JEWELRY UNION PRESENTS 15 DEMANDS
JEWELRY UNION PRESENTS IS DEMANDS Novelty Workers, Local 17, Ask 10 Per Cent. Increase in Wages NEGOTIATIONS have begun between .tbe Jewelry Worker* Union, Local 17, in New York, and the...
...In 192S he loot by sixty Votes at a special election...
...Several Internal dissensions in xthe Republican party and general dissatisfaction over the gerrymanders afford an .unusual opportunity for education and success...
...Victory or defeat hinges ripe for success if fully exploited...
...Day, Colombo* Day, Thanks giving Day and Christmas...
...Union launched an organization campaign which" resuled in the following demands being presented to the employers: . "1, recognition of the Union": % tlw establishment of an ' employment bureau, at Union headquarters...
...city...
...workars shall be permitted one sfngle abip...
...7, piece rate* to be fixed Jby negotiation...
...Local 17, -embracing - novelty' goods workers, waa originally' organised' in 1919 but it ceased to fnnction in l»tl when depression set.in...
...6, right of the Union 'official to enter the shop for the purpose of Interviewing tbe workers and negotiating with tb* employers...
...August, and' then was gerrymandered a third time on OctC IB,.- whep hia election seemed assured...
...Prior to collapse the union had woo, tbe 44-hour week...
...8, a twoweeks' probationary period for all employes, ' after which a worker becomes a member of the permanent tore* of the employer: 4, a 44-hour working week: S, time and one-half lor all overtime, an<J all holiday work to be considered as overtime...
...Now a third gerrymander has Increased the number of voters to 18,168...
...Ex-Representatives Charles H. Morrill, Socialist, may make a comeback to the legislature from the district which was...
...collect!v< bargaining and arbitration of dispute shall b* the rotabllshud practise tot** MORRILL CHANCE BRIGHT Additional Funds Will Send Socialists Into Massachusetts Legislature By a Leader Correspondent HAVERHILL, Mass...
...Haverhill, which, as a aingle district, is to .dec...
...Organizing this club embittered sons* voters and contributed to Merrill's defeat In iH4...
...gerrymandered twice and more than doubled to defeat him...
...I and that It to too late for name* U be printed on the *-'V»tr it will hi necessary in voting tor rapi—onlallroi to write nam** and a iWreset's, or tc us* pasters aad mark a eroas £X) ii either ease...
...1L six (g) holiday* a year with pay, as -follows: New Year"*, •Waablaaton'a . Birthday, Labor...
...Id holidays -with pay,, the closed shop,' limitation, of apprenticeship, and a probationary period of employment...
...9, piece workers overtime to bo paid at regular rate, phis a minimum ot 80c per boor for all skilled worker*: (a), apprentices' overtime to be paid' at the regular rat* Plus, for tb* first, tar** (•) month* apprenticeship...
...the second gerrymander occurring last...
...Gossip about the State House recently has been that the second gerrymander would prevent a comeback...
...three representativea-at-large...
...JU equal division- of work in slack so* song...
...When he we* first elected representative (before woman suffrage) tbe district comprised but 2,100 voters...
...aj, wort on sueh holidays to, be paid at ful rate plus .time and oae-balf...
...But a reaction set In favorable to Morrill...
...Morrill appears much stronger than ia 1924, with an excellent'chance to win...
...4.48*, Crqubart (RepO 8,972, Morrill 2,2**, Scalese (Independent Liberaliat) 447...
...He was one of the tew selected by organized labor to lead its fight on tb* fleer ot th*- House: He ws* also one of the rear Socialists elected la 1*17 as dalegate* to the'constitutional convention te revise the sfsssagrrusetts...
...S, a flat 10 per cent increase for all week workers...
...26c pes hour, and aftsr, th* three (S) months period of apprenticeship, at tbe regular rate plui a minimum of toe Par boar . "10...
...constitution—no party label* being permitted...
...18 th* Secretary of th* Commonwealth decided that representatives must be elected on Nov...
...12, nisei workers* pair for above mentioned bal 'Maya te be determined by the averagt day's earnings opting the last fa} week's- work of 4*' hours asa**dfatj that holiday...
...comprising all of Haverhill...
...A decision by the...
...Two months -ago..the...
...After being elected a* assistant assessor for Ward 5 on the Socialist ticket for 1*02 te M0...
...no more than - on*, apsrantici to every - tan...
...Tha third and worst - gerrymander effects all of the city of...
...iS, tho principle of...
...Massachusetts Supreme Court that the lay-out of districts la Essex county, where in the other end some districts were twice as bug* as others, waa unconstitutional and void, afforded a chance to again **erryaftend)ar...
...h**w*s elected representative - on tbe Socialist ticket for Ml* to lfl8...
...At the decennial reapportionment in 1916 the district, which had been Ward 5 alone (and which for IS** to 1*0* bad also elected Jam** F. Carey on the Socialist ticket for Ave years as representative), was gerrymandered, but he won twice thereafter and In Noember, 1918, lost by four votes while sick...
...Inclusive, serving on: committees 'on education, tax ation, social welfare, and labor—being eierk of the labor committee...
...The August gerrymander increased the number of voters in the district to 10i738, Intended to make campaigning expensive, state House press dispatches in 1916 quoted the capitalist political machine as boasting that the first gerrymander would defeat him...
...The towns which were to "have voted for • Morrill have been eliminated...
...tbe vote being Greenler (Rep...
...to help elect him, requesting dUautdone at SI each from anywhere...
...Morrill was a delegate to the recent Stat* .convention, which organized the, Independent Labor party.' His label is Indepedent .Labor-Progressive...
...11, no horns-work...
...For the first time, -he ha* nsltoil tat money, from outside of HsimbsB...
...This applies to all oi Essex county and greatly increase* thi expenses in behalf of candidates...
...He organised tbe La Follette-Wheeler Progressive Club of Haverhill, which made La Follette second In city strength—¦ Coolidge carrying the...
...The reserve vote, which come* out - only in Presidential years, defeated him in 1*24 by 672...
...Increase in Wages NEGOTIATIONS have begun between .tbe Jewelry Worker* Union, Local 17, in New York, and the employers "for the signing of a new contract,- according to Anthony Capraro, manager of Local 17, International Jewelry Workers Union...
...On Oct...
...He ha* carried them before, except the n*W town of West Newbury'added in August,' and be had that won also...
Vol. 3 • October 1926 • No. 41
