The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-08-04
BROTHERHOOD RECEIVES
TWENTY-FIVE PROPOSALS
USPA Submits Propositions
For Consideration At
Joint Conference
CHALFONTE PICKED
Conferees Will Meet Both
Monday and Tuesday
Before Opening

Brotherhood officials yesterday re-
celved the twenty-five propositions Of
the United States Potters Association
for consideration Of the joint confer
ence committee which will meet at the
Chalfonte Hotel on Atlantic City's
boardwalk, Wednesday, September Ia.
Thirty-six conferees and the men,
bers Of the Executive Board will meet
in an Atlantic City hotel, Monday,
September II at 9 a. m, for two
day caucus before the conference The
proposals of the Brotherhood, passed
in the recent convention, and those Of
the I. S. P. 4. will be studied at that
time
The meetings will be in charge of
President James NJ. Duffy, who will
also be co-chairman of the conference
with Joseph NJ. Wells, leader of the
United States Potters Associations
Labor Board. The Knickerbocker Hotel,
just three blocks down the boardwalk
from the Chalfonte, has been secured
by Brotherhood officials for the caucus
meetings. Conferees will receive let
ter from Headquarters within the next
couple Of days.
The propositions of the L. S. P. A.,
drawn up at their recent meeting at
Congress Lake, are as follows:
There shall be a general re-
duction of 1870 from present wage
rates.
2.-There shall be no change in
working conditions that will increase
the cost Of operations in any depart
ment in any factory.
3.-Packers shall pack strawed, wire
bound boxes, tekwood boxes, cartons
and similar containers at the piece
work rates Of regular packages near
est in cubic capacity to these pack
ages.
At shall be optional with the firm
as to whether or not the handle finish
ers cast their own handles.
5.-That the l4c for jiggering tale
body wherever it is being paid, be
eliminated.
6.-That the base rate for topping
and sponging of cups be reduced to
l l2c per dozen.
THAT the rate for warehouse
boys, bisque ware boys, decorating
shop boys, straw boys, and other such
labor, be our minimum labor rate per
hour
S.-That outmoded matters in our
Agreement be eliminated. A joint
committee to be appointed for the
work. Part of the work of this COM
mittee to be to eliminate plussages and
establish net rates, equal to the base
rates and plussages in effect in the
new agreement.
AT the option of the firm the
jiggerman shall pay to the firm rate
for carrying out their ware reached
by an agreement made on each shop.
10.-That the jiggerman, batter-out,
mouldrunner and baller divide the
earnings of the jigger according to
fixed percentages.
11.-That a day rate Of S5c net per
hour be established for all journey
men clay workers to be used at the
option of the firm.
12.-That jiggermen, turner's, and
handlers shall pay the full earnings
of their helpers on any pay when they,
| (the jiggermen, turner's and handlers),
have earned an amount equal to or
greater than the day wage rate Of S5c
per hour.
13.-Manufacturers shall have the
privilege of dividing the casters work
in some manner similar to the way
the jiggermans' work is now divided.
14-That a committee with equal
representation from both sides shall
be appointed to revise downward the
prices for hollow ware matchmaking.
15-That on bisque and glost plac-
ing units the shutting down of the ma
chinery to allow men to change posi-
| ton, shall be discontinued.
| 16-That when any workman leaves
his work in violation of the Discharge
Agreement he shall be deemed to have
resigned his position and shall cease
to be an employee of that firm.
17.-That any appeal Of case to
the Discharge Committee must come
from the Shop Committee on the plant
where the discharge occurred.
1S.-When absence from work oc-
ours, which affects the orderly run
ming Of a department, the foreman
shall put into service, at least tempor-
arily, anyone who is available for that
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