Issue Date
1939-04-07
Volume
1
Issue Number
7
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Sfeafarers' International Union of North America
Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf Seamen
VOL. I NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939 No. 7
SEATRAIN ACREEMENT SIGNED
AMERICAN RANSE LINES
SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT
New Contract to Be Submitted to Members
For Approval or Revision
COLUER PROVISION INCLUDED
New York, April 6 — Nopotla
1ions op the terras of a new agree
menf between the Seafareis' In
terhatloual Union and tlie, Amer
ican Range Lines were broughl to
a successful conclusion last. week.
The agreement was signed on
March 31st, but will not be bind
ing uniil ratified by the member
ship. It will be read to all
Branch meetings next Monday
night, and the membership will
then take action on it.
Included in the new agreement
is a provision for the payment of
collier wages when any of the
company's vessels are emjdoyed in
the coal trade.
The agreement also includes, of
courge^ hO, airtight closed shop
and /hiring, , through , t'le iiall
clause, and the vicious preferen
tial clause is conspicuous by its
absence. Overtime is very defin
itely taken care of, and there can
be no misunderstanding regarding
the provisions for it.
One .stumbling block pre.sented
itself in the penalty cargo clause,
when the company would agree to
nothing more than straight over
time for cleaning holds in which
such cargo had been carried. The
membership is advised to take
some action regarding this clause
the Waterman agreement. In
other words, straight overtime
must be paid to the watch on
deck, and overtime and a half for
the watch below when they are
called upon to perform such work.
Another misunderstanding oc
curred in Section 23 of the Deck
Department Working Rules, re
garding the handling of ship's
stores. As the clau.se now teads,
overtime would be j)aid only for
such work pei formed in excess of
one houi' in any one port. The
membership is advised to ask that
this seotion be amended to read
that when stores are handled, and
one hour or more is consumed in
(}oing so, overtime .shall be ah
lowed from the time.glprag are
first handled..
However, the agreement, as a
whole, is an exceedingly workable
document, and is a vast improve
ment over the previous contract'
with this company. It cfin most
certainly be regarded as a definite
step forward, and one more vic
tory for the Seafarers' Interna
tional Union.
As thg entire agreement is
piinted in its entirety elsewhere
in these columns, we will not go
into any further detail regarding
(Section 7, General Rules), and it, and will allow it to speak for
demand that it read the same as • it.self.
SAN iUAN FINK HALL HOPES
ID BENEFII SEAMEN
Acm TAKEN BY DIRECIACIION BY MEMBERS
GREVIOCK CREW fQRQES COMPANY 10 SION
Demand Payment of'
Overtime and Back Up
Demands
ROBIN LINE PAYS
Increase in Pay and! Improvement in
Working Conditions Among Gains
New York, April 4—The SS
Greylock of the Robin Line ar
rived in port on Wednesday,
March 29, after a three and a half
month voyage to Soulli African
I>m ts, and was met by PatVoImen
Serrano and Scotto.
FULL SUPPORT GIVEN BY I.L.A.
Immediately upon contacting
the crew, it was discovered tliat
plenty of overtime was due the
boys for woik peiformed in out
lying ports on .Saturday after
noons, Sundays and holidays. Nat
urally, the boys wanted payment
for tills overtime, and they didn't,
mean maybe!
New York, April 5—A strike of one week'.s duration on
the vessel.s of the .Setitrain Lines, Inc., wa.s today brought to
a stiecessful conclusion when the membership voted to return
to work, after being granted all conditions a.sked for, and
a wage increase of .$7.50 per man for the unlicensed person
nel. This ayreeineiit .o« it kitmrJ^. iTifUrMiV ii. i i
.\o Agreement
' Although the SIU do5s not, as
yet, have an agreement with the
Robin Line, nevertlieless tlie^'cn
tire cr^w, were members of our
organization, and had all been
shipped frbm our halls. In the
past, the Robin Line has been in
the habit of paying overtime only
for such work performed in the
home port, and have been chisel
ing the seamen to a fare the well.
Well, this time, it didn't work
out that way. The entire crew of
the Greylock decided that, they
would refuse to pay off the vessel
until all bauds were paid their
overtime.
After considerable hemming and
hawing on the part of the com
pany officials, combined with the
nel. This agreement, as it .stands, is without a doubt the best
agreement on the Atlatitie or Gulf coasts.
The action was started hi New Orleans on March 28, when
the Seatrains New Orleans and Havana were in that port.
A special meeting wa.s called to discuss I he situation and
decide upon a line of action '^ ' ̂
After considerable di.scussion on
the refusal of the compaiftf to
agree to certain conditions and an
increase in wages, it was decided
that sufficient time had b.jen al
lowed them to sign on the dotted
line, and that they had been al
lowed to stall around long enough.
Vote to Strike '
The proposed agreement was
read to the assembled member
ship, who vigorously voiced their
disapproval of it, because of the
fact that no increase in wages
had been included, and certain
conditions had been omitted. It
was then moved, seconded and
carried to tie up tlie two ship.s in
New Orleans at 11:00 o'clock the
following morning.
New York was advised of the
action taken by the New Orleans
meeting, and the following day,
the crew of the Seatrain New
York, which was docked in llobo
Piierto Rico Agent Blasts Coinniission's
Program of Regimentaiton and States
Need for Hospital
San Juan, P.R., March 1!)—The local Federal Maritime
Commission's office, located at the Customs House, addressed
it.self to American ships, owners, captains and agents, sug
gesting that they "select their erew.s" through that center,
in accordance with instructions from Washington.
Up to date, seamens' unions^
interjection of several very per1 the ship. The crew of
claim that all selections for unli
censed personnel should be
through the Union Halls.
On account of the first article
we have published about this
move, it was revealed that more
than fifty seamen have called to
register at said office, standing by,
when the ship operators notify
the said department of job vacan
cies on their ships.
The following is a copy of a let
fer written to, and published in
"Ell'Impafcial," one of the local
papers:
lietter to Paper
The Director,
"El Imparcial"
La Marina, San Juan, P.R.
My Dear Director:
Permit me to beg you to pub
lish the following note as coming
from an organized worker. Know
ing the various moves of the
"BOBS" type, and preparations
through their agencies and instru
ments to subjugate their workers,
and to regiment them, I claim it
my sacred duty, as one of them
who has experienced the numer
ous difficulties that exist in the
Labor field; and also as a repre
sentative c' Labor organizations,
to inform the seafaring labor ele
ment, longshoremen, and the pub
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tinenf facts by Patrolmen Serrano
and Scotto, the company finally
agreed to pay the overtime. How
ever, before doing so, they com
plained volubly, and declared that
tliey had never paid such over
time in the ijasL—whereupon they
were told tliat it is high time tliat
they start doing so.
Crew Gives Backing
Let it be understood that it took
no little persuasion on tlie parts
of the patrolmen and the com
bined backing of the tliree depart
ments of the crew to make the
company see tliat tliey would have
to come aci'oss.
It wasn't a matter of a paltry
few h ours of overtime, but
amounted, in some cases, to as
high as 115 and 120 liour.s.
In a telephone conversation with
the Agent, one of the company
officials complained that they had
no agreement with us as yet, and
didn't see why they should be
forced to pay this overtime, when
they had never done so in the
past'. He also complained about
the refusal of the crew to pay off.
He was told that when an agree
ment is completed between this
organization and the Robin Line
there will be a clause calling for
the payment of overtime for work
performed on Saturday after
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this ship had already been signed
on, and, _ in order to protect
themselves, they all declared that
they were quitting, and were not
refusing to, turn to.
I.L.A. Gives Pull Siippui't
The following day, March 30, a
special meeting was called in
manded by the crews of the ships
in New Orleans, and on the fol
lowing morning, a wire containing
their demands was received .
Company NotMed
The Company was fdviseid ^f
the action taken by the melblhers,
aud.wrei^j^mformed that the ships
would nof sail uutil they met with
our demands. They immeflfately
stated thei unwillingness fo.'^do
so. The crew of the New York
was, Iiow» v.?r, paid off by mhtual
consent, vitliout any further ado.
In the meantime, the licensed
engineers had walked off the two
ships in New Orleans, and, when
th.3 engineers on the New York
were advised of this action, they
also left the ship. The company
was then informed that the engi
neers wished to open negotiations
with them.
Attempt to Move Ship
In the meanwhile, here in New
York, the company was making
every effort to get their ship
moved from her bortli to drydock.
They called towboats to move her,
and the towboatmen stated that
they would not handle her unless
SIU men were on board to handle
the lines. The company then
contacted the Union and asked
New York, and the membership men lor the purpose of
unanimously went on record as
endorsing the actions of the Sea
train crews, and to give them one
hundred percent support.
