The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-09
Wage Adi ius+men+s
Coined by Members
Local Union No. 80
Minimum Tipped at Califor-
nid Standard Sanitary
Pottery
ANNUAL DINNER
Richmond Local Celebrates
At Hotel Cdrquinez: All
OMciuls Present

Richmond, Calm an honest and
conscientious endeavor to have the
wages of the workers in the lower
brackets brought up to point COM
parable with the scales in other dis
tricts a committee from Local Union
SO, composed of one man from each
department and the President as
chairman, has been working for a
year and half on the problem. AS
a result Of this long and painstaking
work, the objective has been accomp-
lished. The result is that all begin
ners now going to work for the
American Radiator & Standard Sani-
tary Company, or who are now at
work, will receive a minimum wage
of seventy cents an hour.
Workers in the un-skilled trades
were taken care Of some time ago,
but through an adjustment even these
will receive possible general in
crease of five and half per cent.
In some departments, the increase
will amount to as much as eight or
nine per cent. Workers in the semi
skilled trades did not at this time re-
ceive an increase, although adjust
ments had been made in their behalf
previously, it is reported.
According to union officials, the en-
tire set-up at present is intended to
effect general adjustment of wages.
Some who were given increases
through the present negotiations had
not had their pay upped over period
of some four o. ave years. All pres
EN- upwars ADJ estments were sched-
uled to have gone into effect as Of
December 16. The union committee
has requested other adjustments in
the agreement clauses, but these are
pending further conferences.
In negotiating these adjustments
the committee had the assistance Of
Frank Hull, second vice president of
the National Brotherhood Of Oper-
ative Potters who has given the union
and the committee much valuable ad-
vice. Vice President Hull attended
the regular meeting of the union held
the previous Friday night in Brother
hood Hall, with President Victor
Seller presiding, and these adjust
ments were concurred in at that time.
The conferences that have resulted
in the new wage scale were opened
November 18.
1t might also be noted that the
warehousemen employed at the Amer
De- 81
pany have had their wages brought
up to a minimum of 821a cents an
hour. This compares favorably with
others in the district. The new wage
affects some half-dozen men.
Victor Seller, president Of the Pot
ters' Union, Local No. 80, has been
a member of the National Brother
hood since 1904 and has been presi-
dent Of the union for year and a
half. He also was one of the unions
delegates to the National convention
held this year in Atlantic City.
Those comprising the conference
committee besides the president were
Dale Fryer and Charles Coppin, rep
resenting the casting shop. Joe Sar-
gent from kiln shed, A. Lobese from
mould shop, c. Andrus from dipping
room and Oscar Sundt from the ware
house.
Our members, 260 strong gathered
at Hotel Carquinez last week for the
annual dinner of the potters and COM
pany officials.
Henry Creeger, manager of the
pottery, acted as toastmaster and did
a fine job of it. State Senator T. H.
DeLap was speaker of the evening.
He lauded the potters for their long
record of labor peace, and company
officials for their record of fine re-
lations with the workmen.
Among the company officials in
troduced, some Of whom spoke briefly,
were Frank Kales, vice president and
Pacific coast sales manager; Howard
Detro, manager of the enamel works
in North Richmond; Albert Adcock,
superintendent of the pottery; Victor
Seller, president of Local 80; Jack
Deasey, retired potter and charter
member.
Other company officials introduced
included Frank Gabbert, George War
rem, Charles Camp, E. L. Dawers, Ed.
Clintsman, Ken Hutchins, Wesley
Heck, Earnest Gillard, c. J. Hurray,
James Garvin, DR.. U. S. Abbott, COM
pany physician; R. D. Jones, L. o.
Spires, George Ross, Claude Dean,
Ben Blair, head of the sales depart
ment; LaVerne Gill and others Ber-
nard Weisgerber, former employe, ac-
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