Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-23
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to appoint working committees who
will seek to induce persons in COM
munities affected by the telephone
operators strike to urge men and
women employed as operators by the
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company to give up their
positions.
At the close Of the sessions. which
LASTED all day and into the evening
the text of a resolution unanimously
adopted by the delegates, was made
| public, as follows:
1.-THE conference committee of the
entral Labor Union representatives
in attendance at this meeting shall
be constituted an auxiliary of the
Massachusetts state branch, Ameri-
en- Federation of Labor, for the pur-
pose of assisting the regional coun-
Gil, New England Telephone Opera
tors Unions, in conducting the strike
by organizing working committees in
cities and towns to obtain funds to
maintain the morale of the strike and
to aid in preserving the organization
of the strikers.
"The committee will be subject to
call of officials of the executive board
of the state branch at any time"
Martin Joyce, secretary OF the
state branch, who also acted as
secretary of the meeting, was in
structed to send copies of this reso-
luton to all labor unions in the
state.
Today's meeting, which was CALL
ed by the executive board of the
state branch, American Federation
of Labor, was attended by SO repre-,
sentatives of twenty-one of the
thirty-eight Central Labor Unions in
the state; Miss Julia S. O'Connor,
president of the striking telephone
operators union and Representatives
from the cities affected by the strike,
and by about IS striking operators
who were not official delegates. The
meeting was called to order about
II 80 o'clock and continued until the
ea Tly evening, with an adjournment
for lunch. alter the strikers rep
rescrtatives went into session here.
William Walsh, president of the
state branch presided.
Tie regional council, New Egnland
Telephone Operators Union, in
"narge of the strike which has been
IN progress since June 26, last week
submitted to it's local union terms
offered by the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company for
settlement At a meeting held in
Boston Thursday night to receive
reports of the voting council reject
cd This peace offer, but Miss OCon-
nor Eeld a further conference with
telephone company heads the follow
day, leading to renewed rumors
of settlement.
Under its plan the company would
re employ as many strikers as pos
sible without disturbing the workers
taken on in place of the strikers.
Wages paid would be according to
the returning operators full term of
service, but those so re- employed
would forfeit seniority, and would
not regain full rights under the COM
pany's benefit plan until a years
probationary period had passed.
Officials of the telephone operators
union said after the meeting that no
mention was made of terms under
which the union might agree to end the
strike. Miss O'Connor declined to dis
cuss any aspects of the strike situa-
ton.
1t was estimated by labor leaders
that the proposed assessment, If gener-
ally applied, would result in raising
$150,000 week from the 800. 600 union
members in the state. Leaders attend
ing today's meeting included Frank NJ,
H. Mccarthy, New England organizer
of the American Federation of Labor;
Edward T. McGrady. legislative agent
of the American Federation of Labor
at Washington; p. Harry Jennings,
business agent of the Boston Central
Labor Union; and John ]. Kearney.
secretary of that body.