Picket lines were established in
New Orleans, and the Longshore
men guaranteed their support.
Due to the fact that no picketing
is allowed in Hoboken, men were
dispatched over there only to
keep watch on the Seatrain New
Y'ork, and report to the Hall if
anyone went aboard here. Joseph
P. Flyan, ILA President, and Cap
tain Bill Bradley of the ILA
Marine Division, were contacted,
and both guaranteed their un
qualified support to the SIU. Let
it be said, right here and now
that, without the aid of these two
men and their associates we
would never have won out. As a
matter of fact, it was through
their support that we were en
abled to effectively tie these
ships up.
New Orleans had already been
advised to immediately forward
to New York the wage increase
and additional conditions de
handling lines, and move the
ship to drydock. Needless to say,
—they didn't get the men!
Further information from New
Orleans state that the mates had
also walked off the two ships
down there; but. at this writing,
the mates are .still aboard tl»e
Seatrain New York.
Negotiations Itesimied
Negotiations had, in the, mean
while, been resumed with the
company, and after several meet
ings in which they had agreed to
all conditions, they finally, agreed
to give a five dollar increase in
wages. New Orleans was imme
diately advised of the status of
affairs, and the crews of the Sea
trains declared that they would
not accept less than a seven dol
lar and fifty increase for all
hands In the unlicensed personnel.
The company was then informed ,
that we would not take less than
this increase, and finally, on April
4, they agreed to grant It.
Offlcers Take Action
However, in the meantime, the
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^ Published by the
Seafarers^ Internalional Union
of North America
Affiliated xviih the American Federation of Labor '
HARRY LUNDEBBRG, Acting President
11 Steuart Street, San Francisco, Calif.
Atlantic District
HEADQUARTERS
NetV YoHt 2 Stone Street
BRANCHES
Boston • 1 Rdwes Wliairf
Pi'ovidence ^..465 So. Main'Street
Philadelphia 6 North 6th Street
BaltimOrG 212 East Pratt Street
Norfolk . 1 307 East Main Street
San Juan, Puerto Rico 55 Tetuan Street
Gttlf District
HEADQUARTERS
New Orleans 309 Chartres Street
BRANCdlEg
Savannah 218 Ea.'sf Bay Street
Jacksonville 136 Bay Street
Miami ' '..809 N. E. First, ATenue
Tampa 206 FrahWin Street
Mobile .. ̂ 55 So. Conception Street
Houston ..1712 75th Street
Great Lakes District
HEADQUARTERS
Detroit 1038 Thiid Street
HE SEAFARERS' LOG Friday, April 7, 1939
ADDRL'^fi ALL CORRESPORDENCEi COKCERNIFG THIS
REliLtRATlvN TO:
'THE SEAFARERS' LOG"
P. O; Box 522, Church St. Annex, New York, N. Y!
COMMISSION FURTHERS PLAN
TO REGIMENT ALL
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SS "American Scabherder" Schiediiled to
Start "UnAmerican" Cruise
NOTICE
All members, both ashore
.and at sea, are invited to eon
tribute to the columns of
"Log.:'..
Articles jrertaining to the
general }ioliey of the Sea
farers' Intelnational Union,
or suggestions for the good
and welfare of the member
ship at large will be wel
comed.
Jfe wilt not print ann per-
sonal attacks an indhndnals;
unless the individuttls are at-
tacking the Uni&ti as a tchdle,
rc'ith the intention of disor-
ganization of the seamen,' or
of hncerinc) wage and living
standards aohard ships.
All eommnnications must be
Fact and not Hearsay. Arti-
cles whieli may cause the
"Log" to become I entangiied
in legal difficulties must be
acmompanied by an affidavit,
witnessed by reliable persons,
and with the seal of a Notary
attached.
All articles must be in
not later than Wednesday.
If they are received later
they will net he published
until the following issue.
Baltimore Highlights
Bahimoio, April 3— Shipping
has been moderately good out of
this i)ort, with. 62 SfU menibers
shipping out during the week.
However, membei's in other ports,
with the exception of A.B.'s, are
cautioned about coming to this
port as they have been doing in
large nninhers recently. On the
'"Black iGang" list we are having
an average of two men register
ing, to every man shipping out".
Overtime beefs are still numer
ous, hut are (lecreaslng steadily,
friend shipowner is slowly begin
ning to realize that he can't get
pway with it, and he might as
well pay the men what is coming
to them and be done with it! On
vessels not under agreement to
the organization, the paying of
orertime is based on West Coast
working rules, and although tiiia
seems to be a bitter dose for some
of tiie st'eamsliip companies to
swallow, they're swallowing it.
and liking it, these days!
Last week's Port Council meet
ing was well attended, with the
Railroad Brotherhood being solid
ly represented. Preliminary or
ganization of the Council now be
ing completed, next week's meet
ing will elect officers, and work
out a definite policy for the guid
ance of member organizations.
Quite a few of the ships' dele
gates contacted recently have been
asking why the tele])hone num
hots of the branches arc not print
ed in tiie LOG. ft seems that tliese
boys oflen have something to call
the Hall about, but always have
to bunt: up the telephoiie number.
The number liere is Calvert 4539.
^:^ M EiR I G A N SEAMEN C O M P E T E-N T
{The following' article accompanied a clipping from a
newspaper, forwarded to us from Baltimore, showing a
picture of the SS American Seaman,—the Maritime Com-
mission s ship to be used for the sole purpose of training
finks!)
BEHOLD, BROTHERS!—THE SS "AMERICAN SCAB:
HERDER!
According to reports, .she is dnc to begin her '"UN
A.^IERICAN ACTIVITIES" (Paoe the Dies Cotnmittee!) on
or about Ajiril 15, 1939.
She is the first section of the ring the Shipowners' Mari
time Commission is forging around ns, under the thin dis.
guise cf a training program! WE MUST NOT WAIT UNTIL
THAT RINO IS SOLIDLY SET! At all costsi prevent any
duplication of conditions under which the German, Japanese,
French and Italian seamen exist today! They are nothing
more than slaves, and are taxed, to hootj for being slaves!
INSINUATE INCOMPETENCY
in spite (j,l' the apparent, and seemingly benevolent atti
tude, not to say deinocratie bearing, the Maritime .Commis
sion is worse than the old Shipping Board of yesteryeai. At
least, wlien the latter took a .slam at us, it was done out in
tlie open; hut, not so its successor! WE ARE BEING
LITERALLY LULLED TO SLEEP WITH HONEYED
WORDS, SO THAT THEY CAN STAB US IN THE BACK!
to cover its errors in judgment, and committments to the
.shipowners, in their aiuanmting to the people of tlic United
Slates, it encleavor.s in a subtle way to PLACE THE BLAME
OX TIIE SEAMEN liY INDIRECTLY ACCUSING HIM OP
• INCOMPETENCE. THE TRAINING SHIP PROGRAM IS
'THEIR MEANS TOWARDS THAT END!
WHY BLAME SEAMEN?
WHY BLAME THE SEAMEN, ADMIRAL? IF A LIT
TLE MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE MAIL
CONRTACTS DISHED OUT TO THE SHIPOWNERS AS
SOCIATION IN 1928, BY THE SHIPPING BOARD AND
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WERE UNDERTAKEN^
YOU MIGHT BE SHOCKED! MAYBE YOU ALREADY
ARE, BUT WON'T ADMIT IT! THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WOULD THEN SEE MATTERS IN THEIR TRUE LIGHT,
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SHIPOWNERS TO
DENY THAT THEY DIDN'T POOL AND ROCKET THAT
MONEY, INSEAD OF USING IT TO MAKE MUCH
NEEDED RBPAZBS AND IMPROVEMENTS^ AND RENO
VATE THE QUARTERS OF THE CREWS SO THAT THEY
WOUm BH FIT FOB HimAN BEIiraS TO LIVE Hf,
NOT ANIMALS! THE OLD DOLLAR LINE IS AN OUT
STANDING EXAMPLE;
It cainmt be denied that many ships were sent to sea in
an nnseaworthy condition, although they had been ])asse(,l on
by shipowner appointed inspectors, and tlie Anierican Bureau
of Shipping, which,' after all, is run by and for the ship
owners.
OUTSTANDING, EXAMPLES
TheC\IORliO CASTLE, a veritable firetrap, was built and
permitted to sail with foreigners, instead of competent Amer
ican seamen. We all know what happened to her, and per
haps why! The insurance companies may also have the same
idea, for all we know.
BUT THE INSPECTORS HAD THE.NERVE TO STATE
THAT WE WERE INCOMPETENT, INSTEAD OF PUT
TING THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGED,—SQUARELY
ON THEIR OWN SHOULDERS!
