sheet | metal workers and electrical work CTS, also are included in the con | templated cut.
 Immediately on announcement of the cuts, B. M. Jewell, head of the l railroad department of the A. F. of L., called a meeting Of all the railroad brotherhoods at Cincinnati next Tues day The response was magnificent l and every one of the 40 brotherhoodS, | comprising two million men, will be represented. The principle chiefs and 1 brotherhoods already accepting invi- | tations are Warren Stone, Locomo-
 tive Engineers; w. s. Carter, Fire
 men and Engineers; w. c. Lee, l Trainmen; L. E. Shepard, Conduct
 ors; T. Cashen, Switchmen; B. NJ. l Jewell, Railway Employes Depart
 ment of the American Federation of
 Labor; Timothy Healy, Bremen and
 Oilers; E. F. Grable, Brotherhood Of
 Maintenance of Way Employees; Dan
 iel Helt, Signal Men; E. ]. Manion, l Photographers; ]. C. Luehrsen, Train Dispatchers; T. O'Neil, Master Me
 chanics; ]. D. Johnson, Machinists; i; U. !. Noonan, Electrical Workers; !. l Haynes, Sheet Metal Workers; Jos
 eph Franklin ,Boilermakers; Martin l Ryan, Car Mems Unoin; !. w. Kline, l Blacksmiths, and John L. Lewis,
 president, and William Green of the
 United Mine Workers of America. 1 LCo..+....od I---o !