The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-08

nor less than $12.00 per week in towns of less than 2,500 popula- tion. A full time employe men toned in paragraph CD will re- ceive as much for the shorter day, week, or month, in the event full time is worked, as heretofore. A full time employe mentioned in paragraph (3) in the absence of contracts or agreement obligating work in excess of 40 hours per week, and whose hours of work are reduced in accordance with this code, will be entitled to receive an hourly rate of pay not less than the hourly rate which prevailed in his community on July IS. 1929, for the same work. Population for the purposes of this code shall be determined by reference to the 1880 federal census.
 Further Agreement
 CD That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shell be free from the interference, re- straint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the desig- nation of such representatives or in self organization or in other con- certed activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mu- tual aid or protection:
 CD That no employe and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employ ment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing:
 (3) That employers shall con- ply with the maximum hours of la bor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved or. prescribed by the president: and
 (4) That no employe shall be required to join any organization to secure or retain employment or to secure the benefits of this code and the right of every individual to refrain from joining any organiza- tion, and the right of employe and employer to bargain together free from interference by any third party. is hereby recognized.
 Mutual Agreements
 It is mutually agreed: That dur ing the term of this code, nothing herein contained shall require pub fishers to adjust. abrogate, violate or in any way to deviate from the terms and conditions of any con- tract or agreement now. in effect with any employe or group of en- ployes, and where, by the specific terms of such contract or by arbi- tration, nothing herein contained shall serve to abrogate such a provision; it is also mutually agreed that nothing herein con- tained shall be construed as giving any employe or group of employees the right to abrogate or violate any contract or agreement now in ef- feet with an employer or require an adjustment of the conditions therein provided in any way other than, as such adjustment si pro- vided for in such contract or agreement.
 It is further mutually agreed: That it is not the purpose of this code to require the payment of punitive overtime rates and that in any city where there is a suffi- ciency of competent labor. publish CTS in the readjustment of their schedules of hours of employment, not subject to existing contracts and agreements. shall be free to readjust such schedules within the maximum hours hereinbefore pro- vided, at rates of pay not less than the minimum so provided, and that now law. rule. regulation or order of any organization or group of employees shall require a publishes, as a part of this code. to pay puni- tive rates for service rendered within the maximum hours of work