http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9c82c43946241a4b2aadfd9eb75f4469.PDF 0fb2daae9ac77e16947e3aeca3809a16 PDF Text Text RAKERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1943 UT No. 25 $15 Boost Won For 'New England' Men; 5 Cent Off-line Work Increase Climaxing a full year of struggle with the New England Steamship Company, shipowner stooges and phoney War Labor Board Referees, the union won this week a monthly boost of $15 for all ratings on the New England ships, and an increase in off line service work of 5 cents per hour. This victory was established on September 10 when the Boston Regional WLB handed down a confirmation of a maritime panel report containing these gains. Not only will the $15 increase go far toward eliminating the Wage differential between New England jobs and similar work along the coast, but the union won a retroactive clause which *means that every man will*;directly with the owner. Al­ receive the increase as of De^ though New England wages were cember 9, 1042. This means patently "sub-standard," the ship­ HERE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW ENGLAND BEEF AS PRINTED IN THE LOG OVER THE • PAST FEW MONTHS. THE TWELVE MONTp OLD FIGHT WAS District WLB Upholds Phoney Decision On New Eni The Bojton Regional War Ub. c.nerated hy ththe I '141 FINALLY WON THIS WEEK WITH. PAY BOOSTS FOR 1 ALL. k-vWCYSO SE-J Strike 1..W Labor Board Set Straight I On *New, England' Provocations Screws Tightened On Labor Control Federal agencies this week turned the screws tighter on con­ trol of manpower, ordering a System of "rationing" of labor for the entire West Coast. James F. Brynes, director of the Office of War Mobilization, announced the plan and revealed it goes further than any of the "employment stabilization" pro­ grams now in effect in industrial areas. Under the setup, labor will have less freedom to pick and choose jobs, and will be under pressure to go where directed by manpower officials. Also, West Coast industries will be given priority ratings. Those with top priority will get "first crack" at available workers. Those'at the bottom of the list will get little or none. CART BEFORE H6RSE Propaganda campaigns will be started to attract more workers to the Coast, and if not enough are obtained contracts to some war plants will be cancelled and the work shifted elsewhere. Workers left behind will be induced to go into other war factories. • A. F. of L. leaders contended . - {Continued on Page 4) : the txxi reported In detail the plot of the New England line to foment a J ciws and thui ieopardize our case before the Regional War Labor t from aH indicatioiif the shipowner completely failed to real: part of t)tc Union the men back to woHi ^ud prcvcDtad any catlendad tl*up of the ships. The oreaa taiir faUertDed aa to the sUtai of their beef befe^ tho WtM ahdaatotheahlpovni 9 cmttng a etrl •. the W atory of tha t waa fpcead bp 1 aiembeia «t r Boiud. a Darttk " UWar well over $100 in the pocket of every New England man at once. Any man who either quit or was discharged since the retroactive date, shall re­ ceive the amount of the in­ crease up to the time he left the employ of the Company. These men mus£ mail their written application for re­ troactive pay to the Com­ pany within 60 days. The Regional War Labor Board failed to grant the men all that was asked by the union, but un­ der the circumstances the decis­ ion is acceptable. The history of this case is long and stormy, with the shipowner, and his allies using every legal and illegal dodge in the books in order to escape paying the men a living wage. It was in the fall of 1942 that the union first at­ tempted to negotiate an increase NMU AND "STABILIZATION 99 AN EDITORIAL The National Maritime Union is now phenalia used by the Stalinists to smother negotiating a new contract with the the class struggle, can not bring improv­ shipowners. The NMU's /demand is for ed working conditions to the workers— "stabilization." This word — stabiliza­ and the rank and file members of the tion— sounds good. It sounds as if it NMU are now beginning to understand . were on the side of law and order and this. motherhood and the eternal verities. It is because of this awakening on the Anyone who would be against stabiliza­ part of the NMU rank and file that the tion must, of course, be a disrupter. And (.leadership must now make desperate disrupters "do Hitler's work." moves to bring their contracts up to the level of those held by the SIU. But even Stripped of all these fancy implica­ tions, stabilization means to the NMU now they don't turn to real trade union the granting of wages and conditions struggle to achieve their ends, they don't threaten the shipowners with the eco­ comparable to those won by the SIU. nomic power of their union—rather do This may come as a shock to some they phenagle with their fellow-travelers NMU rank and filers who swallowed the through the back doors of Washington in Stalinist propaganda designed to convince the hope of winning by bureaucratic them that they enjoyed the best condi­ ukase that which they failed to earn tions on the waterfront. The cold facts through unionism. are—the NMU has never had wages and conditions comparable to those of the And, of course, this betrayal of the SIU. And there is a reason for this. members is dressed up by the leaders in In the final analysis, wages are won by Red, White and Blue. Vice