Maintenance Workers
Union President Dies
#ashinuton, D. C.—AFL Presi
letrt William Gr^'en paid high
tribute to Elmer E. Milliman,
president of the AFL Internation
al Brotherhood of Maintenance«of
'Way Employes, who died in De
rtroit at the age of 56.
“The death of President Milli
man comes as ‘ a tremendous
shock to all his friends—it was
• so sudden and unexpected,” Mr.
Green said. “All the represen
tatives of*the American Federa
tion of Labor and the Railroad
Workers have suffered a tremen
dous loss as a result of his pass
ting. No one can adequately ap
praise the great loss which ail
the hosts of Labor have received.
“Mr. Milliman was an out
r- standing leader of the Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Em
ployes and served in various ca
pacities with other railroad
,groups and the AFL as well. He
*was possessed of the highest de
,'gree of honor and integrity. We
Join with all his friends in shar
ing with them the sorrow which
they feel as the result of the
v death of Brother Milliman and
extend to his family and all his
friends our sincere sympathy.”
Mr. Millman entered the Ford
Hospital in Detroit recently for
treatment of a kidney ailment.
Physicians said he was run down.
When he failed to improve under
treatment, doctors attempted an
operation, but he died on the
operating table.
Speaking for rail labor, Presi
dent T. C. Cashen of the Switch
men who is also chairman Of the
Railway Labor Executives’ Asso
ciation, declared “We are all deep
ly shocked and grieved to hear
of his death.”
“He was one of the most ener
getic and progressive labor lead
ers we have had in recent years,”
Cashen said. “He was always
ready and willing to co-operate
in all vital movements to improve
Ihe lot of those who toil. His
death is a distinct loss to rail
road labor—and all labor.”
Born in Mount Morris, N. Y.,
Mr. Milliman was graduated from
high school and studied engineer
ing at the Rochester Institute of
Technology, but had to leave for
lack of funds. He went to work
ion the Lackawanna, quickly be
came a section foreman, and led
in efforts to organise his craft. (
In 1919 he was elected general
chairman of the Brotherhood on
the Lackawanna. Three years
later, a convention elected him
international secretary - treasurer,
a position he held until his ele
vation to the presidency in 1940.
He was active on many im
portant committees of the AFL
and the Railway Labor Executives’
Association, and one of hia last
outstanding services was as a
member of the association'^ com
mittee of three which fought to
put the Crosser bill through Con
gress.
He is survived by his widow,
Esther D. Milliman, and by two
sons — Elmer E., Jr., and John
Richard, both of whom served at
the front and were wounded in
World War II. They are now
university students. His mother
and sister also survive.
AFL PRINTERS IN CHICAGO
WIN IMPORTANT RAISE
Chicago.—The Chicago local o!
the AFL In'ernationrJ Typo
graphical Union, consisting of a
membership of 3,500, was granted
wage increases ranging from
39 1-2 t.o 43 1-2 cents in an
agreement offered by the Frank
lin Association of Chicago and ac
cepted by the members. The vote
was ^1,040 to accept and 218
against, the agreement to extend
to next December 31.
The pay of print shop workers
will lie increased from $1.81 1-2
to $2.21 an hour, and night work
ers from $1.91 1-2 to $2.35 an
hour. The wage hike is^ retro
active for 14 weeks, and the con
tract provides for a 36 1-2 houi
week and paid holidays will b«
increased from three to cix a
year.
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Over 75% of the accidents incurred by
elderly people In the home result from falls
... usually on stairways. Falla from lad
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children.
These aeddent* can be greatly lessened by
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limit to learn the job with in-1
struction before final decision ia
made on his ability. ,
Veterans are provided with the
statutory privileges of seniority (
and in addition are permitted to j
take advantage of any Govern
mental Veterans educational or
training program without loss of
seniority.
The Company furnishes senior-;
ity lists to the union. The union
is authorised by the contract to;
utilise the grievance procedure on
I seniority matters.
Overtime
Daily (after 8 hours) and
weekly (after 40 hours) overtime
ia at time and one-half. Six hol
idays will be paid for at straight
time when not worked, double
time when worked. When holl-'
days fall on Sunday these provi-1
sions apply to Monday. Work
performed on the 7th day ia at
double time.
No scheduled time-off in lieu of
overtime. On a long overtime
stretch the company will provide
lunch and time to eat it every
four hours after the first ten
hours of work.
Call-in time is paid at time
and one-half. Any call-in job
will result in at least four hours
i pay even if time worked does not
run to this amount. When the
Company assigns an employee to
a job carrying a higher rate of
pay he shall receive the higher
rate.
Employees who properly report
to work on regular shift and are
sent home because of lack of work
without prior notice of this con?
dition shall receive a minimum of
4 hours pay.
Vacations
i wo wec» vacation »■
for employees in continuous sere
ice for one year or longer oa
April 1. The vacation rate of
pay shall be that in effect at the
beginning of the vacation. This
includes shift differential pay
ments but not overtime. A vested
right in vacations is recognised
in the agreement and when an em
ployee leaves the Service of the
Company he receives his earned
pro rata vacation pay up to the
date of termination. This pro
rata is d-d day for each month
of service. Sixteen calendar days
jf service during a month con
stitutes a. full month for vacation
purposes. Vacation credits accrue
for new employees on a similar
ratio beginning with the third
nonth of employment.
