Evening star., 1953-01-15
ArncId Lines
Will Resume
ServiceMonday
State to Run Line
This Week; Union
Fights on Seizure
Full service on the Arnold bus

cordance with an agreement last
night. which ended the more
than one-month-old strike.
Both union and management
representatives accepted a COM
promise proposal put forward
Monday by Representative Broy-
hill, Republican, of Virginia. It
was sealed in his Office shortly
before II pm.
Still Opposes Seizure.
However, the union, in a pre-
pared resolution, contended it's
bargaining power has been
"emasculated" and it's right to
bargain destroyed by operation
of the Virginia seizure law. The
union promised to follow
through with it's court action to
have the law declared invalid.
The unions mechanics, under
the agreement, were to return
to work today. Meanwhile. the
State will continue to operate
the buses until Monday, when
the 800 strikers will take over.
The State operating authority
today started running rush-hour
service into the District.
Before meeting with manage
ment representatives in Mr..
Broyhill's Office. in the Old House
Office Building. the union mem
bership held a meeting in
Pythian Temple and ratified the
compromise proposal by a vote
of lat to IS.
It was formally accepted later
by Joseph l.. Arnold and Manuel
L. Davis. for the Washington,
Virginia and Maryland Bus Co.
(Arnold Line). and H. j. Harris
and George w. Hartman of Local
1.079. Amalgamated Association
of Street. Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employees Of Amer
lea (AFL).
Terms Of Agreement.
The terms of the agreement,
including an eSculator type scale
of wage increases, are:
All union men to return to
their proper place on the senior
ity lists, all drivers to be put to
work in seniority order, all
maintenance and incorporating
employees to hold seniority rights
as prior to the strike but to be
called back according to senior
ity with respect to each depart
ment where they are needed, if
qualified.
All employees shall return to
work, under State control at
their wage rates as of the time
of the strike. State control will
be shifted as soon as the COM
pany can arrange it.
At the end of so days. the
drivers will get raise of 3 cents
an hour; on November %, 1853,
an additional S cents, and on
November %, 1854, an additional
cents.
They will also get the Scent
raise retroactively for IT days.
Other matters agreed to in
the negotiations also were rati-
fled by the union. These in
cluded minor fringe benefits,
such as a differential for main
tenance employees. and health
and welfare provisions.
Strike Started December 10.
When the Arnold strike start
ed on December 10 the union
had before it a new wage offer
made by the company. This was
a proposal for about a Scent
hourly increase now and an
additional scent boost next
year, which would have brought
Arnold drivers up to the scale
now received by another COM
muter line, the A. B. & w.
That lines drivers went back
to work last November. after a
nine-day strike in which the
State seized and operated the
line. Their settlement, wage
wise. was for a 13-cent hourly
boost and an additional S cents
to be added. November l. 1858.
Fringe benefits were included in
that contract.
Basic pay for the Arnold men,
when they went on strike, was
$1.67 an hour for a driver with
a years experience.
Union Resolution.
At last nights meeting in
Pythian Temple the union drew
up resolution. telling why it
accepted the compromise. It
stated, in part:
This resolution to return to
work is adopted with the qualifi-
cations and reservations con-
tanned in the following state
ment:
"The membership has ac-
cepted the settlement because
it believes that it is the best
that can be hoped for under
circumstances in which the bar
gaining power of the union has
been emasculated. and the right
of the membership to support
their bargaining demands by
strike and picketing has been
destroyed by the operation of
the Virginia seizure law en-
bodied in Chapter 500, Acts of
Assembly, 1852.
THE membership of Division
1,079 continues to regard that
law as unconstitutional. It ad-
heres to its belief that the very
existence of the power in the
Governor or other State authori-
ties to seize the operation Of the
company when a strike is threat
ened. will be a continuing i'm
pediment to any and all effec-
tive collective bargaining dur
ing the term of this agreement
and thereafter, and a continu-
ing interference with rights
which have been granted to
these employees by Federal law
and by the Constitution of the
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