President Myers says in the current issue of The the strength of picket lines. There is no substitute for this weappn when dealing Piloty "The NMU's struggle for a stab­ with the bosses. Labor - Management ilized national agreement is part of a Committees, stabilization conferences, larger fight which is already in progress unity moves, and all the rest of the para- {Continued from Page 2) -. owner hid behind the "Little Steel Formula" and refused to make any concessions. On December 9, 1942, the case was certified to the War Labor Board and A new series of run arounds began. WLB Referee Coit heard the union case, and ruled against us on every point. His ruling was then upheld by the Boston Regional Board. Goit's ruling, and his logic, so outraged the facts presented by the union, the case was immediately ap­ pealed to the National War La­ bor Board in Washington. Full proof that the Referee handed down a phoney decision was the fact that the National War Labor Board directed the Boston Re­ gional Board to reconsider the case. It was on July 23 that the Union appeared before a mari­ time panel appointed by the Re­ gional Board, and once again submitted briefs which contained overwhelming evidence of the " substandard nature of the New England wage scales. No sooner had this panel hearing adjourned than shipowner stooges went to work on the New England boats and within 24 hours had foment­ ed a strike. This was done to jeopardize the SIU case before the panel. Prompt action by the union got the ships sailing and placed the blame for the stoppage di­ rectly where it belonged—on the shipowner. On August 2 the Panel decision was handed down, and on Sept. 10 this decision was confirmed by the Regional Board. We reprint the panel's full re­ port and recommendations, all of which become binding (unless appealed by the shipowner) within 14 days. NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD REGION I August 2, 1943 In the Matter of: New England Steamship Co. and Seafarers International' Union of North America, AFL Case No. 3946-CS-D PANEL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS THE COMPANY The New England Steamship Company is a subsidiary of the New York, New Haven and Hart­ ford Railroad Company. It is en{Continued on Page 3) �Friday, Sepletnber 17, 1943 ] ' Page Two •.i SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION; OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. • • y • (Continued from Page 1) in our country. Certain employer inter­ ests and craft officials in various indus-"" tries are now moving to scuttle the war effort and the labor movement at the same time." Myers' tortured logic attempts to show an Hentity between the war effort and his demand for SIU wages and condi­ tions. One who is against the latter must be against the former—simple as that. Our prediction is that the NMU lead­ ers are not going to get their stabilization agreement. In spite of their manifold ^ i..'ia services to the shipowners, they are noig going to be able to cash in — the cop never has respect for his stool and kicl^ him in the teeth every time he whines for more dough. 'Nor will the NMU win wages and conditions comparable to those of the SIU in the years to come. Unions don't win concessions from the bosses by fol­ lowing the NMU's phoney trade union line. It is by struggle on the waterfront that the shipowners are forced to shell out—and it is the SIU that has in the past, and will in the future, conduct such struggles. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartrcs St .Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon ;Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 CAPITAL'S WAGE HAS ESCAPED FREEZING Editor's MaO Bag Evidence that wage "freezing" does not apply to the wages of capital can be found on the finan­ This brain-buster is too smart t(J CAN'T GET GAS cial page of any newspaper. be a plain sailor, and too dumb On a single day this week the Editor and Brother: for anything else, so like all fail­ record of disbursements of 1942 There seems to be a work or ures and misfits he makes a lot earnings showed these increases fight law in Mobile,, originated by of noise. in payments to stockholders: the Governor himself. Now the He beefs about our hard-work­ National Dairy Products, 25 draft board says 30 days on the PUBLICATION OFFICE; per cent; Beatrice Creamery, 40 beach but the CPA says "go to ing officials, seeing only treach­ ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET ery and double dealing in theii; per cent;,Ward Baking Company, hell." New York Gty BOwling Green 9-8346 20 per cent; B. F. Goodrich, 100 In my case I asked for enough activities. He snorts about the per cent; Humble Oil and Refin­ gas to come to report to the hall way the bosun handles the job. ing, 40 per cent; American Agri­ twice a week. I live 24 miles out He criticizes the delegate; but cultural Chemical, 60 per cent; and need the gas to look for never goes delegate himself; it's Twentieth-Century Fox,, 100 per work. I was rejected flat. So, I too much responsibility and woi'k cent; McKesson & Robbins, 30 had to get in the best way I for the good of the Union, not his good! I per cent; National Enameling, 50 could—^by bus. per cent. I go to the CPA with tears in His latest battle station is taken Doubtless directors of these my eyes, I haven't slept, I can't up against the Maritilne Com­ The law would have made it companies