The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
T0iLERS Share
IN INDUSTRIES
Survey Shows Employees Rep
reSentation Is Gaining.
RESULTS MOSTLY FAVORABLE

Some Employers Report Labor Turn
over Is Decreased by New System
Improvement Shown in Relations
Between Employer and Employee
Where Management and Men Have
Worked Together With Common
Interest in Experiment.
The national Industrial conference
board, representing a large number
of the leading employers associations
in the country, recently announced
that a survey just completed shows
that an increasing number of firms
are establishing some form of EN-
ployee representation in their plants,
land" the board added, with gen
esally favorable results" The ten
dency is not confined to any one sec
ton, ii was said, as was shown by an
examination of nearly 500 such plants.
"The present study" said a State
ment from the board, was undertaken
In April, 1921, to furnish grounds for
estimating the value Of employee rep
resentation in industry on the basis
of actual experience.
1.-THE report shows the sharp differ
ence between the plants where in
auguration was forced by war neces-
sity and those developed later by vol
untary action of the two parties con-
cerned,' says the board. Most of the
shop committees set up by the
national war labor board and the ship
building adjustment board have
ceased to function, the common e
PLANTATION given being that they were
imposed upon the plants by an out
side body, usually after a dispute be-
tween employer and employees, and
that neither side desired their estab-
lishment or was willing to give the
genuine cooperation necessary for a
fair trial of their possibilities.
Importance of Cooperation.
ron the other hand, where manage
ment and men have worked together
with a common interest in the expert
ment, practically every plant reports
an improvement In relations between
emnlover and amnlovee attributable
70 tbe onportnnity TO come into-Hrect
and intimate contact and to learn each
others ideas and difficulties. Increased
loyalty has been the result where en-
nlovees have como to reolize that they
are worrying with the cen,ent
ra+bar +han fo, tbam uba tandancv
ar ars+ Gu far a. n~pnlovaee wore
,oncernad vas RI contine their efforts
70 rho adiust s,ant of comnloints ond
noreonol griovoncas h,t under intelIi.
gont ouidonoo and ip+eree, on tbe nort
of mana cemant a hroader understand
,no of tho o,,ast;ons Involved hoe hean
s5e,,a,nna5 ~ AZ e~n,nIoveo renrosento.
t,xos xvho hava haan able m nm in.
croa sing doo,.ae n mako satisfac torv
: afuet,mont Of spcb minor d,Sn,,tes no,
tween fororen ond emnrovees
"srogestions mode Inv emnlovees
With reforence to tbe;r WORK NAV he
divided into two main ~groups-those
which would improve WORKING cohui'
tlohs anu those WHICH "ouiu increast
prductloh' Inc iorher' sueh us tht
Installation Vi d ne" trimming iouir
taih OF M Vi nsn.s
are reia'iNeiy easy W SECURE III.
utter p"seu vi '"e pia0'ioai Nnomr
euee anu eAperlehce VI employees VIII
De auVahceo Only WHEN ehlploSee
nave eoiiiluehce III TIE iaihess u
hahaseilei''
mere reductioh III Wases vi II
"orhihs loree or d enanse III "orhine
schedules mas oeeh necessary LII
poaru report sno"s III" III plan.'
"hici h"u useu 'ie" WoiNs eouieii'
as d hieal's VI Neepins .ne Representa-
yves una through lheln the ehnpioyees
informed oi Tue business OUTLOOK po'i
lor 'he country us d "hole anu io'
uieir ihuiViauai concerns .he EN-
piosees uiueis'ooo 'ne neeu ~ suei
ciahses unu ucquies.eu win nue.
less uissa'iS'a.''on III III ieeiihs .hai
"cdiu o'"ei"ise nav peen sio"h.
Attitude of Foremen.
some chnpter in the report 10 de
voted to the attitude of foremen to
ward works councils. and another r.
the effect of councils on relations be
tween foremen and emplovees Re-
norris regarding their attitude were re
ceiyed from 40 plants. In 352 Of
these II was stated that their fore
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