Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-05

Hope that such juriSdictional
cases, which in some instances
has caused heavy losses of inter-
est money to building owners, al
though they are but innocent by
ISLANDERS in such disputes, is held
out since the American Fedora
ton of Labor and the National
Building Trades Employers ASSo-
citation now are planning creation
of a new national board of juris-
dictional awards.
The final draft of this proposal, sub
ject to later ratification by the en-
ployers and the federation, is to be
acted upon at a meeting of a joint
committee July % at Atlantic City.
Unions Strong.
Union building trades organizations
have won wide recognition throughout
the United States and by their showing
of the proficiency of their members
have, through collective bargaining, OBJ
tanned increasingly high wages and yet
have minimiZed the employment of
non-union labor in construction enter
priseS.
Washington is predominately a union
city so far as building trades are con-
cerned and during this year the five
day week, fostered by the American
Federation, has been gradually accepted
and on May ! last became virtually
universal in operation.
For these reasons, building trades
employees, architects, contractors and
owners Of building projects have been
hopefully anticipating creation of some
new joint organization, representing
organized labor and the employers of
labor. which would have power to settle
Jurisdictional disputes.
Having widely accepted union build
Ing trades organizations and having ac-
cepted the flve-day-week plan largely
against the wishes of employers, they
feel they should not have to suffer be-
cause of disputes between labor organ
1zations, in which the employer is not
involved and not interested except to
the extent of having the work COM
pleted satisfactorily and according to
schedule.
This. indeed, is the objective of the
American Federation of Labor, AS indi-
Gated by steps already taken to bring
about creation of a new national board
Of jurisdictional awards.
Old Board Dissolved.
Several years ago, a former board of
Jurisdictional awards, which had func-
toned for period of years in deciding
NAAAIll GldoS Vi uillOn WORKERS should be
given the work when there was a con-
test between two union groups. was dis
solved because of dissatisfaction in
some quarters over decisions rendered.
Shortly thereafter, the Federation of
Labor and building trades employers
went to work to plan creation of new
board having the same function and
designed in a manner to meet the ap-
proval of major interests involved.
= n mi fGn If
ing both sides have been at work en- a
tentative draft and this is to be COM
pleted at the Atlantic City meeting of
the full joint committee late this
month.
Meanwhile, such disputes as have
arisen in the interim, have been left
primarily to the heads of the union
organizations in dispute.
In the case of the contest over the
setting of the metal sashes in the Gar
fnckel Building here, a solution had
not been reached this week and the
subcontractor filed an injunction suit
at District Supreme Court seeking a
settlement and completion of the
work.
The suit was brought by the Metal
Door & Trim Co of La Porte, Ind
against Local No. 5, International Asso-
citation of Bridge, Structural and Orna-
group of its officers and agents.
The bill, filed through Attorney w. C.
Sullivan, contends that the plaintiff is
engaged in erecting an elevator in
closure and other work on the Gar
finckel Building and that the local
union Of iron workers has called 9
strike on the building solely because the
plaintiff is employing union carpenter:
instead of iron workers. It is claimed
that the strike has stopped the work
Of the A. F. Jorss Co, the Trusscor
Steel Co. and the General Bronze Co.
subcontractors on the building.
Carpenters Got Contract.
Justice Bailey of District Suprem,
Court has fixed next Tuesday for
hearing on the motion for a preliminary
injunction or an injunction pendent,
lite
The dispute arose, it is stated, be-
cause the subcontractors gave a con
tract for the work involved TO the car
penters, instead of the iron workers
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