were surprised at their get a room, I don't have any gas, mission trainee, against whom ha Organized labor won a major possible to put out of business moderation, since profits, after and I can't get a ship unless I sends his windy blasts as gov­ round this week in its battle to unions that failed to abide by the payment of taxes, were more report to the hall. But I get no­ ernment-trained potential finks. knock out state anti-labor laws as As a matter of fact these kids are than double those of the previous where. an unconstitutional infringement myriad of restrictions. coming into the industry with year. on the rights of workers. In the meantime a man comes BAD PROVISIONS UPHELD Its first taste of victory came in However, Judge Sackman up­ into the CPA and asks' for gas to basic training paid for by each' Colorado, where Judge Charles C. held several other bad provisions take friends on a fishing trip. He and every taxpayer. (Look at Sackman of Denver held invalid of the bill, including restrictions gets 100 gallons. A bus driver your deductions. Wise Guy!) In­ the most vicious sections of Col­ on picketing and a list of "unfair comes in and needs 4 tires, he stead of giving them a bad time, wouldn't it be wiser to welcome orado's labor-shackling law, mis­ labor practices" by employes All tankers and all tank barges gets them. them and educate them as sea­ called a "labor peace act." which, when committed, would of more than 100 gross tons in The seaman is just out of luck men to top off their "training?" Colorado's law is the worst subject the workers and their which crews are divided between because * he doesn't swing any Wouldn't it be wiser, Wise Guy, among nearly a dozen passed by unions to fine? and civil damage more than one watch for pur­ crooked votes in this neighbor­ to make them potential steady state legislatures during the past suits. Curbs on closed shop agree­ poses of„ steering must hence­ hood. union men, rather than probable year—aU of which are being ments and a ban on "secondary forth be equipped with alarm Who's twar is thiB—Democracy scabs? challenged in the courts. boycotts" were also sustained. bells, the Coast Giiard rule<j or Politicans? After aU, they do come out of Fraternally, Because these repressive fea­ yesterday in an order published SECTIONS TOSSED OUT the taxpayers' school with more J. M. TORCHICK, No. 13 G Judge Sackman threw out the tures are in the bill, the Ameri in the Federal Rogister. The orknowledge of seamansMp thsm' sections which call for compul­ can Federation of Labor and its 'der is divided into three sections, the draft or tourist type of sea­ WISE GUY sory incorporating of unions and affiliated unions in Colorado will affecting new tank ships upon man. i regulate in detail the legitimate appeal the decision to the state which construction is started no There's one in almost every crew. Have you noticed brother? Supreme Court, Joseph A. PadR.EJI.B» Bk. 5881. activities of unions. earlier than today,, existing tank­ These sections restrict the way, A. F. of L. general counsel, ers, whether afloat or under con­ FLANNEL MOUTH amount of dues and initiation declared. struction yesterday, and tank Pama Takes Union Post fees unions may charge; compel barges of more than 100 gross Johaimes Pama, formerly of The guy with a voice like 1' them to open their financial rec­ tons. thunder clap and an appetite Hke the Liverpool (England) office of ords to inspection; prohibit con­ The Coast Guard has ruled that tributions for political purposes, Extra meals money coming to all tankers of more than 100 the Dutch Central Transport Moby Dick the whale. He's usual­ require unions to elect officers following crew members of S. S. gross tdns, the construction of Workers, has assumed the post of ly first in the messroom, and pounds the table and yells at the annually; permit the state Indus­ Woodrldge Ferris; J. Davis, J which is begun on and after Sep­ assistant district secretary here, messman if his grub isn't served trial Commission to send agents Dedicatoria, Fred Williams, Harry tember 15, 1943, shall have all into union meetings for a check Harris, John Brown, and William sleeping accommodations and according to an announcement pronto. on proceedings, and allow mem­ Davis. machinery spaces equipped with made yesterday by P. J. Vanden- Stretching his flannel mouth' bers who do not like anything a Overtime is coming to follow a sufficient number of alarm^ berge, head of the union's Ameri­ like an old undershirt, he bolts union does to apply either to the ing crew members of 3. S. bells so located as to warn all can branch. Mr. Pama arrived in his. vituals and yells again for commission or the courts to over­ Charles Ayeock: Paul Huffer, Leo occupants. seconds before the man across this country last week. ride the majority decision of the Manaugh, J, M. Hughley and A, Mr. 