And the HOOVER, my.sterionsly oft' its course, supposedly
dodging Japanese mines, hit the rocks in the Far East!
WHY ? Officers and passengers stated that tlie crew was dis
orderly, but Admiral Emory S. Land,.in a .statement issued
to the press on January 26, regarding this very accident, had
tiiis to say;
HOOVER CREW EFFICIENT
"Whea one of the laxgest liners ran aground and was
wrecked in the Orient last year, newspapers carried stories
of acts approaching mutiny among the crew. They told of
conduct for'which, had it been true, the men might well have
been shot, BUT WHAT WAS THE TRUTH? THE MARI
TIME COMMISSION NATURALLY WANTED TO KNOW.
WE FOUND THAT ON THAT SHIP UNDER MOST TRY
ING CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CREW BEHAVED TO THE
BEST TRADITIONS OF THE SEA. AND AS CORROBO
RATING EVIDENCE OP THAT, IT SHOULD BE EMPHA
SIZED THAT NOT A SINGLE PASSENGER SUBJECTED
TO THE PERIL OF THAT WRECK SUFFERED CASUAL
TY ALTHOUGH THE SHIP HERSELF WAS LOST.
"AND I WANT TO QUOTE TO YOU FROM A REPORT
MADE BY AN OBSERVER PRESENT AT THE SCENE
AND TRAINED IN MARITIME MATTERS.
"HIS WRITTEN REPORT STATED: 'THE CREW DID
SPLENDID WORK IN LANDING ALL PASSENGERS
WITHOUT ONE CASUALTY AND UNDER ADVERSE
CONDITIONS OF WEATHER'."
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE THE CREW OF THE
HOOVER WAS INCOMPETENT?
But we haven't yet found out just wliy tlie Hoover came
to be in nneharted water,—aside from that flimsy excuse
given by the captain.
WELL, BROTHERS,—WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT? IT IB HIGH TIME WE SIT UP AND TAKE
NOTICE BEFORE WE ARE BEHIND THE EIGHTBALL
FOR GOODl
BI.U^ l^tgine N«. 90
For want of something bettei to
do, wo vifltted thT; SS Anieiican
Seaman, flag.ship of the "Fink"
Navy the other day, and after a
tour tliroirgli her clean, spacious
quarters, comfortable messrooms,
and almost elaborate lecieation
halls, we came away .sadly aware
that, as usual, the "bigboy.s" had
pulled apother boner. Evidently,
someone lias been telling the> Ad
mirals that to train a man for the
Merchant' Marine you have to ,
teach lilm.how to tie a knot, steer,
launch boats, etc., but you and T
know that's not' what they ought
to be taught. Most anyone with
average intelligence can pick up
the rudimentB of navigation and
ship handling without having a
million dollar ship built to learn
it on. To fit a man for life on
the average vessel of, the Mer
chant Marine you have to teach
him how to live in cramped, foul
aired, steel decked, lice ridden
quarters: teach himhow to stom
acli the cheapest grade of food ob
tainable; food that stinks, and
turns tiie stomach into a mass of
ulcers: t'cjicli him to eat that, food
in a dim, narrow hole beneath the
steering' engine wliere the tem
perature liovers around the hun
dreds, ami tlie coekroaclies con
gregate in swarms: teacli him that
when he becomes a seaman, his
acquaintance witii milk and freali
fruit is over: teach him to sweat
and freeze, and maybe die for a
few miserable, dollars a month;
teach him that when Jje goes to
get his money at the end of the .
trip lie will have to fight like hell
to get if; teach him that he is a
bum and a punk, and doesn't rate
the treatment of a dog. TEACH
THAT "ROOKIE" THOSE"
THINGS, ADMIRAL. AND
YOU'LL HAVE DONE A GOOD
JOB OF FITTING HIM FOR
LIFE, AS A MERCHANT SEA.
MAN!
MIGHT WE SUGGEST TO THE
MARITIME COMMISSION THAT
WHILE THEY ARE IN THE
TEACHING BUSINESS IT
MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO
ENROLL i A CLASS OF SHIP
OWNERS AND TEACH THEM
WHAT THE LIVING QUARTERS
OF A SHIP SHOULD BE LIKE.
But, on second thought, that's
asking too much. After all. Ad
mirals are human beings, too, and
they probably don't want to go on
WPA any more than we do, and,
of course, if the shipowner ever
gets around to giving a seaman
a decent break, then the Maritime
Commission wouldn't have to train
finks, and if there were no finks
to train, tlien what would become
of the Admiral's job, and the SS
American Seamen?
N O TIC E
Membe.'shlp books for the
following men are being held
in the New "Vork Headquarters
office:
M. Thompson—Atl. No. 109
M. Weiner—Atl. No. 4
R. W. Wallace—Atl. No. 815
C. P. Nielson—Atl. No. 4563
Luis Sierra— Atl. No. 3564
E. C. Vega^— Atl. iNo. 4034
R. Gautier—Atl. No. 4035
W. W. Forbes—Atl. No. 3502
Will these men kindly call
at • Headgparters for their
books, or give Instruction as to
where they wish them sftnt?
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Friday, Aprif 7',' 1939 T H E S E A F A R E R S ' LOG
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AGREEMENT made this fifth
day of April, 1939, by and be
tween SEATRAIN LINES, INC.,
hereinafter referred to as EM
PLOYER, and the SEAFARERS'
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
RORTH AMERICA, affiliated with
the American Federation of La
bor, hereinafter referred to as
UNION, as agent for and on be
half of and for the benefit of the
UNLICENSED! PERSONNEL em
ployed on the vessels manned by
the Employer.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS( a majority of the
Unlicensed Personnel' have desig
nated the Union as their collec
tive bargaining agent,
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
' Agreed as follows:
SECTION 1. Union Recognition.
The Employer recognize.s the
Union as the representative of all
its Unlicensed Personnel Cor the
purposes of collective bargaining.
SECTJON 2. Employment.. The
Employer agrees to secure all its
Unlicensed Pereonuel through the
Union. The Union agrees to fur
nisli promptly compotent, and
capable men, who hold the re
quired Governmental certificates
lor the position for which the men
are furiiished. The Employer may
reject any man who is not physi
cally fit or satisfactory.
SECTION 3. Emergency Em
ployment. The Union agrees that,
in the event Union men are not
furnisiied with sufficient prompt
ness to avoid delay in any sched
uled sailing, the Employer is at
liberty to hir.? men without re
gard to Union affiliation. Any non
union man so hired may not con
' tinne his employment beyond one
round voyage unless he has in the
meantime become a member of
tbe Union.
SECTION 4. Discrimination. The
Employer agrees not to discrimi
nate against any man for legiti
mate Union activity, but such ac
tivity sball not interfere with any
regular duties.
SECTION 5. Passes. Tbe Em
ployer agree.s to give passes, sub
ject to tbe terms and conditions
written on such passes, to author
ize representatives of tbe Union
to board Its vessels for tbe pur
pose of conferring with its mem
bers any. time tlie memlxbs re
quest thei)' presence aboard. The
Union agrees that its representa
tives shall not at any time inter
fere with the performance of the
dntios of any of tlie Employer's
employees.
SECTION 6. Ship's Delegates.
The Employer agrees to recog
nize one man in each department
on each ve.ssel to act as delegate
for such department. Sucli dele
gates are privileged to present to
their superior offices, on behalf
of the members in their depart
ment, fact.s and opinion concern
ing any matter wherein adjust
ment or improvement is thoiigbt
proper,
• 'SECTION 7. Arbitration. A Port
Committee .shall be established at
the Port of New York, which
shall consist of si.\ niembers,
three to be appointed by the
Union and tliree by the Employer,
whose duties shall be to investi
gate and settle all grievances and
disputes which may arise during
the term of this Agreement. The
Fold."Committee shall meet with
in twentyfour' hours after notice
'if a dispute is received in writing.
In the event the Port Commit
tee 'fails to agree on any matter,
It shall be referred to a Referee,
whose 'decision shall be rendered
in writing and shall be final and
binding.
The Referee shall he appointed
By the unanimous votfe of the Port
Committee. If the Port Commit
ted is' unable to agree unanimous
ly upon a 'Referee within t;hree
days, • Sundays and Holidays ex'
eluded, the Senior District Judge
of the Federal Bench in the
Southern District of New York
shall be requested to appoint a
Referee. The Union and the Em
ployer shall each have two chal
leftges. which must he exercised
within twentyfour hours after
the selection of such Referee.
Otherwise, the Referee shall be
accepted by all parties concerned.
The expenses of the Referee shall
be borne equally by' the Union
and the Elmployer.
