Evening star., 1934-03-20
Union Recognized.

Union Recognized.
At the conference the Stewart Co.
agreed to recognize the new local
Building Laborers Union, No. IA, an
agreement which cleared away the
last of union labor difficulties which
had been hanging fire for several
months.
With labor ready to go back to
work in all trades throughout the
buildings, the contractor should be
able to complete the structures within
from go to 80 days, according to Mr..
Burnap.
The last point at issue, which was
settled this morning, was recognition
by the Stewart company of the Build
ing Laborers' Union. The Washing
ton Building Trades Council had made
this final demand as the last issue to
be met by the company in order to
call off the strike. The company was
asked to recognize the union laborers
Mr.. Locher explained, because of the
fact that certain disputed work in the
two buildings, including installation
of radiator shields, which was to have
been held in allegiance pending final
adjudication of a jurlsdictional dis
pute, had been finished by some other
trade. The radiator shields were the
center of a jurisdictional dispute be-
tween the ,ironWorkers and carpenters
1t was finally agreed months ago that
the work should be held in allegiance
while other work continued on the
buildings pending final settlement. II
was recently discovered, Mr.. Locher
said, that some other trade. presum-
ably the carpenters, had finished the
radiator shield work.
A. F. of L. Decision.
This issue still was pending, there
fore, late last week, when President
Green of the American Federation oi
Labor handed down his decision
awarding to the cement finishers the
work of laying mastic tile floors or
the two buildings, which was beins
done by the carpenters and which
also was claimed by the tile settlers
In handing down his decision, Presi-
dent Green expressed the hope tha
work would be resumed on the job a.
soon as possible.
When this decision reached the
Washington Building Trades Council
yesterday the ironworker still had hi!
grievance against the Stewart Co. fol
having allowed the radiator shielc
work to be completed, but, according
to Mr.. Locher, the ironworkers were
willing to let the whole job go aheao
and make no further protest on tht
radiator shield issue providing the
Stewart Co. would recognize the new
Building Laborers' Union, No. "a.
Carpenters Had Started.
The strike which had taken 25(
men off the job five weeks ago wa!
brought about when the carpenter!
we're started on the mastic floor job
The Washington Building Trades
Council pulled off the cement flnisher!
and all affiliated trades in the build
ing, on strike Several other crafts moi
affiliated with the cement finisher!
had continued to work on the build
ing.
The unions which have had theil
men off the job, and which will senc
them back to work tomorrow morn.
ing include the following: Asbesto'
workers. electrical workers, elevator
constructors and helpers, engineers
GLACIERS, ironworkers, metal fathers
painters and decorators, plasterer!
and cement fnishers, plasterers' tend
ers and hod carriers, reinforced rod
men, plumbers, sheet metal workers
weather proofers, steamfitters anc
helpers and stonecutters.