'Vandenberge said Mr. the table has gotten his soup. union. Langly, Pama's transfer was one of sev­ Isn't it about time to put a shot eral moves made by his group, an across this double-bottom's bul­ affiliate of the International bous bow and blink the following KEEP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD Transport Workers Federation, in message: the interest of general efficiency "See Preamble in Union Book, By observing the following simple instructions you will and in line with the steadily ex­ Paragraph Six—the right to be continue to receive deferment from military service. Fail panding part being played by treated in a decent and respect­ to observe these rule.s and you may wind up in the army. Dutch shipping in t^e war effort. ful manner by those in com­ Edward C. Brown WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the He also disclosed that G. E. mand." Joe Kirk information necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green Esveldt, veteran head of the The messman, as a workingH. Hamson Card). Dutch union's main office in man and seaman, is entitled to Chester Smith WHEN SIGNING OFF: See that Card No. 48-A is propLondon, is en route to Curacao, the same rights as the men he C. Qlde perly fidled out by skipper or clerk. • wljcre he wll take charge of serves. Let's give him a break D. H. Mathews that office's reorganization. He is and put a stopper on the brothers 11 Marvin West Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired. being replaced in the London who yell at him as if he were a Eugene Kilasinski If you have not yet flUed out the Green Card, contact your branch by G. J. "Vandenwoesty- flea-bitten dog. F. Clark draft board and let them know that you are sailing.nen. Book A 5881, SIU. D. Sannit Labor Wins Victory In War On Anti-Union Laws TANKER ALARM BELL ^VSTEM ORDERED MONEY DUE �KiAv- 17, Itis tkia ifeHtiilt&lii ^<>G Pa^ Thrf For 'New England' " consecutive hours. It also deyear and because the cost of ployees working on dredging ees, however, maintain families sires that Quartermasters living has risen by more boats in the inland water ashore and get home as frequ­ work eight hours per day bas­ than 15% since the time of ways of New England are ently their work schedule will ed on the three watch system. the last increase. substantially higher than permit, The Stewardess Depart­ (2) The- wage rates paid by the rates paid for similar work ment employees work nine hours B. The Issues Company are considerably performed by employees of within a spread of twelve while 1. Increase in Monthly Base lower than rates paid for the Company. other employees are on a conse­ Rates similiar work on the Great (5) The wage rates paid by the cutive eight hour day. In the (a) Union Position Lakes and in the New York Company are so low that Deck Department, however. Sec­ The Union, at the hearing held area on passenger freight they constitute a substandard ond Mates, Boatswains and Deck­ by the Panel, argued in favor of boats, tow boats and dredges; level of wages. hands work eight hours within a a $40.00 increase in the monthly the differential between these (b) Company Position spread of ten except during the base rates of all classifications on rates has increased during At the hearing before the summer months. the following grounds^ the past few years. Panel the Company stated General wage increases grant­ (1) While the general increases (3) Work performed on two boats that its position was the same ed by the Company in 1941 clear­ granted to the employees and dredges is similiar to as it had taken before^, the ly exceed 15%. Within the during the summer and fall work, in the same classifica­ Referee of the Board in De­ Board's maladjustment policy the of 1941 amounted to an av­ tions, performed on the Comcember, T942; that it agreed consideration of the rise in cost erage of approximately 23%, p a n y' s "passenger - freight with the Referee's Report of living, therefore, cannot be these increases should be disboats. Comparison with two and Recommendations; and made a factor in the examination • regarded in the .computation boats rates and dredging that in its opinion the May 12 of the Union's demand for a wage of allowable maladjustment boat rates is, therefore, justi­ directive of the Economic increase. fied. increase because the in­ BACKGROUND Stabilization Director in no The Union has argued in be­ creases of 194% should have (4) Rates paid by the U. S. Army On August 31, 1942, the Union way effected the conclusions half of a comparison or rates paid been granted in the previous Engineers to civilian emgave notice to the Company that reached by the Referee. by the Company with rates paid it desired to reopen those sec­ The Company pointed out that in the Great Lakes and New tions of their agreement of Octo­ the employees had been given in­ York areas. The panel is of the ber 1, 1941 which related to wage creases in excess of 15% since opinion that a direction compari­ rates and overtime. During the January, 1941 and that no in­ son of rates in such widely sep­ negotiations which followed, the crease was therefore allowable arated areas is not justified under parties were unable to agree up­ under the maladjustment policy the Board's policy but that if pos­ on the disposition of the issues of the Board. It further present­ sible the procedure laid down the resources and labor of about GALVESTON raised. The ease was, thereupon, 400,000,000 people. Joe knows all ed the argument that no similar under the directive of The Eco­ certified to the National War La­ of this. Also he remembers how passenger freight operates at nomic Stabilization Director for Shipping and business is good Russia lost Finland, Lithunia present either in New England or determination of whether wage bor Board, on December 9, 1942. A^ Referee of the Board held around this neck of the woods Latvia, Estonia, and part of Po elsewhere in the country, and adjustments are justified, should