SECTION 8. Strikes. During the
life of this Agreement and during
any period of arbitration as pro
vided for in Section 7 hereof, or
during any period of negotiation
for its renewal, there shall be no
strikes or stoppages of work by
tlie Unlicensed Personnel. A vio
lation of this provision shall ren
der tliis Agreement null and void
at the option of the Employer.
SECTION 9. Lockouts. During
the life of this Agreement and
during any period of arbitration
as provided for in Section 7 hei'e
or. or during any period of nego
tiation for its renewal, there
shall be no lockouts of the Un
licensed Personnel, provided, how
ever, that this provision shall not
prevent tiie orderly termination
by the employer of tlie emiiloy
menl of any or all of tlie Unli
censed Personnel on any vessel
as and in the manner provided by
the Shipping Articles nor shall it
prevent the discharge of any mem
ber of its Unlicensed Pcisonnel
for cause. A violation of this pro
vision shall render tills Agree
ment null and void at liie option
of the Unfon.
SECTION 10. War Zones. In
case any v«.ssel of the Employer
traverses water adjacent to or in
the proximity of a declared or un
doclared War or state of liostility,
it is hereby agreed that, subject
to the iirovisions of Section 8
hereof, a petition on the jiait of
the Union for tlie opening of ne
gotiations for added remuneration,
bonuses, and/or insurance sliall iti
no way be deemed cause for t.iio
termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 11. Ship's Siear. The
Employer shall furnish sale gear
and working equipment and safe
working conditions on sliijiboard
in any harbor or roadstead.
SECTION 12. Division of Wages
of Absent Members. When mem
bers of tlie Unlicensed Personnel
are required to do extra work be
cause tlie vessel sailed witliout ttie
full complement requireii by the
vessel's cert.ificai'e under circum
stances whine file law permits
sucli sailing, the wages of tlie ah :
sent members shall be divided
among the men who perfo.i'nied
their work, but no overliiiie .sliall
be included in such payments.
SECTION 13. Travelling. Mem
bers of t he Union when tianspoi t i
cd by file Employer during tlie
course of tlieir employment sliall
be provided with transpor.t.al ion
by rail and with subsistence at, the
rate of ^3.00 per day in addition
to their regular monthly wage.
When travel atnight is involved,
a berth must, be provided. When
required to travel by water, Sec
ond or Tourist passage ehall be
provided.
SECTION 14. Crew Furnishings.
The Employer shall furnish the
following items for the Unlicensed
Personnel: (1) Sanitary mat
tresses and pillows; (2) dishes of
crockery ware; (3) suillcieiit soap
and safety matches to be Issued
weekly; (4) two clean blankets;
(5) two white sheets, one white
pillow slip, one white bod spread,
one bath toWel, one face towel.
The Employer shall issue said
clan sheets, pillow slip and bed
spread once each week and said
clean towels twice each week upon
surrender L ' the soiled previous
i.ssue at tlie time set for exciiange.
SECTION 15. Quarters. All
quartej's assigned for tlie use of
tiio Unlicensed Personnel are to
be kept free of vermin. Tills is
to be accomplished ttiiougli the
use of exterminating facilities
provided by the Employer to the
Unlicensed Personnel. Tlie Unli
censed Personnel shall keep their
quarters clean and orderly at all
times in port And at sea.
SEC'J'ION 16. Mcssrooms. Each
vessel shall be furnished with a
mesfii'oom or messrooms for the
accommodation of tlie Unlicensed
Personnel, sucli messrooms to be
in .eaeli case so constructed as to
afford sitting room for all when
it is practicable and available to
do so and txi be so situated as to
afford full protection from the
weatlier and from heat and odors
arising from the vessel's engine
room, fire room or liold.
SECTION 17. Ventilation. Ail
quarters assigned to tlie Unli
censed Personnel and all me.ss
rooms provided for their use shall
be adequately screened and ven
tilated and a sulficient number of
fans to secure such ventilation
sliall be provided.
SECTION IS. Lockers. A suffi
cient number of lockers sliall be
provided so that eacli member of
tlie Unlicensed Personnel shall
have one locker of full length
whenever space permits, with a
sufficient space to slow a reason
able amount of.gear and personal
effects.
SECTION 19. Washrooms. Ade
quate waslirooms and lavatoiies
shall be made, available to the Un
Unlicetised Personnel of each dlT
vision, waslirooms to be equipped
with a sufficient number of shower,
baths, which shall be adequately
equipped with hot and cold fre.sh
water.
SECTION 20. Room and Meal
Allowance. When meals are not
provided aboard a vessel, the Em
ployer shall allow members of the
Unliceused Personnel 60 cents per
meal. When men are required to
sleep asliore, $2.00 per night shall
be allowed for lodging.
SECTION 21. JVleal Hours. The
meal iioiirs for tlie Unlicensed
Personnel shall be as follows:
Breakfast—7.30 A.M. to 8.15' A.M.
Dinner—11.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M.
Supp.'^r—5.00 P.M. to6.00 P.M.
These meal hours may be
varied in connection with docking
or undocking, but no variation
sliall exceed more than one hour
before nor more than one hour
after the times specitiod.
SECTION 22. Coffee Time. Fif
teen miiuites shall be allowed for
coffee at 10 A.JI. and at ?, P.M.
or at a convenient time neai' those
hours.
SEOTIOX 23. Holidays. The
Employer agrees to vecogiii/.e the
following days as holidays: New
Year's Day. Washin.gton's Birth
day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day. Labor Day. Artnistlci' Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Cliristmas
Day. In addition, llie Einpioyer
shall respect the ehoiee of each
iiulividnai memlier of tlie Unli
censed Personnel of either Lin
coln's Birthday or Manli Gras as
a legal holiday. When any of the
foregoing holidays falls on Sun
day, the following Monday sliall
he observed assuch holiday as
customary.
SECTION 24. Duties. Members
of all departments shall perform
all duties pertaining to their par'
ticuiar rating, and. except in
case.s of emergency, the members
of one department .shall not be rC'
quired to pejTorm the duties of
any other, department.
SECTION'25; Overtime Pay. (a)
.When overtime'warleds perform
ed.'it Bilall be • compensated for at
the rate.'Of 70 cents per.iioui\ (h)
When actual overtime work is
less than one hour, payment for
one hour shall be allowed; When
overtime work exce.'ds one hour,
payment will bo allowed by half
hour periods, (c) Overtime starts
when men are called if they re
port for work within fifteen min
utes. If they do not report within
fifteen minutes, overtime is to
start from the time of reporting
for duty until they are released,
including time of standing by.
SECTION' 26. Overtime Work,
(a) Overtime work .shall he cal
culated in accordance with de
partmental working rules.
(b) In the event overtime work
has been performed, the depart
ment' delegate shall, as soon a.s
practicable, chock the amount
tiiereof with the senior officer of
the department and in the. event
of a disagreement tlie matter shall,
be adjusted between . tlie Union
a.nd the Employer in the honif
port.
(c) No overtime work shall be
performed without liie expregs au
thority of the master, or, in his
absence, of the senior departmen
tal .officer.
(d).No mejiiber of liie deck or
engine departinenl sliall be re
quired while .at sea to work more
than eight hours in one day, reck
oned from midniglit to midniglit.
(e) All voluntary work in ex
cess of eigiit hours in one day
shall be compensated for at the
regular oveitime rate, except as
may he liereinafiir provided in
the departmental working rules.
(f). On days , that a vessel ai;
rives in port, the time stood while,
on watcli sliall, count in compiit.
ing eight liours work.
SECTION 27^ Payment of Over
time. All payments of cash for
overtime shall be made • within
twentyfour liours from tlie com'
pletion of tiie voyage.
SECTION 28. Overtime Option!
Whenever overtime lias aecrifed
to any member of tiie Unlicensed
Personnel, he may. at liis option,
veojuest time off at the rate of
one and oneiialf liours for every
overtime hour worked, and ff bis
request is not granted by tlie Em
ployer the regular overtime pay
ment shall he made.
SECTION 29. Watches. The
Unlicensed Personnel in tlie deck,
and engine departments shall,
while at sea, be divided into three
watches which shall be kept on
duty successively for the perform
ance of ordinary work incident' to
the sailing and management of
the vessel.
SECTION 30. Sea Watches in
Port. When a vessel is scheduled
to remain in port for less than
twelve consecutive liours, tlie sea
routine as to watclies sliall be
brolcen.
• SECTION 31, Breaking Sea
Watches. When a vessel is sched
uled to remain in port for more
than twelve consecutive hours, sea
watches sliall be broken as pro
vided for in the (lepaitnient.al
working rules.
SECTION 32. Setting of Watches.
; Sea watches eluill be set not later
tlian noon of tlie day the vessel
leaves for sea from the port from
which tlie vessel is cleared;
SECTION 33. Delayed Sailing.