Jariadktieoal P*tpvtrr
On job classifications disputes
where one occupation impinges
upon another along job or craft
lines the union agrees that em
ployees will continue to perform
settlemehr of the issue. The fol
'lowing procedure is provided for
! settlement—s three-man neutral
jurisdictional committee shall bn
selected from employers on tho
negotiating coaunlttoa by ths
Chairman of tho Union KaoraUva
Committee. This committaa shall
tiona involved. Ptve days aftsr
selection this committee shall
render a written decision. This
shall be binding on the classifica
tions involved. The Company
agrees to honor such decision.
The decision may not “pyramid”
man hours into overtime as a so
lution.
Apprenticeship
A joint committee of manage
ment and union is provided for
the administration of suitable
standards for progression in ap
prentice training which is part
of the wage structure.
Time Off For Voting
Time off for civic voting is al
lowed without loss.of pay.
Shift Pay 6
Shift premium pay is .05-.10
and .10 hourly.
Disability Payments
In a seperate memorandum of
agreement the Company agrees to
the continuance of liberal disabil
ity insurance and pension pay
ments. The disability payments
for non-occupational illness pro
vide that an employee haying less
than six months service shall re
ceive up to a maximum of 16
working day« provided, however,
that the period for which dis
ability pay is given shall not be
greater than the period worked.
(If an employee had been hired
and at work only, five days, dis
ability pay would be for five days
only.)
Employees of six months service
but less than a year’s service will
tup to 30 working days
iisabled by illness,
than a year’s service will
in employee to receive up
months pay when ill and
in Exceptional dasea payment may
be made beyond this time with
the approval of the Director or
Plant Manage;.,.
There are provisions for medi
cal examination at the employ
er’s option. AD earnings exclu
sive of overtime and including
shift differentials are counted as
normal earnings to be paid dur
ing disability.
AFL UNION SELECTED
Chicago, 111. —Harry O’Reilly,
AFL regional organisation di
rector, announced that in an elec*
tion held by the Natoinal Labor
Relations Board recently, em
ployes of the Illinois Paint Works
voted for AFL local 960, Paint,
Varnish, Lacquer, and Allied
Products union, by 57 to 29.
XMAS 8ALES SET8 RECORD
New Yorl^ City. — Department
store sales here in December were
reported to have marked a gain
of 28 per cent over the compara
1945 month, the Herald Tribune
said after a survey. The
boosted sales to
for that
WOMEN’S CLOTHES
TO DECLINE SOON
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“is a drug on the market,” and
Jenehy also will
The Fish and Wildlife Service
that fur coats will be
plentiful
GREEN URGES BARGAINING
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standard of living necessary for,
their health, efficiency and gen-j
eral well being, rather than legis-!
lation that will weaken the act
itself."
The Federation, Mr. Mason
said, as he analyzed both the
Wiley and Capehart bills in de
tail, is strongly opposed to both
measures, because it sees in them
a serious threat to gains regis
tered by labor over a long period
of years.
“They would seek to define
‘work-time’ and ‘work-week,’ but
actually do not do so, since they
refer back to existing customs,
uses, and collective agreements.
These, of course, vary, depending
on the collective agreement,” he
said. !
“When labor and management
enter into negotiated agreements,
the integrity of both are involved.
Unless agreements can be de-1
pended upon by both parties, col
lectivc bargaining can not be con- ^
tinued.
“Qpr trade union movement has (
no asset more valuable in its
agreement with employers than
the integrity which is involved.
“The minimum wage and maxi
mum hour standards of the Fair
Labor Employment Act are of
crucial importance to the future
prosperity of all American work
ers. The magnitude of the por
Lal-to-portal pay claims has been
exaggerated for emasculation of
the act itself."
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GREEN PLEDSEG NEW FARM
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pletely ignored. Yet here are the
facts:
“First: Farm workers are still
not included under the provisions
of the National Labor Relations
Act and therefore have no legal
protection of their right to Join
unions of their own choice and to
bargain collectively with their
employers.
“Second: Farm workers are ex
cluded from the benefits of the
nation’s social security system,
which provides unemployment in
surance, retirement pensions, and
old-age assistance.
"Third: The Fair Labor Stan
dards Act does not cover farm
workers, thereby denying them
the protection of minimum wage
and maximum hour standards.
"These omissions are an evil
which Congress should remedy at
once. The American Federation
of Labor, at its last convention,
unanimously endorsed this legisla
tive program and will back up
your efforts to obtain prompt ac
tion from Congress.
"In some parts of the coun
try, especially in the South, agri
cultural workers suffer from even
more dangerous discrimination
which deprives them of their con
stitutional rights to vote and lim
its their field of economic oppor
tunity to the most menial and
lowest-paying Jobs.
"The American Federation of
Labor throughout its entire his
tory has opposed discrimination
because of race, color or creed.
discrimination c^institut^is a
repudiation of the meet beak
American principles of freedom,
exists. In fact, sftg States
Tot it
still have in effect poll-tax laws
which restrict the right to vote.
"It is fitting and proper that
this annual convention of the Na
tional Farm Labor Union should
meet here in the Nation’s Capital,
almost under the very eyes of
the Congress and the executive
departments of the Government,
because by such proximity you,
can call attention to the shock
ing neglect with which the agen
ciea of oar Government hare
treated the problems of farm
workers.
“I have no doubt that the people
of this country will be surprised
to learn that farm workers are
treated as second-class citizens of
America, excluded from the bene*
fits and protections which our so
cial and economic'laws extend to
workers in other lines of en
1 deavpr.”
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