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vote has been taken on the new proposition and the Collective Barganing agreement of the manufacturers concerned, to the effect, that the agreement has been favorably accepted with a vote of 292 for and 27 against it.

Respectfully,

H. FISCHER, Secretary of Mass Meeting.

Agreement-Cleveland Garment Manufacturers' Association and International Ladies' Garment Workers Union

Williston, Sections 1654-1656.

In view of their primary responsibility to the consuming public, workers and owners are jointly and separately responsible for the cost and quality of the service rendered, it is agreed that co-operation and mutual helpfulness are the basis of right and progessive industrial relations and that, intimidation and cocercion have no proper place in American industry. To provide a means whereby the parties may co-operate, both to preserve peace in the industry and to further their mutual interests in the common enterprise, this agreement is entered into between

THE CLEVELAND GARMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION on behalf of those of its members whose signatures are attached hereto,

THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNION AND LOCALS Nos. 26, 27, 39, 37, 42, 94 on behalf of their members and

The Hon. Julian W. Mack, Samuel J. Rosensohn and John R. McLane, or their successors, acting as a Board of Referees.1

I

The parties accept as a part of this agreement, and incorporate therein, except as they may be inconsistent with the express provisions of this agreement, the principles affirmed in the agreement between the parties and the Secretary of War, bearing date of August 12th, 1918, and in the awards and decisions made by the Board of Referees appointed thereunder.

1 Sub-divisions of paragraphs have been lettered for convenience.

II

a. There shall be a permanent Board of Referees of three persons, consisting of the Honorable Julian W. Mack, Chairman; Samuel J. Rosensohn, and John R. McLane. This Board shall have power to (1) adjust matters which cannot be settled between the parties, (2) to establish periodic wage-scales for the industry, and (3) to see that this agreement is fairly lived up to by the parties hereto.

b. Vacancies in the Board, from resignation or otherwise, shall be filled, so far as possible, by the whole Board before such resignation becomes effective, or by the remaining Referees, after consultation in either case, with the other two parties to this agreement. Any one member of the Board shall have the authority to exercise the powers of the full Board except in case of a dispute wherein either party requests the consideration of the full Board.

III

On or about October first of each year, the Referees shall take up the matter of wage-scales, and on or about November first shall make such changes in the then-existing scale as shall, in their judgment, seem advisable. The wage-scale thus promulgated by them shall be effective at a time to be fixed by the Referees, which shall not be prior to December first of that year, and shall be the scale in force for the year next ensuing, except that four months thereafter, the subject may be reopened for the purpose of making adjustments in conformity with changes in the cost of living, which adjustment shall be made on or about April 1st, and become effective at a date to be fixed by the Referees which date shall not be prior to May first; provided, however, that the scale adopted for the year 1920 shall be effective as of January first of that year, and that there shall be no changes in that scale before December first, 1920.

IV

a. The wage-scale shall be determined after thorough investigation of all ascertainable facts, with due regard to the public

interest, fair and equitable wages conforming to American standards, and to the progress and prosperity of the industry. A united effort shall be made to promote all interests by increasing continuity of employment.

V

b. Disputes between an employer and an employee in an individual shop, affecting a member of the Union, shall first be taken up between the employer or his representative and the worker concerned or his representative, who must be an employee of such shop, for the purpose of adjusting the differences between them. In case of failure to make satisfactory adjustment, the matter shall then be taken up by the Manager of the Union and the Manager of the Manufacturers' Association.

c. Disputes of a general nature concerning such matters as hours of work, general sanitary standards, general wage-scales and classifications in connection therewith, and so forth, shall be taken up directly by the Manager of the Union and the Manager of the Manufacturers' Association.

d. If they fail in either case to make a satisfactory adjustment, the dispute shall then be arbitrated by the representative of the Referees appointed for that purpose and vested with the full power of the Board of Referees, subject only to a right of appeal to the Board from his decision on matters relating to principle or policy. This representative shall reside in Cleveland, and may be called upon at any time for the investigation or hearing of cases properly brought before him. No case shall be heard by him, or by the Board, which has not first been taken up in the successive steps set forth above. The decision of the representative is final unless and until overruled or modified by the Board of Referees except where a member of the Board, upon cause shown, shall deem it advisable to suspend execution of the decision of the representative, pending appeal.

VI

The principle of week work is approved. The definite arrangements which shall be worked out jointly under the

decision of the Referees during the next year, shall have due regard to the productive value of the individual worker, based on fair and accurate standards.

VII

The Manufacturers' Association and the Union shall cooperate as required by the Referees in seeing that all of their decisions, rulings, promulgations, or disciplinary measures, are faithfully executed or complied with.

VIII

Every worker shall work for, be paid by, and bargain with the firm in whose shop he is employed, and not by any other employee of that firm. This clause relates to the abolishment of inside sub-contracting.

IX

a. All workers in outside shops located in Cuyahoga County shall receive the same scale of wages as established by the Referees for the workers in the inside shops. No employer of the Association shall knowingly continue to give work to any such outside shop which does not maintain this scale, or which otherwise fails to abide by any awards, rulings, or decisions of the Referees or which shall refuse to submit a dispute to the Referees or their representative.

b. The representative of the Referees may hear any complaint as to such shops or contractors, and where he finds that the standard is not being lived up to in any such outside shop, he may forbid the letting of any further contracts by any of the manufacturers to such outside contractor until the contractor shall have paid up all the back pay owing under the Referees' wage-scale, or have made such other restitution as may be necessary to bring him into line with the aforesaid standards.

c. The Referees shall have authority to decide any complaint with respect to any shop in the vicinity of Cleveland doing work for any Manufacturer, party to this agreement, giving

due consideration to the proper interests of the parties to this agreement.

X

A Joint Board of Sanitary Control may be created by the Referees.

XI

a. This agreement shall be so administered that the position of neither of the parties to it shall be intentionally weakened. On the contrary, it is expressly understood that each party shall assist so far as possible in maintaining the integrity of the other. b. Any member of either group guilty of violating this agreement shall be disciplined on order of the Referees.

XII

During the slack periods, the work shall be distributed among all the workers of a given shop, or of a given division of that shop, as equitably as possible.

XIII

This Agreement shall remain in force until December 31st, 1921, and shall be automatically renewed for another year, and so on for each succeeding year, subject only to the right of either party to terminate it on December 31st, 1921, or on December 31st, of any succeeding year, by giving written notice at least three months before the end of such year. Either party may, upon similar notice, at such periods, suggest amendments or a reconsideration of the terms of the Agreement as a whole, in which case the Referees shall call the parties into conference during the three months' period, and whatever changes may be agreed on, shall become effective at the beginning of the next yearly period.

XIV

There shall be no strikes or lockouts during the life of this Agreement, unless previously authorized by the Referees.

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