When a vissel is scheduled to de
part for sea on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, but
sailing is delayed on account of
weather conditions after sched
uled sailing time, the first twelve
hoursof such delay shall be over
time for the men on watch until
vessel leaves the .dock or sea
watches ai:e discoatimied. How
ever, no ovejtime shall be allowed
.after midnight on Sundays er
Holidays.
SECTION 34...Salling Time. All
members of the Unlicensed Per
sonnel siiall be aboard the vessel
in a sober condition and ready for
sea at least one hour before tiie
scheduled sailing time, which
time shall be posted near the
gangway at. least twelve hours he
fore the vessel is scheduled to sail.
In' the event any member of the
Unlicensed Personnel fails to com
ply with this provision, tlie Em
ployer shall call the Union and
the Union shall furnish a replace
ment. If the original member re
ports after the Employer has
called for a replacement, the man
sent by the Union as such replace
ment shall receive one day's pay,
which day's pay shall be paid by
the member who was late in re
porting for duty in a sober condi
tion.
SECTION 35. Unauthorized Ab
eeince. When watches are .broken,
the men on day work shall wlien
required be ready to commence
working at 8 A.M. on weekdays.
In the event any man is absent
without authority at the tiine of
turning to, he shall be subject' to
dismissal or forfeiture of two
clays' pay, as allowed by law.
SECTION" 36. Transportation Al
lowance. The Employer agrees
to reimburse eacii member of tlie
Unlicensed Per.sonnel the sum ot
One Dollar ($1.00) per round trip,
not to exceed t wo round trips etich
voyage, for actual transiiortation
between vessel at Belle Chas.se,
La., and Algiers Ferrjj and return
to Belle Ciiasse. '
SECTION 37. Vacations. For
each year of continuous service
imder Shipping .Articles eacli
member of the Unlicensed Person
nel shall receive a vacation oi
jfourteen consecutive dayfip with
• full sea pay. The pay
.ghaU be in proportion to the
monthly wages earned by the man
during . the preceding , twelve
months. No cash allowance in
lieu of vacation shall be made, but
vacations may be cumulative to
the extent mutually agreed upon
by the Employer and, tjie man in
volved. Vacations sliall be grant
ed a I such time as may be conve
nient to the operation necessities
of the Employer.
Continuous service shall not be
deemed broken by leaves of ab
seme on account of accident, va
cations with pay. illness of his
Immediate family, illness, except
from the employee's own vice, or
laynp of the vessel, provided that
in case of layup the employee
does not seek or obtain employ
ment on vessels other than these
covered by this Agreement, pro
vided, however, tliat in computing
continuous service only such time
as an employee is on a vessel's
Articles or on a port payroll shall
count in calculating earned vaca
tions.
SECTION 38. Continuous Em
ployment. Any member of the
Unlicensed Personnel may prompt
ly return to his position after
absence from eitiier accident, va
cations vVith pay, illness of his
immediate family, illness, except
from his own vice or layup of tlie
vessel, provided that in tlie case
of a layup the emidoyee does not
seek or obtain employment' on ves
sels other than tiiose covered by
this Agreement.
SECTION 39. M.tster's Author,
ity. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed so as to in aiiy
way limit either,.,tbe autliority of
the Master or other Officer or the
obedience of tlie seamen when in
the judgment of the Master or
other Officer tlie whole or any
pai-t of the crew are needed for
the performance of work nefces-
sary for the safety of the vessel,
her passengeis. crew aud pargo,
or for the paving oi.' lifej aboard
pUier vessels in jeopardy, or from
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requiring at any time the whole
or tiny, part of the crew to par
ticipate in the performance of fire,
lifeboat or other drill.
SECTION 40. Drills and Emer
genbles. Any and all work neces
./ sary for the safety of the vessel,
* her passengers, crew or cargo, or
for the saving of other vessels in
jeopardy, or lives therein, or in
the performance of fire, lifeboat
or dtlier drills and inspections or
examinations required by law or
Governmental regulations, shall
be performed without the pay
mefit of overtime, regardless of
anything contained in this Agree
ment; provided, however, it shall
not be a general practice to hold
enpergency drills on Saturday af
ternoons, Sundays and Holidays.
~ SECTION 41. Dispute on Emer
gencies. In the event there is a
question aLs to whether or not an
emergency existed, all members of
the crew must perform any work
required and upon the vessel's ar
rival in the Port of New York or
New Orleans, the dispute shall be
referred to the Port Committee
for settlement.
SECTION 42. Wages. The fol
lowing monthly wage shall be
computed and paid at the follow
ing rates in accordance with the
rules for compensation of sea
men's wages by Shipping Commis
sioners issued by the Secretary of
Commerce tlirough the Bureau of
Marine Inspection and Naviga
tion:
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boatsvvain $92.50
Able Seaman .......... 80.00
Qrdi»\?ry Seaman 62.50
Quartermaster ..... 82.50
Deck Carman 85.00
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Water Tender ......... $90.00
Oiler 90.00
Fireman 80.00
Utility Man (if carried) 90.00
Wiper (if carried) 67.50
Deck Engineer . ....... 122.50
Electrician 112.50
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
Chief Steward $142.50
Chief Cook 117.50
Second Cook and Baker 97.50
Messhnan 67.50
SECTION 42A. It is specifically
understood and agreed that when
the Union negotiates a wage and
working condition agreement with
any shipowner operator in compe
tition with the Employer efforts
will be made by the Union to
have wages and working condi
tions identical to those agreed tq
by the Employer.
SisdTION 43. Lay up. If the
scheduled layup of the vessel does
not exceed fourteen days either
the full crew is to be kept on pay
during period of layup or if the
crew is paid off and daymen are
hired for standby work they must
be hired through the Hall at ?6.40
per day perman. It is understood
that members of the crew shall be
given preference in such standby
work.
SECTION 44. Transportation.
The Employer agrees that when
a man who has signed ship's arti
cles is discharged, except from
his own vice, or for cause, or
when relieving a" man under Sec
tion 37, he shall be returned to the
port of eiigagement by rail trans
portation as provided _in Section
13, If his employment does not
exceed thirty days.
SECTION 45. Toilets. All toi
lets' to be kept clean on com
pany's time.
" DEGK DEPARTMENT
; WORKING RULES
SECTION 1. Only Able Seamen
shall be sent into chain lockers to
st^w chains.
SECTipN 2. "When men are re
quired to clean tanks which have
been used for transporting liquid
cargo, they shall receive as extra
compensation $1.00 per hour for
performing such work.
SECTION 3. When a vessel is
scheduled to remain in port for
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more than twelve consecutive
hours, watches shall be broken
when vessel Is properly secured
at the dock and gangway Is
lowered.
SECTION 4. In port, when
watches are broken;
(a) All gangway watches shall
be stood without the payment of
overtime except on Saturday af
ternoons, Sundays and Holidays,
when the regular overtime rate
shall be paid. Men, while stand
ing gangway watch, shall attend
to mooring linos at ail times.
(b) All hands, except men on
gangway watches, shall be re
quired to work between the hour.s
of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. from Mon
days to Fridays, inclusive, and
from 8 A.M. to 12 noon on Satur
days, without the payment of
overtime. Ali manual work by
those not on gangway watch, after
5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and oh
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
Holidays, shall be paid for at the
regular overtime rate.
(c) Work in connection with
loading or discharging cargo shall
not be considered overtime unless
performed after 5 P.M. and before
8 A.M., and on Saturday after
noons, Sundays and Holidays.
(d) Between the hours of 8
A.M. and 5 P.M. any work inci
dent to the upkeep and mainte
nance of the ves.sel, including
chipping, scaling or painting, may
be required without the payment
of overtime.
SECTION 5. In port, when
watche.s are not broken, the sea
routine shall prevail.
SECTION 6. At sea, for those
standing regular watches:
(a) All work incident to the
safe navigation of the vessel shall
be performed at all times without
the payment of overtime.
(b) Sanitary work, such as
cleaning pilot house, washing
down around bridge deck, around
offifficers* quarters forward, shall
be done between 6 A.M. and 8
A.M. by the watchondeck with
out the payment of overtime.
(c) All work NOT incident to
the safe navigation of the vessel,
with the exception of sanitary
work, performed by the men of
the watchondeck between the
hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. and on
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
Holidays, shall be paid for at the
regular overtime rate. Mert of the
watch shall not receive overtime
for any work performed, between
8 A.M. and 5 P.M., except as
otherwise provided.
(d) When men on the watch
below are called out to work, they
shall be paid overtime for tfie
work perfornied duririg their
watchbelow.
SECTION 7. At sea, for those
in the maintenance department,
the hours of labor for day work
ers shall be between 8 A.M. and
5 P.M. Mondays to Fridays, inclu
sive, and from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon
on Saturdays, and all work out
side these hours shall be paid for
at the regular overtime rate.
