The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
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ALL GARAGES
/. A. of M. Makes Pact
With Transfers
BY LAURENCE TODD.


Fortified by jurisdictional agree
ment which they signed with the
Brotherhood of Transfers, Chauf-
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers, during
the recent convention of the American
Federation Of Labor at Detroit, Off
GERS Of the International Association
of Machinists have returned to their
Washington headquarters to launch
drive to unionize the commercial
garages Of the country.
Sign Agreement.
This agreement with the Transfers
and Chauffeurs is Of considerable i'm
portance. Its terms are:
/. Only these two organizations
shall hold jurisdiction in garages, and
only members of the two organiza-
tions shall be recognized there.
2. Members OF the Machinists' I'm
ion shall have the work of assem-
! bling, dismantling, adjusting and re-
pairing of all mechanical parts and
chassis of automobiles, trucks and
buses, this to include changing of
solid tires.
3. All other work in and around
garages-such as washing, polishing,
oiling, greasing, changing tires and
cleaning up garages-shall go to the
Transfers and Chauffeurs' members.
4. Neither party is bound to pro-
tect the other against any "legit-
innate" claims of any other organiza-
ton affiliated with the A. F. of L.
This treaty is to endure until
either party gives 30 days notice of
a desire for a change.
Its Meaning.
It's meaning in the fight to organize
the big and little garages thruout the
country is this the Transfers and
Chauffeurs, wherever they have a I'M
ion agreement with a taxicab, bus or
other garage firm, will be under moral
pressure to insist that the mechanics
who handle thass cars and who work
with them in the garages belong to
the international Association of Ma
chinists. Since the Transfers and
Chauffeurs are organized in many of
the garages where the Machinists
have not yet gained foothold, and
since the Transfers and Chauffeurs
are, as a rule, vigorous trade union
lists, the results OF the agreement are
expected to help the Machinists in
many instances. In their turn the
Machinists will insist that men work
ing beside them at jobs allotted to
the Transfers and Chauffeurs shall
get into that union.
3. & o. May Be First.
Strangely enough, one Of the first
corporations likely to feel the impact
of the new campaign in the garages
is the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
which is on the best of terms with
the union. Recently the B. & o. was
shut out of the Pennsylvania terminal
in New York City and entered into a
contract with the Fifth Avenue Coach
Co. to haul It's passengers from vari-
Gus stations in the city to its trains
on the New Jersey side Of the Hudson
river. The Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
is anti-union in It's shop policy. A
movement is on foot to organize the
garage force, and to declare the Fifth
Avenue Coach Co. unfair If it persists
in It's hostility.
Whether the B. & o. will endeavor
to adjust the matter to the satisfac-
ton Of the Machinists and the Team
sters and Chauffeurs, by persuading
the Fifth Avenue Coach Co. to per-
nit unionization of its garages, is not
indicated. If the garages are de-
clared unfair the passenger transfer
business OF the B. & o. in New York
City may be seriously embarrassed,
and the dispute may lead to demands
for an extension OF the boycott to the
New Jersey terminal.