The New York herald., 1922-12-31
J signing UP 100000
IN BUILDING TRADES
Employers Association
Hopes to Arrange Twenty
Working Agreements.
FOUR SETTLED NOW
so a Day for Bricklayers,
Masons, Engineers and
Plasterers.
50 FOR GENERAL LABOR
All Groups Expected to Have
Ready Their Decisions
by March /.
50 FOR GENERAL LABOR

Christian G. Norman, chairman OF
the board OF governors of the Building
Trades Employers Association, 80
West Thirty-third street, announced
Yesterday that the various building
trades employers groups are nego-
siating twenty grade agreements with
100 900 building workers.
-Four trade agreements have so far
been settled" said Mr.. Norman. "and
the men continue at the old wage
!. scales. L expect all agreements vii!
be similar"
The agreements so far negotiated con-
tinue the wage scales of $40 a day for
Irclxlayers and masons, engineers and
llasterers, and 50 day for the general
run of building labor. Chairman Nor
man said.
Full agreement in all twenty Of the
trades would be reached by March /, he
expected. He said:
individual trade agreements are now
being negotiated between the individual
unions and the individual trade asso-
cations IT employers. All of the agree
meats are subject 10 the ratification Of
Tie Building Trades Employers Asso-
ciation and the Building Trades Council.
six agreements are in course of nego-
tiation, and four have been approved
by our association. The various asso-
cations will proceed with the negotia-
ton of the various trade agreements
which will number twenty altogether.
and we expect to clean up the entire
situation by March 1. believe all the
agreements will be negotiated without
friction"
Mr.. Norman declined to make fore
cast OF what attitude might be adopted
by the Building Trades Council, but
professed to feel no misgivings.
Chairman Norman's announcement
particularly as affecting bricklayers
proved surprise to international Off
GERS of that union. They said they hao
heard of no such agreement having beer
reached by the employers with the 10
cal bricklayers. They were plainly
skeptical but did not specifically refut'
Mr.. Norman's claim.
The builders chieftain still had roc
.
controversy over hodcarriers which
nearly precipitated bricklayers' lock
out and a consequent building tieup
Mr.. Norman said he doubted IL the set
tlement engineered by Samuel Unter
myer in behalf of the Lockwood com
mittee would work out. BY this settle
mert the independent" nodcarrier
agreed to dissolve and merge with tn
american Federation of Labor wing, tn
international"
In Fear of Independents.
"As was telling Mr.. Untermyer whel
Walter Price rushed up at me that da
nt the Lockwood hearing" said MI
Norman, those independent hodcar
riers won't stay out. The internations
is trying to assess them now, and the
are refusing TO pay. First thing yo
know they will break away and you
find them independent again. It's moth
ing new. Same things been going on TO
years. And when some one tries /
muss in, II only disturbs things. Every
thing will take care OF itself if It's jus
let alonei"
Labor officials Interpreted Mr.. MOI
mans analysis as a veied threat, an
charged him with breeding troubl,
especially no wthat the Lockwood com
mittee was winding up its career.
Assimilation by the International Q
/, all anita. +. of l.. hodcarriers Is no'
an accomplished fact, they insisted.
but that the three locals of concret
workers. which it was sought to sher
herd into the International after tn
example of the hodcarriers. are sti
outside. was admitted. One local. how
ever, has filed application for member
ship, they said.
So long as the trio maintained a rivs
federation without the fold. II has bee
feared. they might become rallyin
point for insurgents.