SECTION 8. The three watches
shall be called for mooring and
unmooring, but the watchondeck
shall not be paid overtime for
such work except on Saturday
afternoons, Sundays and Holi
days.
SECTION 9. The day a vessel
arrives at a port from sea shall
be considered the day of arrival,
and subsequent moves occurring
in inland waters, bays, rivers and
sounds, .shall be .considered as
moving vessel.
SECTION 10, When vessels ar
rive in port on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or Holidays, over
time shall commence when vessel
is properly secure and the gang
ways are down except as other
wise provided.
SECTION 11. When the vessel
departs for sea on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or Holidays, over
time shall cease for the men on
watch when first "ahead" or
"astern" signal is rung.
SECTION 12, In Havana when
watches are not broken and cargo
is being worked an A. D. (acting
Quartei'master), an ordinary sea
man and a Car deckman shall bo
on deck at all times,
SECTION 13. Securing and
dropping of anchor must be done
by the Bosun. .
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
WORKING RULES
SECTION 1. The Deck Engin
eer and Electrician shall not be
required to chip paint, sougee or
do or any wiper's work in the en
gine room at any time.
SECTION 2. Liquid qargo shall
be loaded or discharged during rung.
and 5 P.M,.Jrom Mondays to Fri
days? inclusive, and from 8 A.M.
to 12 Noon on SatUrda.V8. All
wbrlJ outside of tliese hotiis shall
be paid for at the regular over
time rate.
SECTION 8. When vessel aa
rives in port on Saturday after
noons, Sunda.vs or Holidays, over
time shall commence when the
signal "finished with engines" has
been received in the engine room.
SECTION 9. When a vesgel de
parts for sea on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or Holidays, over
time shall cease when first
"ahead" or "astern" signal is
regular working hours without
overtime payments. Overtime
shall be paid for such work out
side the regular working hours.
SECTION 3. Work in connec
tion with loading or discharging
cargo in excess of 8 hours sliall
be compensated for at the regu
lar overtime rate. The Deck En
gineer or Electrician shall he re
quired to look after the deck ma
chinery.
SECTION 4, In port, when
watches aie broken:
(a) The Unlicensed Personnel
shall maintain a regular donkey
watch between the hours of 5
P.M. and 8 A.M. for the purpose
of keeping steam for the auxili
aries, and for the safety of the
vessel, without payment of over
time.
(b) Any work incident to the
upkeep and maintenance of the
vessel, including chipping, scal
ing or painting, may be required.
(c) All hands, except those on
donkey watches, shall be required
to work between the hours of 8
A.M. and 5 P.M. from Mondays to
Fridays, inclusive, and from 8
A.M. to 12 Noon on Saturdays
without the payment of overtime.
All manual work by those not on
donkey watches after 5 P.M. and
before 8 A.M, and on Saturday ab
ternoons, Sunday and Holidays,
shall be paid for at the regular
overtime rate.
(d) When watches are broken
and cargo is being worked, after
5 P.M. and before 8 A.M..the don
key wat'ch maintaining steam shall
be p,aid at the overtime rates for
the time actually put in.
(e) When cargo is being
worked, men on donkey watches
shall look after the entire plant
and they shall not receive over
time, except on Saturday after
noons, Sundays and Holidays.
SECTION 5. At sea, for those
standing watches:
(a) All work in the Engine De
partment incident to the safe na
vigation of the vessel shall be per
formed at all times without the
payment of overtime.
(b) "Voluntary work performed
in excess of 8 hours from mid
night to midnight shall be paid
for at the overtime rate.
(c) Unnecessar.y Work shall not.
be required from 6 P.M. to 6 A.M.
and on Saturday afteruoons. Sun
days and' Holidays, without the
payment of overtime. If a dis
pute arises as to whether or not
any particular work is necessary,
the work shall be performed with
out a question and the matter re
ferred to the Port Committee.
(d) All hands when standing
sea watches shall perform any
work which iS part of their sea
duty, but scaling, painting, clean
ing paint, polishing brass or
bright work or cleaning ̂ bilges
shall not be done between the
hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., with
out the paym.ent of overtime.
(e) Tubes may be blown at any
time without the payment of over
time.
SECTION 6. In port, when sea
watches are not broken, the sea
routine shall prevail.
SECTION 7. At sea, for those
not standing watch:
(a) The hours .of labor ;^or day
worjters shall be betweeri 8 AM.
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SECTION 10. Water tenders
shall perform all duties pertain
ing to that rating, but at no time
sliall they be required to do sta
tion work.
SECTION 11. Oilers on tm
bine vessels, while standing sea
watches, shall perform all duties
pertaining to that rating, and
their assigned station work. They
shall not, however, be required to
clean bilges, blow tubes, clean
boilers, scale or remove handhold
plates, wash boilers, or tank tops.
When the vessel is undergoing pe
riodical inspections, oilers shall
assist licensed engineers in per
formance of any duties to com
plete such inspection. On reci
procating engine vessels, oilers
shall perform all duties pertain
ing to that rating on such type
of vessel, such as oiling the main
engines and auxiliaries, tending
water, blowing tubes witli patent
soot blowers.
SECTION 12. Firemen shall,
while standing sea watches, per
form all duties pertaining to their
rating, but they shall not be re
quired to go above the first grat
ing, beneath the.floor plates, un
der or back of the boilers. They
shall at all times keep their sta
tions clean and *in proper order,
and between the hours of 6 P.M.
and 6 A.M. they shall not be re
quired to sougee, chip, scrape or
paint.
SECTION 13. Wipers shall be
day workers and shall perform
such duties at sea as the engineer
shall lay out for them, including
keeping the toilets of the Unli
censed Personnel of the engine de
partment clean.
SECTION 14. Utility men .shall
be day workers and shall perform
such duties as may be assigned
them by the engineer. If utility
men replace on the Ships Articles
another man, such utility man
shall receive the wages of the po
sition occupied ,baf this shall not
cause a reduction in the wages of
such utility man.
SECTION 15. All men on watch
shall keep their respective sta
tions clean and in order at all
times and shall have their sta
tions clean and in order before
being relieved.
SECTION 16. When wat'ches are
not broken, the water tender, oil
er, and fireman shall be kept on
watch while ' cargo is being
worked.
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
WORKING RULES
Section 1. No member of the
Stewards Department shall be re
quired to enter either the engine
room or fire room or go upon the
bridge for the purpose of serving
meals or coffee, provided, how
ever, that whenever the Master
or a Pilot is required te 'emain
on the bridge meals or coffee
shall be served on the bridge by
members of the stewards depart
ment without the payment ot
overtime.
SECTION 2. The working day
at sea and in port shall not e.x
ceed 8 hours in a spread of 12
hours, provided, however, no over
time at sea or in portshall be
authorized, approved or paid for,
for the performance of the regu
lar daily routine duties pertaining
to the department, such as pre
paring and serving regular meals,
cleaning of quarters, galley, pan'
tries, messrooms, dry store rooms,
and linen lockers. When directed
by the Chief Steward, meat box
and chill room shall be cleaned,
for which work a total of 3 hours
overtime .ahfil.l be, a,jlo\ved. ,,
SECTION 3. In port:
(a) All work performed in ex
cess of 8 hours, other than regu
lar routine duties as provided for
in Section"2, shall be compensated
for at the regular overtime rate.
(b) All work performed on Sat
urday afternoons, Sundays or
Holidays shall be compensated for
at the overtime rate for the
actual hours worked, provided,
however, only the minimum num
ber of men required to perform
the work will be required to stay
on board.
(c) Members of the stewards'
department shall stow stores
without the payment of overtime,
but shall not be I'equired to carry
such stores aboard the vessel.
(d) When for the convenience
of the Employer extra meals
above a total of three are served,
a flat rate of 35 cents shall be
paid by the Employer, the money
to be divided equally among the
members of the stewards depart
ment actually engaged in prepay
ing and serving the said meals.
SECTION 4. At sea:
(a) All work performed in ex
cess of 8 hours, other than rou
tine duties as provided for in Sec
tion 2. shall be compensated for
at the regular overtime rate.
(b) Routine work as provided
for in Section 2, shall be per
formed without the payment ot
overtime, regardless of the time
taken to perform such work..
SECTION 5. No member of the
stewards department shall be re
quired to chip or scrape paint
and whenever required to do any
painting, they shall be. pgid the
regular overtime rate for actuar .
hours worked.
SECTION 6. The Chief Steward
shall go on the deck to check and
receive stores between 8 A.M. and
5 P.M. without the payment ot
overtime.