hearings -on the case on Decem­ I have shipped everything that land. He knows who took them that, therefore, no comparison be followed. There are no directly compar­ ber 30, 1942, and issued his Re­ looks like a seaman. Have a new and why they did. He also re can be made with wage levels of members how Newton Baker, other boats. It argued that no able passenger-freight boats op­ port and Recommendations on ship out in a few days. February 9, 1943. He recommend­ Well, the sweater boys are out with Pres. Wilson's consent anc comparison can properly be made erated in the inland water ways ed denial of the demands of the in front of the Houston Press without the consent of Congress with other companies operating of New England. The work per­ as provided for in our Constitu in other areas. The Company also formed* by some classifications of Union. The Regional War Labor Newspaper plant in Houston, Board for the'First Region ap­ has no effect at aU on the news tion, made war on Russia in 1919 claimed that comparison with the workers employed by the Com­ proved the Referee's recommen­ paper, but it does give the pants He may also remember that we dredges operated by the U.S. pany is, however, admittedly dations on April 26, 1943. The pressors and the button hole would not recognize his govern­ Army Engineers would not con­ comparable to work performed by similar classifications on othef Union appealed the case to the sailors a little exercise out in the ment until the administration of stitute a fair comparison. Pres. Roostevelt. He may remem­ The Company acknowledged inland waterway boats. The National War Labor Board in hot sun. Washington. On June 9, 1943, the I had two ships to sign on, but ber a bitter statement made by that the work of firemen and oil­ Panel has, therefore, examined National War Labor Board re­ they would not go for anything Churchill when Joe was fighting ers on passenger freight boats is rates paid to these classifications ferred the case back to the Board but Rider 64. I had a talk the Hero Mannerheim a few years similar to that of firemen and by companies operating boats in in Region I for reconsideration in other day with a captain who ago. The Finns were destroying oilers on other island waterway the inland waterways of New the light of the May 12 directive just came over from New Or a division of Russians every day, boats; that the work of deck­ England. It has found that the of the Economic Stabilization-Di­ leans; he stated that he had gone and then surrendered. hands is not comparable in all wage rates paid by the Company to the USS Hotel in that city to The Finns came from the respects; and that the work of in these classifications is consid­ rector. The Panel was appointed to get a room, and to see just what Volga, were conquered by the other classifications cannot be erably lower than the lowest review the case, hold hearings it was like. The clerk at the Swedes in the 13th and 14th cen­ compared at all with that of rates paid by other companies examined. Since most of the and make recommendations to desk pulled out a form, waifiting turies, absorbed by Russia in other types of boats. other companies operate out of the Board. The Panel held a to know how long he had been 1806 and had the Russian langu­ (c) Discussion I-' hearing on July 24, 1943 in Nfew going to sea, where he was bom age imposed in 1811. In 1919 The following is the monthly Boston, the Panel considered the Bedfor(i, Massachusetts and af­ and why, his license number; Finland was taken from Russia wage rate now paid by the Com­ difference in labor market wage level between Boston and New forded fee parties full opportun­ wife's name and address, and al by the Whites-German soldiers pany: Bedford. Upon giving considera­ kinds of crap. The captain in­ under Hero Mannerheim. ity to be heard. PURSERS DEPARTMENT tion to both the industry differ­ formed them that he wanted Japan is a menace to Russia THE ISSUES $170.00 ential in the classifications com­ room nnd not charity, and what that Stalin would like to end, bun Pursers A. Summary of the Union pared and the area differential in was the idea of wanting to know he will get what he wants in the Ticket Collector and Demands Baggagemasters 115.00 wage levels, the Panel concludes all of this dope. Result, the gent West before he will give us the that these classifications should 1. That the monthly scale of walked out and went to another aid we need against Japan. Joe DECK DEPARTMENT be granted a $15.00 per month wages for each classification hotel. It can be understood why remembers how he aided the Re­ Second Mates 128.00 wage increase. they want all of this dope. One publicans in Spain while Eng be raised by $40-00. Boatswains 102.50 These are established differen­ 2. That an increase in the hourly copy of it is sent to the RMO and land, Franca and our State De- Quartermasters 97.50 tials among the various classifi­ rate of pay for all classifica­ they, have the finger right on you. pairtment helped Franco and our Watchmen 90.00 cations of employees working for tions be given for work done As I stated a few weeks ago in oil companies sold Franco gaso- Ablebodied Seamen 92.00 the Company. In order to main­ while boats, are not in Line the LOG, Duschare, the NMU ine. Ordinary Seamen tain the logic of the internal Service. The present scale is agept was in line for the secre­ (Utility Men) 82.50 wage structure