The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-19
Proposals Drafted
For Consideration
At Wage Farley

Conferees are being elected by the generalwar
and chinaware locals of the Brotherhood to the joint
wage conference which will be held by the Nationa
Brotherhood of Operative Potters and the United
States Potters Association in the Statler Hotel
Washington, D. c., beginning January 16, for The
purpose of drafting new wage agreement to take
the place of the present one which was signed iT
March in Atlantic City.
1t is expected the Brotherhood's representative
will Washington few days in advance of the confer
ence for preliminary sessions in the Hamilton Hotel by
of completing their plans before meeting with the manufac
turers.
Including the members of the Executive Board about
sixty members of the n. B. of O. p. will participate in the
conference deliberations
The Conference chairman will be President James M
Duffy of the National Brotherhood Of Operative Poter and
Joseph NJ Wells chairman of the labor committee of the
United States Potter Association while Chas Jordan and
Wbert Betz will be the respective secretaries
The Brotherhood has submitted forty-six propositions
for consideration and adoption by the conference The
facuers program has not been announced The ~ b. o. r.
propositions follow:
That a general 25 per shall be granted.
All piece listed uniform scale shall be posted
bulletin board in all plants.
shall paid rate time Iayoff during
day shall be paid of time and onehalf time
all working shall be granted premium
of l214 cents per hour
hood Of Operative shall have the Union Label
automatic gger installed shall be operated by
chnaware receive additional hours pay per
) responsibility of ware in cellars
shall be given opportunity learn
all employees who submit physical examination shall be
given report when requesting same
disputes pertaining decorating kiln shall the
minimum ampers shall be 40 the fe
male minimum rate
Eligibility for vacation pay shall be Industry
kndawers shall the privilege of jobs in other
departments before new employees are started
he at
eneraware and other crafts branches that be
That all machine installations by
That Sunday shall be eliminated be paid for the
of time and one half
That bench shall hire fire their
maintenance shall skilled The
pay shall be that prevailing Industry generally.
performed Thanksgiving Day.
VI Day shall be paid at the rate of double time
That knfremen shall allowed follow their trade to all
types of kins
That the bsque go paid
pay.
That klndrawers kns emp
tiers and paid the rate provided in the agreement
decal work shall be entirely abolished
ggeman working with shall be paid his hourly
That the T. A. B. cooperate the fullest
market from danger through nroad of
foreign competition
sas Tst the lining prices in be taken up and made more
That the manufacturers chnaware
liners decorators free of charge.
That four and half five inch plates shall be increased
hail. and eight inch plates shall be- cent per dozen
lining machines chnaware shall be manned exclusively by
ournymen liners and the established ueymen shall
prevail.
That following prices uniform scale finish
dishes and bakers:
nch-fve cents doz and plussage.
IL nch-sx cents doz and pussage
IA nch-seven cents doZ. and plussage.
% up nd cqS ali ss % % an. p nana en per @ $
three and ussage eight and nine nch four cents
that
Shall receive the same percentage on their rate.
of boards clay sard exists and
jiggermen laid shall suspend
operation also.
That an apprenticeship shall up for fnshers
delivery clay the
of shall be done firms
uniform print pinng and cutting scale shall be established
based machine consisting
girls to
Of for deca girls shall be 80 cents
hour than the minimum the
shall apprentices when needed and the
girl line Of shall the
paragraph Of Uniform Decal agreement shall be
Deca unable their previous weeks