SECTION 7. Whenever passen
gers are carried, the stewards de
partment shall receive for the en
tire voyage $5.00 from the Em
ployer for each passenger cirried,
the money to be divided equally
among the members of the stew
ards department actually engaged
in servicing such passengers, but
no overtime shall be allowed be
cause of the presence of pas
sengers aboard.
This Agreement shall take ef
fect from the 14th day ot Febru
ary 1939 and shall remain in force
for one year and shall continue in
force from year to year thereafter
until and unless either the Em
ployer or the Union gives written
notice to the other at least thirty
days prior to any expiration date,
Seatrain Lines, Inc.
Ky Jofteph Hodyaon '
Attest:
• C. de Yeze .
Seafarers International Union j
of North America, as Agent
for and on behalf of and for
the benefit of the Unlicensed
Personnel employed on ,the
vessels manned by the Em
ployer.
By Matthew Dushane
Arthur A. Kelcey
William McKay
Clarification to SECTION 37..
If a man has been employed
for more than one consecutive
year, vacation shall be pro
rated after six additional
months continuous femploy
ment if he leaves his employ
ment.
Seatrain Lines, Inc.
, By Joseph Hgdyson
Seafarers' International Unita
By Matthew Dushme
Arthur A. Kelcey
William McKay
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'U American Range line Agreement
TiS AGREEMENT is entered tionsifit of three (3) representa
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Into this Sist day of March 1939
"'"by and between the SEAFARERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
NORTH AMERICA, affiliated with
the American Federafibn of
Labor, hereinafter referred to as
the UNION, and the AMERICAN
RANGE LINES, INC,, hereinafter
referred to as the COMPANY,
and remains In effect until March
31, 1940. Provided, however,
that this agreement shall be con
sidered as renewed from year to
year thereafter by the respective
parties hereto unless either party
hereto shall give written notice to
the other of Its desire to amend
or terminate same. Provided fur
ther, that if the Union enters
into any agreement with any
f other owner or operator of ves
sels engaged in a trade or trades
similar to those In which the ves
sels operated by the COMPANY
are engaged, and such agreement
contains any terms and provisions
substantially different from the
terms . and provisions of this
agreement, this agreement shall,
at the option of the COMPANY,
be amended to conform to the
terms and provisions of such
other agreement. Any notice of
amendment or termination shall
be given at least thirty (30) days
prior to the expiration date.. If
such notice shall not be given,
this agreement shall be deemed
to be renewed for the succeeding
year.
WITNESSETH
1. The Union warranls anil rep
resents that it is an alllliate of
the American Federation of La
bor and that the Hnlicensed per
sonnel have designated it as tiieir
collective bai'gaining agent and
the Coiitpany, on the basis of said
• warranty and repre.sentation,
agrees to recognize the Union as
the representative, tor the pur
poses of eollective bargaining, of
• the unlicensed personnel of tlic
yes.sel.s operated by the Coniiiany.
2. The Company agi;ees that
only members of the Union shall
be employed in all unlicensed per
sonnel ratings, on their vessels.
3. The Union agrees .to furnish
capable, competent and physically
fit employees and in the evt it
that Union men are not furnished
with sulEcient promptness to
avoid delay in any scheduled sail
ing the Company is at libeity to
hire men without regard to Union
affiliation. The Union .agrees any
man so hired may continue em
ployment with the Company pro
vided he is satisfacthry to the
Union.
Tlie Company also agrees to se
cure its unlicensed personnel
through the ofTices of the Union,
• when available, and with the nn
derstan'rting that the Company re
serves the right to select person
nel for the following po.sition:
Chief Steward. But, employees
of this rating mu.st, in .any event,
be cleared through the ofRces of
the Union.
4. The Company agrees not to
discriminate against any person
for legltim.ite union activity.
5. The Company shall have the
right to reject personnel consid
ered unsuitable of physically un
fit, with the understanding that
if the Union considers the cause
of the rejection unjust, the Com
pany agrees to endeavor to reach
a satisfactory settlement with the
parties involved, namely: the Ex
ecutive Officer of the Department
involved; the Business Agent", and
the member or members in ques
tion. If an amicable settlement
cannot be reached by this method,
the matter is to be Immediately
referred to the Port Committee,
as proscribed in Section 6 of this
agreement, for final settlement.
6. The Port Comnitttee shall
tives from the Union and three
(3) representatives from the
Company, who shall meet in the
port of New York. In the event
that the" Port Committee cannot
agree, they shall have the powef
to appoint a seventh party as ref
eree, whose decision shall be
final and binding. If the Commit
tee cannot agree upon a seventh
party, then the Director of Con
ciliation of the Department of La
bor shall be requested to appoint
an impartial referee, whose deci
sion shall be final and binding.
GENERAL RULES
1. There shall be no strikes,
lockouts or stoppage of • work dur
ing the life of this agreement.
2. Member.s of all departments
shall perform the customary du
ties of that department. Each
member shall perform only recog
nized and customary duties of his
particular rating. Any work ne
cessary for the safety of the ves
sel, passengers, crew or cargo, or
for the saving of other ves.sels in
jeopardy, and the lives thereon,
when in port, or at sea, at an
chor, or otherwise: or in the per
formance of fire, lifeboat and
other drills, shall be performed at
any time, and such work shall not
be considered as overtime. When
Lifeboat or other drills are held
on Baturday afternoons, Sundays
or holidays, preparation for such
drills, such as lioisting or .swing,
ing boats out, shall not be done
prior to signal for such drills, and
after drill is over, all hands shall
stand by until boats and gear are
properly secured, without pay
ment of overtime. It shall not, be
be made a general practice to liold
emergency drills on Satuiday af
ternoons, Sundays or holidays, ex
clusively.
3. This agreement is binding
with respect to ships cliartered by
tlie Company. (If charterer fur
nishes crew.)
4. The Company shall furnish
safe gear and working equipment
and safe working conditions, when
in any harbor, roadstead or port
5. Representatives of the trnion
shall be allowed on board at any
time, but shall not interfere with
men at work unless said men are
properly relieved. (The Relief re
ceiving no extra compensation.)
6. Securing Vessel for aea: All
vessels of the Company must
be properly and safely secured be
fore leaving the harbor for an off
shore voyage. Harbor limits shall
include passage from dock or an
chorage tc harbor limit or break
water.
7. Penalty Cargoes: When mem
hers of tlie Unlicensed personnel
arc required to clean holds in
wliieh penalty cargo has been car
ried, they shall be paid overtime
at the rate of seventy cents (70c)
per hour.
8. For the purpose of thi.s Agree
ment, the following shall be con
sidered penalty cargoes: In bulk
or bags: Arsenic, Bones, green
hides, caustic soda, soda ash, creo
soted lumber, bone meal, chloride
of lime, lampblack or carbon
black, sulphur, manure and Kain
ite,"superphosphate and coal.
(a) On vessels carrying explo
sives in fifty ton lots or over, as
permitted by law, the Company
agrees to pay. the members of the
unlicensed personnel, in addition
to their regular monthly wages,
ten percent of said wages per
month while such cargo is on
board the vessel. Such cargo time
to start from time first sling load
is aboard until last sling load
goes over ship's side.
(b) When members of the unli
censed personnel are required to
work explosivei}, they shall he paid
for such work, in addition to their
regular monthly wages, at the
rate of $2.50 per hour.
(c) In case any vessel of the
Company traverses water adjacent
to, or in the proximity of a de
clared or undeclared war or state
of hostility, it is hereby agreed
that a petition on the part of the
Union for the opening of negotia
tions for added remuneration,
bonuses, and/or insurance, shall
in no way be deemed cause for
the termination of this agreement.
9. Members who are in good
standing witli the Union may re
main continuously in employment
,on the same vessel, provided the
employers and the members de
sire such employment to continue.
10. Port Time: Port time shall
commence when a vessel has been
moored to a dock, and sea watches
are broken.
11. Overtime Rate: The over
wliite linen, which shall be
changed weekly; (3) face and
batlK towels, which shall be
changed twice weekly, and soap
and safety matches, to be issued
weekly.
Suitable mattresses and pillows
shall be sui)plied, but excelsior or
straw shall be considered unsuit
able. •
All dishes provided for the use
of the unlicensed personnel shall
he of crockery.
19. Traveling: Members of the
Union wlien transported by the
Company during the course ot
their employment', or due to ship
being laid up, sold or sliipwiecked,
shall be provided witli first class
transportation by rail, and with
subsistence at the rate of Three
Dollars ($3.00) per day, in addi
tion to their regular monthly
wage.s. When traveling af night
time rate of pay for all unlicensed j is involved, a. berth must be pro
personnel in the Deck, Engine and
Stewards Departments shall be
seventy cents (70c) per hour.
