The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06
TRUCK DRIVERS
 MAKE CHARGES
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 Tehired uniess they are transgeFTed to another locality and work under the wage scale of another local. Complete Statement
 Following is the complete State- ment:
 'Ccntrasy to the advice of the state board Of mediation and agbl- tTatlcn that both parties Of the agreement should act in good faith to carry out the provisions of the contract and not try to work around it and violate it, the Consolidated Motor Lines are the first to violate it and have the distinction Of being the first company out of nine ir WG- terbuTy to appear on 6 complaint is- sued in writing to the Connecticut state board of mediation and arbi- tgatton.
 "The rest of the operators who are really Waterbury operators have gone along fine in compliance with the terms of the contract and ale though everything 1g not running 100 per cent 1n accordance with the contract, this is not due to an at. tempt on the part of the employers to violate the contract but is due to the fact that operators have been tied up for two weeks with the re- suit that freight has accumulated and the normal run of trucks has been disrupted so that it will take c few days to adjust them.
 '"The operators are however, do- ing all in their power to adjust themselves to the terms of the new contract and have Sehired (Witfotit discrimination all the men out on strike with the exception of Q few of the last men hired prior to the strike who will have to wait unttH the volume of freight reaches the point to where 1t was previous to the strike.
 Tn the case of the Consolidated Motor Lines it is not Q case of men being idle temporarily due to the readjustment of the cornpany's af- fairs, but is s fragrant violation of the discrimination clstse in the contract.
 "The roadmen have been notified that they will not he Yehired unless they are transferred to another lo- cal and work under the wage scale of another local. This being done 60 that the company can take ad. vantage of Q somewhat lower wage scale prevailing in other locals and thereby defeat the terms of their signed contract with the Waterbury Local.
 This is unfair both to our local and to our local operators for the following reasons: s
 Consolidated would then be hay. ing the same work being done at 6 lower cost for labor than our local operators for the same work and at the same time would leave 0sir local roadmen out of employment whom they hired previous to the strike by bringing in outside en- plcyes to do their work ct Q lower scale.
 'The Consolidated Lines were also one of three companies who hinds cred the settlement of the strike by refusing to grant our local drivers c 3 1.2 cent increase. They are c minor operator in the Waterbury transportation business but who however were successful in keeping our Waterbury operators from signs ing the contract due to c united front taken by ell companies In Connecticut to defeat the increase for local drivers.
 Tt was the fact that cur local operators, who after eli were the ones most affected b2 the strike, took 1t in their own hands to settle their grievances with their employees regardless of companies outside of Waterbury, that finally settled the strike and brought about the sign. ing of the agreement which as has been mentioned above, Consolidated AFnkAr I.if1Aa havA vi01akAdn