The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
POWHATAN mine
co. HAS YELLOW
DOG AGREEMENT
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POWHATAN, o., (By Mall) -
Here is the sort of rotten yellow-dog
contracts that the bosses of the Pow
hatan Mining Company are trying to
get the men to sign up with. But
there are very few signing.
Employment Agreement.
This employment agreement, made
and entered into between the Pow
hatan Mining Company, owner and
operator of the Powhatan Mine, at
Powhatan, Ohio, hereinafter called
the Operator" and John Jones, and
all other persons who, by executing
the same, or a counterpart hereof,
elect to become parties hereto, herein
after as a class designated EN-
ployees,'
Witnesseth: l. That the Operator
hereby employs said Employees to
work at said mine;
2 That said Employees hereby sew
orally accept such employment, and
agree to abide by the following regu-
lations in reference to work and COM
pensation:
(a) The total compensation of all
such Employees as a class shall be
500 of the sale price, f. o. b. mines.
of all coal produced and shipped from
said mine during the period of such
employment, such sale price to be
without deducation of sales commits
sion but subject to such adjustments
as the Operator shall be required to
make to customers, particularly ad-
iustments due to improper mining or
preparation of coal by Employees.
(b) The Operator agrees to pay,
and the Employees agree to accept,
wage fixed with reference to the sales
price of coal produced. Such wage
shall be computed for each half
monthly pay period and the wage
shall be that percentage of the base
wage which a sum equal to sixty per
cent of the sales price, f. o. b. mines
Of all coal produced and shipped from
said mine during such period bears
to the total wages of all Employees
as computed on the base wage scale
Such base wage scale shall be the
wage scale adopted and approved on
June 90, 1927, by the Ohio Coal OPP
orators Association, Inc, but shall
be subject to revision and amendment
by the "Mine Committee" by filing
with the Operator in writing a,sched-
ule of any changes which the major
ity of such mine Committee" shall
agree upon. 1t is mutually understood
that no guaranty is made as to the
actual wage which will be paid, same
being dependent solely on the sales
price of coal produced.
(c) Wages shall be paid semi
monthly as heretofore, to-wit: on the
10th of each month for the last half
of the preceding calendar month, and
on the 25th of each month for the first
half of the current calendar month;
provided, however, that, if on any
date of payment the sales price or
any coal produced during the period
covered by the settlement shall be
undetermined, such sales price shall
be estimated at the average sales
price of the coal, the price of which
is determined, and proper wage ad-
justment shall be made with the wage
payment next following determination
of such sales prices. Employees in
their relations with the Operator
shall be represented by a committee
of five, to be known as the mine
| Committee" Samuel Pursglove. or
such other person as the Operator
may from time to time designate.
shall be chairman of. and member Of
said committee. The remaining four
members, three of whom shall work
at the face of the coal and one of
whom shall be day laborer, shall be
selected by the Employees in such
manner, under such rules and regula-
! tons, for such tenure, and with such
duties as such Employees shall deter
mine; but, prior to the selection of
such Mine Committee, Samuel Purs-
glove, or such other person as the OPP
orator may from time to time desig-
nate, and the four Employees individ-
ually named in this agreement shall
constitute such committee Members
of the Mine Committee shall receive
no compensation for their work on
said Committee The Operator shall
pay the salaries of the superintendent
and office clerks. The Operator will,
file each two weeks with the mine
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