The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
Gives
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Boston police strike in 1912.
In several buildings the workers
refused to heed the strikebreaking
pact signed by their leaders and
remained out. Mayor LaGuardia, at
his morning press conference, ad-
mitted to reporters yesterday that
at least three building owners had
wired him that their employees were
still striking.
Sympathy Of many tenants
throughout the city was strong for
the loW-paid workers.
The Mayors Office received a let
ter from tenants Of London Terrace,
West 23rd Street. between 9th and
9Th Avenues. condemning his use
Of police against strikers, the Daily
Worker learne from reliable
sources yesterday. Pooh-pOohing
the suggestion that the police were
called to protect them, the apart
ment jewellers informed the Mayor
that they were opposed to having
Strike breakers and police in the
building. The police, they stated,
were in the houses not TO protect
the tenants but the sCabs and to
break the strike.
$50 Tenants Sign
Signed by $50 tenants of one of
the largest block of apart
ment houses in the city, the let
ter IL considered of extraordinary
significance since it answers the
argument Of the Mayor that the
police we're called to protect the
health of the tenants. The letter
was drawn up at tenants meet
ing on Monday night, before the
announcement of the pact calling
of the strike.
Terms on which the strike was
"settled" were agreed to by James
j. Bambrick, president of Local BIB
Of the union and other union Off
Gals at 2:30 am. yesterday after
eighteen hours Of conferences at
City Hall. Under the general COM
mand of Mayor LaGuardia, who
marshaled every possible force to
avert, or failing that, to break the
strike, pressure was exerted from
all sides to reach a strike-breaking
formula.
Assist to McGrady
Among those who assisted in
reaching formula we're: Assistant
Secretary of Labor Edward F. Nc
Grady; Major Henry H. Curran,
chairman of the Mayors arbitra-
ton committee; Raymond V. IN
gersoll, Brooklyn Borough Pres
ident; william Collins, New York
representative of the American
Federation Of Labor; Joseph P. Ry-
an, president of the Central Trades
and Labor Council; and George
Meany, president of the New York
State Federation Of Labor.
The points in the agreement,
signed by Lawrence B. Cummings,
representing the Realty Advisory
Board and Labor Relations, Inc,
and the union officials, follow:
/. The award of the Curran
board. made on Feb Is, calling for
minimum wage of 500, without
classification of workers into
higher-paid categories-a major
demand Of the strikers-is ito be
respected and observed" But the
Realty Advisory Board agreed
they will propose a modification
of the award in a number of re-
spects to the signatories of the
Mayors agreement of Nov. %.
That agreement only applies to
the small number of buildings af-
fected by the organization drive
last year and not the major por-
ticn Of the buildings controlled
by the Realty Advisory Board.
2. The Realty Advisory Board
promised to propose to the owners
affected by the award-not to all
oWners-that the award run for
six months from March 1, instead
of twelve.
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3. During the six months "the
Administration Board is to take
up and consider the question of
classification of Office and loft
buildings and the employees, with
view to recommending reason
able minimum wages for these
classes of buildings and employees
as basis for the negotiation of
further agreement at the ex-
plration Of the six months
period"
4. Provisions on wages and
hours and working conditions in
buildings in the garment and
other areas covered by the closed
shop agreements Of Nov 8, 1884,
are to be arbitrated.
5. The above terms are to af-
feet only those buildings whose
owners agreed to the arbitration
award on or prior to Feb. 10. 1895.
Rank and File Indignant
Rank and file workers in the
union, when apprised of the terms
of the agreement, were greatly re-
sentful. Most of them feel that the
agreement gives them nothing and
that strike action would have got
ten them union conditions. Many
felt confident that the organized
labor movement Of the city would
have supported them.
Anger was particularly sharp at
Mr.. Bambrick. It was expected that
mass meetings of the workers will
vote the agreement down when it
comes before the membership. A
strike will then ensue, it is. init
mated, irrespective Of the wishes of
Bambrick A broad rank and file
strike committee will probably be
proposed to take the strike out of
the hands of Bambrick, in whom
many of the members are losing
confidence as a result Of his sign
ing of the Mayors pact
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