The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-05-25
Special Appeals
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apply to the President, Secre-
tary-Treasurer, First vice
President and Second Vice-Pre-
sident and National Organizer.
Any salary increase or reduc-
ton for said officials which
may be proposed in the future,
other than as stated above,
shall conform to Sec. Is (77).
"Also Section 33 of the 1916
Constitution provided:
"The Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh and Eight Vice
Presidents shall constitute the
board of trustees and together
with the President, First and
Second yice-Presidents and
Secretary Treasurer shall con-
stitute the national Executive
Board. The Third yice-Pres-
ident shall be chairman of the
Board of Trustees
"In June, 1916, an 1874 cent per
hour raise was granted the general
ware and china ware trade. This
was totally different method of
increasing the wages of the men,
bers of the union. Heretofore all
raises had been on a percentage
basis. This necessitated developing
a formula under the provisions of
Sec. 33 of the constitution, supra,
to apply such raises to the officers
salaries. This was accomplished by
computing the 1871 cents per hour
increase on a sixty-hour week
basis. The increases of eight and
one-half cents per hour granted on
Feb. l, 1947, and six cents per hour
as of September II, 1947, with re-
gard to officers compensation were
treated in like manner. Thereafter
the national executive board trans
lated the cents per hour increases
into percentage increases for the
officers as follows:
The increase Of 1874 cents per
hour was changed to 12k%
increase
The increase Of 81 cents per
hour was changed to 7H% in
crease
The increase of 6 cents per
hour was changed to so in
crease
"As thus figured, the increases
to the officers were somewhat
greater than the cents per hour in
creases to the trade generally. |
Prior to the filing of this action the
of the union in 1916 and
1947 approved the national officers
salaries as then being paid.
"At the 1948 convention, after
notice to all local unions, the SUBJ
ject of the national officers COM
pensation was again brought up for
consideration. This action was then
pending. Upon consideration a reso-
luton was adopted fixing the ma
tional officers compensation as fol-
lows:
National President $294.09
per week
National Secty.- y.-Treasurer
$207.57 per week
"This was the same rate of COM
pensation as had been paid since
the last revision.
"The resolution also provided
that all deductions in salary suff-
cred by the national officers be-
cause of this lawsuit should be re-
stored to them and that "this pro-
position (the subject of the nation
Al officers compensation be sub
nitted to a referendum Of the
,rade.
"A canvassing committee was ap-
pointed who counted the votes and
'ound that majority of those who
we're legally entitled to vote and
Who had voted in a legal manner
the resolution.
at is the claim of the plaintiffs,
Is the basis for the injunction,
prayed for, that the increases
granted as in 1914 and the per-
'entage increases in place of thel
ents per hour increases of 1946l
nd 1947 were unauthorized and in
'iolation of the constitution and
hat the canvassing committed
rroneously found that the .resolu-
ion of the 1948 convention had re-
eived a majority vote when in fact
more votes were cast against it
han in its favor.
'In considering the issues pre-
ented by the pleadings and the
vidence it is well to remember that
ourts will not assume to act in
lace of those authorized to inter-
ret the constitution and by-laws
f voluntary association unless
hose upon whom the duty is placed
ct in an arbitrary and unreason-
BILE manner. This is also true with
aspect to the determination of all
uestions of policy and internal
"Oaks on Organized Labor and
Industrial Conflicts. Sec. 81 p. 93.
"The basic question here involved
ONES clearly within the sphere of
he internal management of the
Brotherhood. The compensation of