The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-01
.JE WELL BETRAYS
G.&N.W. SH0PMEN
TO RAIL COMP ANY
Starts "B. & o. Plan" on
North Western

Otto S. Boyer, Jr. former govern
ment agent and now an efficiency"
engineer, are busily inaugurating the
infamous class collaboration scheme
known as the "B. and o. plan"
They are welcomed with a glad
hand by the union-hating company and
are working together with William
Walliser, vice-president and head Of
the personnel department Of the road,
which aims to profit from this be-
trayal of the employees interests by
the union officials.
GIenwood Shopmen Tried and
Condemned II
One the Baltimore and Ohio road Is
Glenwood shops, where the plan was
first put into practice, the Glenwood
local Of the International Association
of Machinists was so weakened by its
destructive effect on the union that
the local could not afford to send a
delegate to the /. A. Of M. convention
at Detroit.
What the machinists thought about
1t was revealed when these Glenwood
workers passed a resolution recently
condemning the fake cooperation"
as benefiting only to the company and
a betrayal of their interests by VIM.
H. Johnston, president of the /. A.
of M.
This is the fact, in spite of the
camouflage hung around the plan by
Johnston, Jewell and Boyer, which is
supposed to provide for the "recogni-
ton" OF the union by the company.
Actually, say the Glenwood shopmen,
the "B. and o. plan" is simply the
recognition by the union officials of a
company union plan of speeding up
work solely for the profit Of the
company. ut is a company union
under labor union permission"
Mutually Of lnterestv-5unk.
The hoary lie about the mutually
of interests" between capitalists and
workers is at the bottom Of the plan.
Recognizing mutual interest in
the successful and economical opera.
ton of shops, repair yards, etc" says
the agreement signed by the North
Western and the union takers, 1--WE
have held conferences to place in
effect a systematized cooperative pro.
gram"
Insures a Minimum Number" Of
Workers.
Employees can without doubt bring
to the attention of the management
many points which will improve local
conditions as to methods of planning
and handling work in shops and round
houses on Sundays and holidays
These factors. together with the e
economical use of time and forces, use
of tools Of the railway company in the
most advantageous manner perfor
nance Of work by the minimum
number Of employees consistent will
the various classes of work available
ETC., will aid in the successful opera
ton Of the shops and repair tracks.
ITO present these suggestions, tC
insure their full and intelligent con
sideration and to secure the co-opera
tion necessary to their successful a
doption-conferences Will begin al
local points where foremen and Other
local officers will meet like number
of shop committee men"
1t is expected that the shops al
Clinton, Iowa, will be the scene Of the
first experiment on the North Western
lines.
An Efficiency Speed-Up System.
The meetings are to be held with
the ranking officer OF the railway
company or his representative al
chairman Of the joint committee
Subjects suggested for consider
alton are cooperation between depart
ments; proper distribution, storag,
and care of material; increasing ef
ficiency of tools and machines; dispo
sition of scrap; most efficient methoC
rof handling engines through tn,
shops; reclamation of disable material
conditions Of shops and shop material
arrangement Of car repair tracks AM
tools.
Nothing for the Men-But Betrayal
None Of the agreements provide 70
definite arrangement in regard I,
distribution Of the savings resulting
from this plan but the union chief
tains expect" that the employees vii
be given consideration in this regard
The union officials are the onl,
, ones which expect" such an in
possibility, and their treachery 4
most brazenly apparent when the!
/ sign an agreement which provides
immense benefit for the company bu
, none at all for the employees. all II as
sures them is a speed up system ant
lay-off OF any ,"superhuous" work
ers whose work the rest can do q
they work hard enough"