The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-22

In compliance with your re-
quest at this date, we present
herewith a brief of our claims for
a change in the rate of wages for
carpenters from the rate of $l.00
per hour to $1.1212 per hour on all
defense work in the Key West
area.
On Feb. rs, 1941, Key West
local union No. 655 ofthe United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
lJoiners of America approved a
new scale of wages for carpenters
/ in this area as follows:
Journeymen carpenters.
$l.l2h per hour.
First year apprentices. Soc
per hour.
Second year apprentices.
! Zoe per hour.
Third year apprentices. zoe
| per hour.
Fourth year apprentices.
Csc per hour.
For all defense work and pri-
vate construction work in this inn
mediate area. effective March
A. 1941. This scale of wages was
approved and accepted by the In
ternational offices of this local
union on the effective date, March
ia, 1941.
This scale was made known
verbally, to, all contractors and
! other interested parties inn
Immediately in this particular area
May we add that there are at the
present time IL contractors en-
gagged in construction of is pri-
vate contracts paying this APP
proved and adopted scale.
It is known that on June %,
l941, the aforementioned Local
Union No. 655 signed contract
with the Mackle-Leach Construc-
ton Co, to pay as wages to all
members of said local union the
scale of $1.12h Zone dollar and
twelve and one-half cents per
hour The public works office inn
mediately issued orders to the
above mentioned contractor that
1.-THE agreed scale of wages as pre-
aviously mentioned was not to be
Ipaid as according tn the signed
sagreement and that the scale set
Thy the public works office which
lis considerably lower, should re-
Imam effective. The above mem
Etioned local union placed mem
llbers of their organization to work
ion the Mackle-Leach job under
protest. This protest was filed on
July Z, 1941. with the Mackle-
Leach Construction Company, the
public works office. and the
/ Honorable Gerald d. REILLY. solicit
| tor Of labor, Washington p, c,
I! The local union received a reply
ron July 80, 1941. from the Honor
able Charles D. Pennebaker. chigf
reviewing attorney of thee int ii
/ States Department OF Labor ae
! knowledging receipt of this pro-
test To the time of writing re-
suits from the filing of the protest
are nil
AS further measure OF sell
preservation the committee from
the local union petitioned Lit. f.
G. Jansen of P. w. o. in this area
! for an increase of 1914 cents per
hour on defense work. Your
| knowledge of the outcome of this
petition is the same as ours.
Our reasons for this request are
many. and our grievances are
more. The great majority of the
carpenters on these particular jobs
or contracts are drawn from the
Miami area, where the scale of
wages have been and still are
rated at $1.12h Zone dollar and
twelve and one-half cents) per
hour. The American Federation
lof Labor through agreement with
the O.P.M specifically states that
Eall mechanics are entitled to and
shall receive the adopted and APP
proved scale of wages of the area
from which they are drawn. &
May we quote from a letter re-
ceived from the President of the
United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners. William L.
Hutchinson, dated August 5, 1941,
which states:
"The understanding also pro-
vides for predetermining wages
on those projects, and that the
wage to be established is to be
based on the rate Of wages paid in
the area or locality from where
the men doing the work must be
secured"
On the contract for the compile
ton of the hangar at the Kew West
Naval Air Station the following