The Trade Union Woman eBook

Alice Henry
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 328 pages of information about The Trade Union Woman.

The Trade Union Woman eBook

Alice Henry
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 328 pages of information about The Trade Union Woman.

Employes shall report for duty at least 15 minutes before the hour called for.  They shall be furnished with good, wholesome food.

All hours shall be the maximum.

Head Waitresses and Head Waiters are required to give business agent a list of employes the first week of each month.

Members must wear their working buttons.  There shall be no charge for breakage unless breaking is wilful or gross carelessness.

It is agreed that waitresses shall clean silverware once a day.

THIS CONTRACT shall remain in effect until May 1, 1916, unless there is a violation of trade union principles.

ARBITRATION

During the term of this contract, should any differences arise between parties of the first and second part of any causes which cannot be adjusted between them, it shall be submitted to an Arbitration Committee of five, two selected by the party of the first part and two by the party of the second part, and the fifth by the four members of said committee, and while this matter is pending before said committee for adjustment, there shall be no lockout or strike, and the decision of the committee on adjustment shall be final and shall supplement or modify the agreement.  This CONTRACT shall remain in effect until May 1, 1916.

—­SIGNED—­

PARTY OF THE FIRST PART ...  PARTY OF THE SECOND PART

[NOTE.  The dog watch waitress has part day and part night work.  She is on duty usually from 11 a.m. till 2 p.m., and again from 5 p.m. till midnight, in some non-union restaurants till one o’clock in the morning.  The above agreement calls for not more than one split in a ten-hour watch, otherwise a waitress might be at call practically all day long and yet be only ten hours at work.  A.H.]

APPENDIX II

THE HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX LABOR AGREEMENTS

[The following brief abstract covers the essential points in the successive agreements between Hart, Schaffner and Marx, clothing manufacturers, of Chicago, and their employes, and is taken from the pamphlet compiled by Earl Dean Howard, chief deputy for the firm, and Sidney Hillman, chief deputy for the garment workers.]

The conditions upon which the strikers returned to work, as defined in the agreement dated January 14, 1911, summed up, were: 

1.  All former employes to be taken back within ten days.

2.  No discrimination of any kind because of being members, or not being members, of the United Garment Workers of America.

3.  An Arbitration Committee of three members to be appointed; one from each side to be chosen within three days; these two then to select the third.

4.  Subject to the provisions of this agreement, said Arbitration Committee to take up, consider and adjust grievances, if any, and to fix a method for settlement of grievances (if any) in the future.  The finding of the said Committee, or a majority thereof, to be binding upon both parties.

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