of the Company Who would Stalin hurt if he tary's job of the USS when it 85e, 60c and 65c per hour. The regained those countries? Some ENGINE DEPARTMENT ' the Panel is of the opinion that Union desires that the rate be opens here. Has turned out to be andlords and other exploiters. set at a uniform level of $1.00 a true fact. There were two la­ England's army in Iran could Oilers $102.50 $15.00 per month increase be dies from the merchant marine 97.50 granted to each of the classifica­ per hour. have aided Russia in the Cauca­ Firemen 3. That an increase in the hourly auxiliary paid me a visit in the sus and some bases on the Black Wipers 77.50 tions-of employees employed by the Company. overtime rate for aU classifi­ hall last week, and they wanted Sea East of Turkey could be used STEWARDS DEPARTMENT The Panel is also of the opin­ cations be raised by ten cents me to let every one know of the to destroy the oil fields of Ru­ 'irst Cooks $122.50 ion that these wage adjustments good work that they are doing per hour. mania. Why doesn't Stalin ask 97.00 be made retroactive to the date 4. That eight hours should con­ for the boys who are in the hos that kind of aid along with the Second Cooks irirst Lunchmen 97.00 of the certification of the issue to stitute a day's work for the pital, and they also want it to be Komrades in the NMU who are Second Lunchmen 87.00 the National War Labor Board Deck Department throughout known that they ^e not connect­ shouting for a second front? 75.00 and that the retroactive pay be the year. Elimination from ed with the NMU, USS or any Could it be that Curran is being Head Porters Porters 70.00 distributed in accordance with other organization. They are out the Agreement of the provis­ pushed aside by his fellow trav­ Stewardess 70.00 the Board's general policy on this to help in any. Way they can, the ion that for other than the elers in the NMU and,^has gone Messmen 74.00 question. seamen in the hospital, and they time that the summer sched­ to Russia to see about starting a Employees are given two days ule is in effect the Second were doing that before the US3 purge, and getting all of the dope 2. Increase for Off-Line Service off each month and receive an Mates, Boatswains and Deck­ was ever heard of. Work of how it is ^one by Mustache hands may be placed on a What will Stalin do when Ger­ Joe. Your guess is as good as extra day's pay for work on Sun­ Bi Union Position schedule of eight hours with­ many is defeated? Your guess is mine. But Curran or Stalin will day. The employees receive, on Each of the two boats now in a period of ten hours. The as good as minfi^, but I think that never see the day that they can the average, two meals a day on operated by the Company is }oard the boats and sleeping Union desires that overtime he will trade hard. Our war with purge the SIU or the SUP. taken off its regular run for quarters are available for the be paid these employees for Japan will be a long one without £. R. WALLACE. Agent men. Practically aU the employ­ (Continued on Page 4) any time worked after eight the aid of .Russia. Japan now has (Continued from Page 1) gaged in passenger and freight transportation, operating a year round service from New Bedford and Woods Hole to the island of Martha's Vineyard and Nantuck­ et. -The Company employs ap­ proximately 75 employees on the two boats used by it. THE UNION The Seafarers International Union of North America is affili­ ated with the American Federa­ tion of Labor. It entered into its first agreement with the Com­ pany on July 18, 1939. The sec­ ond agreement was entered into on July 30, 1940, following an arbitration hearing. The last agreement became effective Octo­ ber 1, 1941. Around The Ports i'-fti,'. y- r "•J." yk'. • r: �Page Four II, THE SEAFARERS LOG $15 Boost Won For^New England' {Continued on Page 3) approximately six weeks each year to permit maintenance and overhauling work to be done on the boat. Employees in the Engine, Deck and Stew­ ards Departments are general­ ly employed on an hourly basis to perform some of this work. The Company also em­ ploys a separate group of maintenance workers. Fol­ lowing are the homdy rates paid to the regular crew for such work: in the tasks performed in the various departments. They should be maintained. RECOMMENDATIONS It is hereby recommended that Friday. September 17, 1943 Out of the Focsl by 1. Effective as of the payroll pe Rate of Overtime Pay riod immdeialely following The present arrangement on December 9, 1942, the date of We have visited the A^idrew Furuseth Club on 37th Street and overtime provides that any em­ certification of the issues to the American Theatre Wing on 43rd Street, and have been invited ployee regardless of classification the National War Labor to parties at the Cosmopolitan Club and the Women's Republican shall receive eighty cents per Board, the monthly base rate Club, but our last visit was jhe JANET ROPER CLUB on 3 East 67th hoxu- overtime pay. The union for all classifications of work Street, the best Seamen's Club in town. The property was formerly raised no objection to the pay­ be increased by $15.00. the home of Thomas Fortune Ryan. Now the seamen are having ment of the same overtime rate the pleasure of using this palatial spot for their own recreation. The to all employees, but argued that 2. Effective as of the payroll pe­ club is open every day except Sunday from 2 to 11 P.M. It would the rate should be raised to nine­ riod immediately following be worth your while to visit the place. / ty cents per hour. The Company December 9, 1943, the hourly AAA opposed the position of the Union rates of pay to employees Hubert Wyckoff's restriction on seamen bringing in souvenirs and argued that the present rate working on off-Line Service Stewards Department ....