The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-01-25
new WORKING RULES
3 . HIT BY RAIL UNIONS
Committee of One Hundred Repre-
senting Shop Crafts Order
3 Disputes Instituted
TO ATTACK LABOR BOARD
All Shop Rules Which Cut Time and
l One-half Pay for Extra Work
Are Rejected

Chicago, Jan. 24.-Rejection of all
railroad shop rules, recently pro-
mulgated by the United States Rail-
road Labor Board, which cut time
and one-half pay for extra work
from the shopmen's wages was or
dered today by the committee Of
one hundred, acting for the six
railway shop crafts.
: In a, circular issued to the $780,
900 shop workers in the country,
>ghe committee ordered new disputes
instituted with the railway man.
agements Immediately over these
= rules, and failing an agreement,
the disputes were ordered taken to
the labor board for hearing. The
circular was signed by the inter-
national presidents Of the six shop
crafts unions.
Of the seven rejected rules, the
greatest dissatisfaction centered on
Rule 6, providing straight time for
regularly assigned work on Sun
days and holidays. This work was
previously paid for at time and one
half. The committee proposed a
|. substitute rule reinstating time and
one-half.'
Emergency Work
The boards new rules covering
employees assigned to emergency
work and to fill temporary vacan-
cies at outlying points were also
rejected by the committee because
: they took away certain pay pro-
visions contained in the old ma
tional agreement made during fed
eral control. Under Rule 10, emer-
! gency employees are paid for time
a worked in accordance with the
practice at the home station and
straight time for all time waiting
Or travelling.
The union committee directed in
stitution of dispute to reinstate
time and one-half and double time
to cover all time spent on the emer-
,gency assignment whether work
ing, waiting or travelling.
Similar provisions will be asked
in disputes to be created over rules
IL and Id, applying to men assigned
ITO 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 proposal
. examination for all applications for
employment was also remandcd to
the system federations to rc-nego-
tiate with the individual roads. The
committee directed that the dispute
be instituted to have this rule modi-
fled "in the interests of the en-
ployes."
Carpenter Rules Attacked
Another important rule by which
the board made it possible for the
roads to hire any man familiar with
|, the use of tools as car repairer
came under fire by the committee.
A new rule was proposed over
which the carmen are directed to
open negotiations. The proposed
rule would allow helpers and helper
apprentices with less than four
years experience to be advanced to
mechanics grade, and if NOR, men
are needed, men with experience in
the use Of mechanics tools could
be hired. This would eliminate the
hiring Of any carpenter who had
not had mechanical experience.
Thirty-three other rules were ac-
cepted subject to the Interpretation
which the committee placed upon
them and the remaining rules were
agreed to.
Some revision Of certain of the
overtime rules werd said Ea Ra
likely as they were found to permit
Of different interpretations as they
stand at present. Railroad Off
cials, however, declared there was
little likelihood Of reinstating any
Of time and one-half provisions
wiped out by the board.