Evening star., 1937-11-10
MORE Join STRIKE
OF TRUCK DRIVERS
Star City Delivery Men and
Paper Handlers Refuse
to Pass Picket Line.

trucks operating in Washington today
Joined drivers of rural delivery trucks
in a strike which yesterday prevented
delivery of The Star to subscribers on
20 rural routes in nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Warehousemen and paper handlers,
members of the same union, also re-
fused this morning to pass through
picket lines established yesterday,
thereby joining the strike and EXTEND
ing its effects to those persons.
The management of The Star, how
ever, said that today's home edition
will be delivered on schedule and
that the suburban deliveries will be
approximately so per cent normal.
1t was said every effort will be made
to increase the percentage of suburban
deliveries after today.
The strikers are members of the
Newspaper Drivers, Paper Handlers,
Mailroom and Garage Helpers Local
Union No. sos of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,
Stablemen and Helpers of America,
an affiliate of the American Fedora
tion of Labor.
Has Contract With Union.
Fleming Newbold, business manager
OF The Star, said that the paper has
a contract with the union but that
the rural delivery drivers joined the
union after the contract was ne
gotiated.
The written agreement contains the
following clause:
In case any dispute or difficulty
relative to this agreement cannot be
adjusted between the union and the
employer such matter shall be referred
by either party to a board of arbitra-
tion to be appointed and constituted
as follows:
Either party shall notify the other
OF the need for such arbitration and
thereafter, within five days, the union
and the employer shall each select
two representatives. In case such
board shall not agree within five days,
the said four persons shall select
fifth member and shall within five
days conduct a hearing and shall
thereafter within five days submit its
writing The decision of such board
shall be binding and conclusive on the
parties hereto. The expense of the
fifth member shall be divided equally
between the employer and the union.
The union agrees that pending the
arbitration of any dispute or difficulty
as above set out it will not permit its
members individually or in numbers,
directly or indirectly, to interfere
with or interrupt the regular and or
derly operations Of the company"
This clause was cited when busi-
ness agent of the union informed the
company that members of the union
would be advised not to pass through
the picket line of the striking drivers.
The union contends that technically
the present dispute does rot relate to
the contract. relieving it of the obliga-
ton imposed by the arbitration clause.
The company's position is that a re-
fusal of the members under contract
to pass through the picket line is
direct violation of the arbitration
clause.
The negotiations leading to the
strike began recently when the rural
drlvers, who had joined the union
after the original contract had been
signed, submitted the following pro-
posals:
Rural Drivers Proposal
Il. The employer agrees to employ
as rural agents. only drivers who are
IN good standing of and hold a permit
from Local No. 6o5.
y. When any rural route agent.
who is a member of Local No. sos
and is in good standing in the organ
ization is discharged for any reason
whatsoever he shall be given 80 DAYS
notice in advance
8. The employer agrees that upon
request by the union, it will give an
employe discharged for cause, and
GAINED unjust dismissal, a full and
complete hearing in the presence of a
committee or official representative
from the union.
4. The employer agrees that no
meeting other than the safety council
meeting which is held on the third
Tuesday OF each month shall be held
either before or after working hours.
D. (a) The employer agrees that
no route now consisting of $50 D g. S
serves or more shall be cut by the
employer below $50 D g. S serves.
If any route is cut by the employer
below the aforesaid figure the rural
route agent serving the route shall be
reimbursed by the employer at the
rate of $28 per 100 serves per month.
"(b) 1t is further agreed no route
consisting of less than $50 D and s
serves shall be cut by the employer
until said route reaches $50 daily and
Sunday serves.
"(c) At which time the said route
shall revert to the condition In clause
s (a).
"(d) Furthermore, if any route is
discontinued for any reason whatso-
ever, the agent whose route is discon-
tinued shall be used as utility driver
until another opening is conceived
At what time he shall be given the
position.
"(e) Rural route agents shall have
every seventh day off, on which day
his route shall be operated by a mem
Der OF the union whose pay shall not
be less than s25 per six-day week.
"6. (a) The basic salary shall be
raised from S65 to s10o per month on
all routes.
"(b) The cost Of the papers to the
agents and to the subscriber shall re-
main the same.
"(c) Agents driving privately owned
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