The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20

! SeC WildC you make now.
Men come from all over the
country and the company promises
to pay their fare back inside of
thirty days. After fifteen days
they supposed to pay half of the
fare and fifteen the end of the
month. But in the majority of
cases the company does not pay
anything at all inside of a month
so if the worker asks or his fare
back he gets fired and no fare.
But sometimes accidents happen
and they pay half of the certain
fare toa few men and the other
half they claim they will pay next
nueverday or the day before.
Eight Cents a Day.
l know some passer boys who
made no more than eight cents a
day under this system. the reason
they made eight cents: they pay
you three cents per rivet per gang
and then you get a pickup job
where you have to move from
place to place, and there are a
couple of hours wasted in moving
the scaffolds for which we do not
get paid. Then on top of that the
riveter's gun breaks down, or any
kind of a breakdown that holds
the gang up when you are working
piece work you do not get paid
for it. That is the result of the
piece work system in Sun Ship.
Another Gyp Scheme.
They give the gangs a schedule
Of prices, then when the gang
work their heads off in order to
make up for the previous day
(where they made eight or nine
cents) the company has a sur
prise for the whole gang.
"You have turned in too much
work." they say, and they then
cut the prices. For instance: if
the riveter turned in $500 worth
of work for the gang the company
cuts that price schedule down to
$4,000 land this is for a gang of
four mem.
Laying Off.
They are laying off all the
gangs that can't keep up with the
speed-up system the way the boss
es want them to. They have some
of the riveters standing up on
their heads riveting.
Young Workers.
The heater boys only get AZ
cents an hour and the passer boys
get 80 cents, which is not very
much for work they put in, and
then with the piece work system
introduced they do not make the
regular days pay-that is, SO and
az cents an hour. and when the
passer boys get an advancement
to become heater boy, which
pays ten cents more an hour, they
do not get their az cents because
the boss (Mr. WILSON, does not
change their buttons for two or
three months.
Many Accidents.
A couple of weeks ago young
workers had his arm burned with
red hot rivet. So in the morning
he wanted to pass rivets for the
day, so Mr.. Paul (the foreman)
says to him, "What the hell do
you think this is, a cemetery p"
(This place is certainly a slaught-
erhouse as the dispensary testifies
every day by sthe number of work.
ers-200 or 800 in line every day
for treatment for some accident
or another.-Editor.)
Just couple of days ago an
adult worker fell and hurt his
back. He went to the dispensary
and there he saw a line of 200.
So he asked the nurse could he be
taken care of Immediately.
So the nurse told him, "You are
no better than the rest, get into
line" Of course this worker neuId
not lose that much time. He went
back to work with a sore back,
The doctor demanded he stand in
line. But standing in line meant
he would make nothing that day
besides getting injuries on his
back.
Many times when the heaters
and passers come in to work in
the morning they must wait until
ii o'clock. Then the boss comes
around and tells them that there
is no gang for them today, so that
TOW can ro home. They are told
the same thing four or five times
week.
The United States government
of the bosses gives contracts to
the Sun Ship, New York Ship. ETC..
and cut down on the Navy Yard
workers who get better wages, and
conditions. They use these COM
panies to cut wages of building
their boats for their wars. There
is speed-up at the Sun Ship and
lay-offs at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard
j. N, SUN SHIP YOUNG
WORKER.