$ .55 from the war zones is evidence that he never was a boy. What harm is a^air one. work be increased by five Deck Department 6(i could be done by seamen bringing in iron crosses and helmets? cents (5c). Engine Department 65 The Panel can sec no justifica­ They want to show it to their friends and after tlie war will be The Union's request for in­ able to tell off these guys who will accuse them of not having dona The Union's position is these tion for changing the rate of overtime pay. The present rate . crease in overtime rate of pay anything during the war, by showing them these souvenirs. rates should be made uniform of eighty cents represents com­ ishereby denied. AAA and that $1.00 per hour should be paid to all employees. The pensation of more than time and Ted Crocker is now in the Army. When he last paid us a visit Union argued that the Referee one-half for most employees even 4. The Union's request for a we informed him that his di'aft board was looking for him. He change to a consecutive eight had mistakenly compared this under the wage scale recom­ hour scheduie ali year round failed to heeS our warning. He is no^^ doing harbor patrol duty. work with common labor mended by the Panel. for the Second Mates, Boat­ It is reported that Don'Ronan and six other A.B.'s are on the beach work performed in the New swains and Deckhands and an in the Persian Gulf. Carroll Quinnt's bag was shipped here from Bedford area. According to 4. Scheduling of the Eight Hours of Work eight hour pay day three Pennsylvania, and he may secure it in Room 213. We noticed that the Union the work performed The Union argued in favor of watch system for Quartermas­ Max Longfellow was back in New York again. is mainly painting and that extending the practice of paying ters is hereby denied. The the rates paid by the Com­ overtime for all time worked af­ Company is urged, however, pany are, therefore, too low. ter - eight consecutive hours to to met this scheduie whenever the Second Mates, Boatswains it is practicabie and to give Company Position and Deckhands. It also argued these employees their two The Company argued that hours off while the boats are the work performed is not of in behalf of an eight hour day for docked at New Bedford.. a skilled nature and should Quartermasters based on a three {Continued from Page 1) Respectfully submitted, properly be paid rates com­ watch system. What the Union that prime requisites to solution parable to unskilled labor. It desires to eliminate is the prac­ A pay rise _ of 5c an hour for of the manpower problem are DANIEL L. HOROWITZ pointed out that when these tice of working eight hours with­ approximately 15,000 longshore­ wages at decent levels, adequate Representing the Public employees did painting work in ten during nine months of the men in fifteen Gulf and South housing, payment of transporta­ it was rough painting and year. It present the eight conse­ THOMAS BOWE, Atlantic Coast ports from Char- tion costs to workers moving to could not be compared to that cutive hour schedule applies to Representing the Employees eston, S. C., to BrownsvUle, Tex., new jobs, and other safeguards. of a skilled painter. The these employees only during the lias been approved by the Na­ BRADFORD KENYON, Company does have" in its summer months. Labor members of the War tional War Labor Board. Representing the Employers employ painters whose job it The Company argued that the Manpower Commission's laborThe International Longshore­ is to do the more skilled summer sailing schedule makes management . policy committee men's Association, AFL, repre­ painting and to mix paints. possible the eight consecutiye tried to put over such a program sents the men covered by the Here is the Directive Order of The work done, according to hour work schedule for these some time ago. the Regional Board which ap­ WLB order. Thirteen maritime the Company, is comparable classifications. At other times in proved the foregoing recommen­ associations and individual ship­ LABOR SAFEGUARDS URGED at most to that of a painter's the year the sailing schedule is ping companies joined with the dations. helper, and the present rates such that unless the eight within union in separate applications to They demanded, too, that if are, in the opinion of the Com­ ten hour work schedule obtained, DIRECTIVE ORDER the board for approval of the workers are to be prodded to pany, adequate compensation the Company would regularly be general increase and of various shift to new jobs they should, be for this work. The Regional War Labor Board protected against being sent tQ required to pay for considerable ocal adjustments. s for the First Region, acting as the overtime. The two hours off is The board aproved the increase plants paying lower wages, ot Discussion djily authorized agent of the Na­ which have miserable working Since it appeeirs that work not given at one time, but is tional War Labor Board, and pur­ to compensate the Gulf and conditions, or which are in viola­ performed by. the employees broken up during the day. The suant to the powers vested in said South Atlantic longshoremen un­ tion of orders from the War La­ on the boats while the boats Union complained that the men Board by Executive Orders No. der the "Little Steel" formula bor Board or National Labor Re­ are off line service is made up may be called back to work at 9017 of January 12, 1942, and No. and to re-establish a differential lations Board. of a number of miscellaneous any time during their time off 9250 of October 3, 1942, the Act between rates in North and tasks which vary with the De­ and that they, therefore, frequ­ of Congress of October. 