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Should it at any time become necessary to reduce the number of employees, the first ones to be dismissed shall be those who are not members of the union.

B. The provisions for preference made herein, require that the door of the union be kept open for the reception of nonunion workers. Initiation fee and dues must be maintained at a reasonable rate and any applicant must be admitted who is not an offender against the union and who is eligible for membership under its rules, provided that if any rules be passed that impose unreasonable hardships, or that operate to bar desirable persons, the matter may be brought before the tribunal herein provided for, for such remedy as it may deem advisable.

V

WORKING CONDITIONS

A. The full power to discharge and discipline remains with the employer, but it is understood that the power should be exercised with justice and with regard to the reasonable rights of the employees and if any employee feels that he has been unjustly discharged, he may appeal to the tribunal provided for, which shall have the power to review the case, and its decision shall be binding on the parties.

B. There shall be no stoppages of work, and if a stoppage shall occur because the person in charge shall have refused to allow the employees to continue work, he shall be ordered to immediately give work to the employees, or in case the employees have stopped work, the representatives of the employees shall order the employees to immediately return to work, and in case they fail to do so within one hour after being ordered, the employees concerned shall be considered as having left their positions and shall not be entitled to the benefit of this agreement.

C. During the slack season, the work shall be divided as nearly as practicable among all employees.

VI

ADMINISTRATION

The administration of this agreement is vested in a board of arbitration and a trade board, together with such officials and representatives of the parties hereto as may be found necessary.

A. The board of arbitration shall have full and final jurisdiction over all matters arising under this agreement and its decision thereupon shall be conclusive. It will concern itself mainly with questions of principle, and the application of this agreement to new questions as they arise and it shall have the power to review the decisions of the trade board. It shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be chosen by the union, one by the employer and a third shall be the mutual choice of both parties hereto, who shall be the chairman of the board.

It shall be the duty of the board of arbitration to investigate all matters that are brought before it.

B. The trade board is the board for adjusting all complaints and grievances and shall have original jurisdiction over all matters arising under this agreement and the decisions relating thereto and shall consider and dispose of all such matters when brought before it subject to rules of practice and procedure to be hereafter established.

The board shall consist of not more than eleven members, all of whom, except the chairman, shall be employees of the company. The company and the union shall be equally represented in numbers and it is understood that these members shall be selected in such a manner as to be representative of the various departments.

The chairman of the board shall represent the mutual interests of both parties; shall assist in the investigation of complaints; shall endeavor to mediate conflicting interests and in case of disagreement shall cast the deciding vote on all questions before the board. The chairman of the trade board shall be the mutual choice of both parties hereto.

VII

COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES

Any employee feeling himself aggrieved, shall present his complaint in the first instance to the shop chairman, who should take the matter up for adjustment with the shop superintendent. In the event that they are not able to agree, the shop chairman shall report the matter to the representatives of the union, who in turn may take the matter up with the employers' labor manager. In the event these two are unable to agree on an adjustment of the matter, the matter shall then be presented to the trade board for its decision.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this to be signed by their respective authorized officers and representatives this........day of. . . . . . . .A. D., 1919.

Dec. 13, 1919.

THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this thirteenth day of December, nineteen hundred, by and between Luther C. White, in behalf of the Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Boston, and Samuel Zorn, Business Manager of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Boston, witnesseth:

THAT THE PRESENT AGREEMENT between the manufacturers and the Amalgamated remains in full force until supplanted by another agreement, which shall incorporate therein the questions covered by the agreement of nineteen hundred and seventeen, and in addition thereto clauses stipulating that in consideration of certain raises made and promised by the Association to the Amalgamated of five dollars ($5.00) per week to each worker, beginning December 1st, 1919, no further increase shall be demanded or requested collectively or individually by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Boston until the expiration of the coming light-weight season (or, until June 1st, 1920).

IT IS ALSO AGREED that the Office of the Joint Board of the Amalgamated and the Office of the Employment Manager of the Association shall coöperate in any way possible in the judgment of the said Samuel Zorn and said Luther C. White to prevent unauthorized and uncalled for requests of individ

uals, sections or shops for raises in pay, inexperienced workers, excepted.

IT IS FURTHER AGREED that immediate action be taken by the parties hereto to choose an impartial chairman for this market, satisfactory to both, and that his name shall be incorporated in the new agreement when drawn and made ready for signature on or before December 23rd, 1919.

AS TO THE SCHEDULE IT IS FURTHER AGREED that a joint committee of four (4) be appointed by the Association and the Amalgamated to investigate wages paid in all shops in Boston, controlled by the Association, and make reports to both the Association and the Amalgamated.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto signed our names this thirteenth day of December, nineteen hundred and nineteen.

Protocol Agreement between Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Protective Association and Various Labor Unions

Williston, Sections 1654-1656.

Protocol of an agreement entered into this 2nd day of September, 1910, between the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Protective Association, herein called the manufacturers, and the following locals of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, namely: Cloak Operators' Union No. 1, Cloak and Suit Tailors' No. 9, Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Association No. 10, Cloak and Skirt Makers' Union of Brownsville No. 11, New York Reefer Makers' Union No. 17, Skirt Makers' Union No. 23, Cloak and Skirt Pressers' Union No. 35, Buttonhole Makers' Union of New York (Local No. 64), Cloak and Suit Pressers of Brownsville No. 68, hereinafter called the unions.

Whereas differences have arisen between the manufacturers and their employees who are members of the unions with regard to various matters which have resulted in a strike, and it is now desired by the parties hereto to terminate said strike and to arrive at an understanding with regard to the future relations between the manufacturers and their employees, it is therefore stipulated as follows;

First. So far as practicable, and by December 31, 1910, electric power be installed for the operation of machines, and that no charge for power be made against any of the employees of the manufacturers.

Second. No charge shall be made against any employee of the manufacturers for material except in the event of the negligence or wrongful act of the employee resulting in loss or injury to the employer.

Third. A uniform deposit system, with uniform deposit receipts, shall be adopted by the manufacturers, and the manufacturers will adopt rules and regulations for enforcing the prompt return of all deposits to employees entitled thereto. The amount of deposit shall be $1.

Fourth. No work shall be given to or taken to employees to be performed at their homes.

Fifth. In the future there shall be no time contracts with individual shop employees, except foremen, designers, and pattern graders.

Sixth. The manufacturers will discipline any member thereof proven guilty of unfair discrimination among his employees.

Seventh. Employees shall not be required to work during the ten legal holidays as established by the laws of the State of New York; and no employee shall be permitted to work more than six days in each week; those observing Saturday to be permitted to work Sunday in lieu thereof; all week workers to receive pay for legal holidays.

Eighth. The manufacturers will establish a regular weekly pay day and they will pay for labor in cash, and each piece worker will be paid for all work delivered as soon as his work is inspected and approved, which shall be within a reasonable time.

Ninth. All subcontracting within shops shall be abolished. Tenth. The following schedule of the standard minimum weekly scale of wages shall be observed:

Machine cutters..

Regular cutters.

Canvas cutters..

Skirt cutters...

$25

25

12

21

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