Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-08-18
VOLUME 81
!, AN FACTS THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD
KNOW.
h.uy THE SHOPC3AFT EMPLOY
rrS WOULD NOT ACCEPT A DE
rISION WHICH WAS UNJUST
AND WERE FORCED TO
QUIT WORK.

QUIT WORK.
increase in passenger rates. freight
,,rs. Pullman rates and Pullman
6,rchargc rates were granted to the
E,iroads by the Interstte Commerce
Commission and these increases
ere put on the travelling public.
Ion july 1st. 1921 the United States
ailroad Labor Board decision No.
81 reduced the railroad employees
ace, ~ per cent. Did the public
pt any part Of this reduction?
On August 16, 1921. the United
tates Railroad Labor Board in de-
sion 222, reduced the Shopcraft
h,ployes a further reduction of 10
er cent. Did the travelling public
(ceive any part of this reduction?
b! No!
On July 1. 1922, the United States
hbor Board in decision No. 1896,
ain reduced the shopcraft en-
oycs a further reduction of IL per
nj. A total reduction of "a per
mt in their wages within one year.
SIX YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
Have the passenger rates been re-
iced 81 per cent?
Have the freight rates been re-
iced "a per cent?
Have the high salaries of Railroad
ficials been reduced 81 per cent?
Has the price of rent been reduc
"a per cent.
cent?
Has the street car fare been re-
ccd 81 per cent?
Has -four been reduced "a per
nt?
Has your gas been reduced 81
cent?
Has your electric light bill been
uced "a per cent?
)ld YOU ever read a decision that
salary Of the Labor Board has
en reduced 81 per cent? They
ll receive S10,000.00 each per
r->52.OO per day, or $500 per
pr and the railway employe helps
this Board that cut the wages
one class of employees to %
It's per hour.
70 YOU know that during the last
months of 1921 the total paw
lash, including The layoffs,
running at the annual rate of
blllio, three hundred million
liars per year?
Do YOU know that eleven railroad
SdentS draw more salary than
President of the United States
otal of S865,571.06; an average of
''ol.97. or $500 per hour for a
r-hour day. Do you know that
e've other railroad officials and at
neyS draw salaries amounting to
o'960.O0. an average of s55, 900. 90
year. Do you know that forty
PIT railroad officials and attorneys
W total of S1,586,150 per an
l' an average of S33,044 per year
90 YOU know that the grand
p OF the annual salaries of these
enty-one railroad officials and
PFnrys is S3,022,901.O .O69
% YOU know hat $4,000 individ-
families and estates own and
llf7' enc hundred and twenty
ion dollars, or onc-third of the
llona Wealth?
asr 2G. L. S. r. r. Labor Board
Lon Odisscnting opinion reads
ne rates of pay established
'orT this decision are not based
Poh the human needs of the hun
ta> OF thousands of families
vowed. They are insufficient to
p'idr these families with the
"Iutr essentials. The earnings
InI> large group of railroad
nrrs will not provide the faith
o. a family with as much food
IS allowed convicts in the
I" Hounty. Illinois, Jail"
u YOU blame the shopcratfts
'"S'ng to accept decisions that
W unfair and unjust? The shop
N'pioEeS nave accepted de-
pa> after decision which were
~, Did the railroads do this? ?
no. Eight-two railroads ac-
eo only decisions that suited
ana YOU do not read of these
''n as outlaws in the daily
telp The Railroad Workers main
.n living wage.
G"n G"" Hd Wen drew on an average of
,''o'oo last year.
","S ) Department set a mini
'uin Of $2,3OO.O0.
department set minimum
>2.6O0.0O
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