2, 1942, South Atlantic ports which has Industry members of the com­ existed since 1936. In November, mittee voted against the proposal, partment to which they are ently get their two hours off in and the War Labor Disputes Act 1942^ the board approved a 5c intwenty minute stretches. The attached, it appears inadequ­ of June 25, 1943, hereby directs crease for ILA longshoremen in however, and as things stand now Company acknowledged that men there are no national standards ate to describe their work as that: • ^ ' North Atlantic ports. to protect workers being trans­ rough painting. They do some sometimes get their two hours overhauling and general clear­ off in several smaller periods, but The recommendations of the The basic rate for longshore­ ferred, union chiefs said. ing up in their respective de­ claimed that whenever possible Panel dated August 2, 1943 are men in South Atlantic ports is These safeguards must be put partments. The work is not the time off is scheduled when approved and made the Directive 75c an hour with rates for cer­ into effect, they argued, before tain cargoes and warehousing workers will submit to any plan altogether that of painter's the boats dock at New Bedford Order of the Board. ranging from 48c to 65c an hour. for wholesale trahsfers drafted in and, since there is stop Over at helpers nor is it entirely com­ The procedure to be foUowed Basic wage rates in Gulf ports Washington. New Bedford of from one to two parable to common labor. in making the retroactive- pay­ range from 75c to $1.10 an hour. Some familiarity with the and three quarters hours, the ment of those employees who These rates compare with a men get most of their time off in work is a necessary requisite. have either quit or ben discharg­ North Atlantic basic rate of $1.25 one period. ed shall be in accordance with an hour. The Panel is of the opinion that the rates paid for this The Panel, believes that wher­ the annexed copy of the Board's The new rates in Gulf and South Atlantic ports are effective work should more properly be ever possible work should be Resolution,-of April 2, 1943. January 1, 1943.. compared with the general scheduled on a consecutive time WILLIAM ASKSON Unless a Petition for Reviews The board also approved a wage" structure of the com­ schedule. It does not feel justi­ is filed with the National War Your book and papers are be­ general increase of 5c an hour for pany than with jobs which at fied in eliminating the eight Labor Board withm 14 days of within ten hour work rule, how­ ing held for you by the Philadel­ clerks and checkers in Mobile, best are only partly compar­ the date of issue shown above, ever, since this practice would phia Shipping Commissioner. Ala., and elimination of wage able in the area. The Panel this Order will become final and rate differentials between dock appear to be a practical necessity therefore recommends that an binding as the Order of the Na­ Keep In Touch With and ship labor at Port Ever­ increase of five cents per hour for the efficient and. economical tional War Labor Board. operation of the boats during the glades, Fla. be granted for this work. This Your Local Draft Board, is approximately equivalent time that the winter schedule is SAUL WALLEN, Chairman to the $15.00 per month in­ in .effect. The Panel, therefore, CLARENCE G. McDAVITT crease recommended for the recommends that the Union's re>, ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR quest be denied, but that whem year round base rales. WALtE McGUINN ever possible the Company should WEEK OF AUG. 30th TO SEPT. 4th. There appears to be no cog­ attempt to arrange for a consecu­ C. LAWRENCE MUENCH DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL ent reason for the elimination tive work schedule for the classi­ \ FRANK M. HEAVEY of the differentials among the fications involved and also at­ m SHIPPED 328 297 280 895 rates now paid to the various JEREMIAH A. LINEHAN departipents. The differentials tempt to arrange for time off REGISTERED 246 211 150 807 reflect the past evaluation by while the boats are in dock at EFECTIVE DATE: September 24, 1943. the parties of the differences New Bedford. 3. WLB Gives 15,000 Screws Tightened Longshoremen On Labor Control Pay Raise fe' I Wm j' s • •>g; \§l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 17, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: $15 BOOST WON FOR 'NEW ENGLAND' MEN; 5 CENT OFF-LINE WORK INCREASE SCREWS TIGHTENED ON LABOR CONTROL NMU AND "STABILIZATION" LABOR WINS VICTORY IN WAR ON ANTI-UNION LAWS CAPITAL'S WAGE HAS ESCAPED FREEZING TANKER ALARM BELL SYSTEM ORDERED PAMA TAKES UNION POST FLANNEL MOUTH WLB GIVES 15,000 LONGSHOREMEN PAY RAISE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/17/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log