The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-30
SS BARAN0F p0RTL0(kED
 HERE TODAY
Union Charges Company Refuses Penalty Overtime
 10 Two Longshoremen

The westbound Alaska Liner Baranof, her hatches blocked by 274 tons of freight for Juneau, lay idle in port here all today while company and union wrangled over wages due two longshoremen.
 Juneau merchants, as usual, arc in the middle and will be the ulti- mate victims along with Juneau residents in need of the wares in the liners holds. Fortunately. Bar anof cargo includes little in the way of perishable freight for this City.
 Also to be affected is the Alaska Liner Alaska, due at o'clock from the south with 200 tons more of Ju- neau freight She will tie up at the Alaska Juneau Mine Dock, until either the dispute is cleared away or new orders send her and theBar- anof on to the Westward without unloading here
 North Sea Unaffected
 Not affected by the local "job action" is the Northland Transpor- tation Companys liner North Sea, which arrived here this morning from the South and immediately began discharging 250 tons of Ju- neau cargo, including considerable quantities of fresh meats. .The Union, Local Is, International Longshoremen's and Warehouse mems Union, fCIO), declares the Northland ship is not involved in the controversy because there are no wage claims against that com- pany. Only the Alaska Steamship Company and its vessels are involy- ed
 Cause of Dispute
 The dispute arose and "job &C., ton" was taken over the amounts of paychecks to two men who work ed the steamers Aleutian and Den ali last week. Checks for the two lOngshoremen, as made out by the company were not acceptable to the union. In both cases, the men involved had worked previtlsly the same day on another vessel and went directly from job to job.
 The Union quotes the West Coast longshore agreement, the master contract for Pacific port operations, provision of which states.
 When the men are required to work more than five consecutive hours without an opportunity to eat, they shall be paid time and Jne-halt of the straight or over time rate. as the case may be, for all time worked in excess of five hours without a meal hour inter- gening"
 Union Charges
 The Union charges that, even though that provision has governed ever since the first longshore agreement with the ILWU was reached and workers have always been so paid under it, the Alaska Steamship Company here now has suddenly refused to pay the two men at the time and one-half rate for time worked after they had already worked five hours without time off to eat.
 Company Interpretation
 The company interpretation, which it supports by communica- tions from the Waterfront Employ CTS Association at Seattle, is that the longshoremen are not entitled to count in time previously worked for another company on different ship as a part of the five-hour per- iod; that it is willing to pay the penalty rate for working the men through the meal hour specified in the local port agreement, but not for subsequent time. Local Alaska Line AgAnt Horace o. Adams states that his company has instructed him that the War Shipping Ad- ministration has not approved the penalty payment asked by the Un- ion and that it's decision is neces- sary as precedent would be set that could involve considerable amounts in the future.
 Paid For Years
 The Union has declared that the operators have so paid for years, with only one previous refusal which happened during wartime when the Union was bound by it's no strike pledge and could not take action
 Adams said, that to his know ledge. similar condition has twice before arisen, the last in February