12. Commencment of Overtime:
Overtime shall commence af the
time any employees shall be
called to report for work outside
of his regular schedule, provided
siieh member reports for duty
• within fifteen (15) minutes. Otlier
wise overtime shall commence at.
tlie actual time such employee re
port's for duty, and sucli overtime
sliall continue until the employee
is released.
13. Computation of Overtime:
When overtime worked is less than
tiian one (1) hour, overtime for
I one (1) full hour shall be paid.
When overtime worked exceeds
one (1) hour, the overtime work
performed shall be paid for in one
half hour periods, and fractional
part of such period shall count as
onehalf {y,\ hour.
14. Checking Overtime: After
overtime has been • worked, the
senior officer of eacli department'
on board will present to each em
ployee who has worked overtime,
a slip stating hours of overtime
and nature of work performed
An overtime book will be kept to
conform with individual slips, for
settlement of overtime.
15. Payment of Overtime: All
money due crew for overtime
work shall be paid at the time of
signing off, or in any event, not
more than twentyfour (24) houis
after the completion of the voy
age.
16. It is understood and agreed
by all parties to this, agreement',
that overtime shall he paid for at
the rate of seventy cents (70c)
an hour in the Deck. Engine and
Stewards Departments.
17. Holidays: The Company
agrees to recognize tlie following
as holidays: (1) New Year's Day;
(2) Lincoln's Birthday; (3) Wash
ington's • Birthday; (4) Memorial
Day; (5) Independence Day; (G)
Labor Day; (7) Armistice Day;
(8) Thansgiving Day; (9) Christ
mas Day.
Saturday afternoons, Sundays
and all holidays while at sea shall
be considered holidays for the un
licensed personnel not on watch.
Men on watch shall perform only
the routine duties necessary to the
safe navigation of the vessel on
these days. No chipping paint,
sougeeing or painting, or any
other such work shall be per
formed oil these days, unless over
time is paid for such work per
formed.
In the event that, any of the
above named holidays fall on a
Sunday, the Monday following
shall be observed as such holiday.
18. Crew Equipment: The fol
lowing items shall be supplied to
the unlicensed personnel employed
on board the vessels of the Com
pany: (1) A suitable number of
clean blankets; (2) bedding and
vided.
20. Messroom: Each vessel shall
be furnished with a messroom, or
messrooms for the accommodation
of tlie crew. Sueli messrooms to
be in each case so constructed as
to afford silting room for all when
it is practicable and available to
do so, and to be so situated as
to afford full protection from the
weather and from heat and odor
arising from the vessel's engine
room, flreroom and hold.
' 21. Ventilation: All quarters as
signed to the unlicensed person
nel and all messrooms provided
for their use sliall be adequately
screened and ventilated, and a
sufficient number of fans to secure
such ventilation shall be provided.
22. Lockers: A sufficient num
ber of lockers shall be provided
sp that each employee shall have
one locker of full length, where
ever space permits, with sufficient
space to stow a reasonable amount
of gear and personal effects.
23. Washrooms: Adequate wash
rooms and lavatories sliall be
made available for tlie unlicensed
personnel of eacli division; wash
rooms to be equipped with a suffl
cieiit number of siiower baths
which .shall be adequately
equipped with hot and cold fresh
water whenever practicavle.
24. Cleanliness of Quarters: All
quarters assigned for the use of
unlicensed personnel are to be fu
migated and kept free from ver
min in so far as possible. This
is to be accomplished through the
exterminating facilities provided
by the Company.
25. Longshore Work by Crew:
In those out ports where there are
no longshoremen available, mem
bers of the crew may be required
to drive winches for the purpose
of handling cargo, or may be re
quired to handle cargo. For such
work performed, they shall be
paid, in addition to their regular
monthly wages. One Dollar ($1.00)
per hour for the watch on deck,
and One Dollar and Fifty Cents
($1.50) per hour for the watch
below.
(a) After 12:00 Noon on Satur
day, or at any time on Sundays
or holidays, the rate shall be One
Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50)
per hour.
(b)After 5:00 P.M. on Saturday,
Sundays or holidays, and before
8:00 A.M., the rate for doing long
shore work (driving winches or
handling cargo) shall be double
time, or Three Dollars ($3.00) per
hour.
(c) In cut Ports: No watches
shall be broken If ship remains in
port less than twelve (12) hours.
(d) This section shall not be so
construed as to be applicable to
any work where longshoremen
are not available due to labor
t.rouble.
26. Division of Wages of Absent
Members: When members of the
unlicensed per.sonneI are reguired
to do efxtra work because tlie ves
sel sailed without the full com
plement reqiiiied by vessel's cer
tificate. under clicumstanceis
where the Ihw permits such ^il^
ing, tlie wages of the absent, .sea^
men shall be divided among the
seamen who perform his, work,
but no overtime shall be included
in such wages.
27. Discharging Sallast: When
ever members of the Crew may be
required to di.scharge ballast out
of holds, or handle or discharge
ballast on deck, the watch on deck
shall receive straight overtime for
such work at the rate of seventy
(70c) per hour. Watch below
shall receive time and a half for
such work, or One Dollar and Five
Cents ($1.05) per hour. Day men
shall receive straight overtime at
the rate of seventy cents ((70c)
per hour between the hour® of
8:00 A..\I. and 12:00 Noon, and
1:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. After
5:00 P.M. and before 8:00 A.M.
day men shall receive time.and a
half overtime, or One Dollar and
Five Cents ($1.05) per hour. If ,
watciies are broken, day men's,
scale applies to the entire crew.
28. Special working ruie.s, gov
erning each department—Deck,
Engine and Stewards—as provid
ed herein, are valid parts of this
agreement. „ ;
29. Copies of tiii.s agrceinehf
shall be furnislied to the Master
and Chief Engineer of each vessel
by the Company. Tiie Clifef Stew
ard, and the unlicensed personnel
shall be supplied copies of the
agreement by the Union. . f v , ,
30. Room and Meaj
Wlien board "is not fiiintehed,
licensed members of the fereiif
shall receive sixty ccnt^ (60ql.yer;;
meal. When men are required tei
sleep ashore Two Dollars „<$2,00)
shall be allowed for room.
31. Meal Hours: The meal hoiu's
for the unlicensed personnel em
ployed in the Deck and Engine
Departments shall be as follows:
Breakfast . 7: 30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.
Dinner ...11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Supper ... 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Men must, report, for breakfast not
later than 8:15 A.M.
These hours may be varied, but
such variation sliall not exceed
one hour either way, provided that
one unbroken hour for meals shall
be allowed.
32. In the event a ship of the
Company is sold, lost or laid up,
the crew shall be repatriated to
the port of signing Articles, with
siibsifitence, room allowance and
wages as provided in Section 19
of the General Rules of this
agreement.
33. The unlicensed personnel
shall be retiiiired to take care of
and preserve all Company prop
erty. Deliberate breakage or mali
cious misuse, damage or deMrnc
tion of any Company property
will not' be tolerated and the of
fending member or members of
the unlicensed personell shall pay
the Company for repairs or re
placements as found necessary.
Each member of the unlicensed
personnel sliall be personally re
sponsible for blankets and linens
and towels furnished him and
sliall sign a receipt for same when
joining ship.
In order for any member of the
crew to be furnislied with clean
blankets, sheets, pillowcases and
towels, each must bring his soiled
equivalents to the Steward to ha
exchanged for a clean supply. Any
articles missing shall be replafffe'd
by the Steward at the member's
expense. j
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WAGES
The classification and minimum
rates of wages of the Deck De
partment shall be as follows:
Boatswain , .(When carried)
, _ ,$85.00 per .month
Carpenter , (When carried) .
$85.00 per month
A, D. Seamen
, $72.50 per month
Ordinary Seamen
, $55.00 per month
,, Quariefmaster .(When signed
oh as Q.M.. .$77.50 per month
WORKING RULES
, , 1. When nien are hired by the
day, in port, and men are not eat
ing or sleeping aboard ship, the
wages for such elandby work
shall ..be Six Dollars and Forty
Cents (?6.40,) per day, between
the hours of .8:00 A.M. and 12:00
,, Noon, and 1:00 P.M. and 5:00 l'..M.
. Any other work pei formed outside
these hpuis, or on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, shall
he paid for at the rate of time
and a half, or One Dollar and
Twenty Cents f$1.20) per hour.
(a) Any man shipped for tlie
above standby work shall receive
not less than onehalf (j,<) day's
pay, ($3.20) and such work not to
exceed four (4) hours, at the rate
of Three Dollais and Twenty
Cents ($3.20) for that period.
.(b) Men hired for tire above
work must he hired for a half day
or a full day. No fractional parts
of a day will be allowed. If hired
for only onehalf day. Company is
.to Pny carfare fioin Union Hall
and return.
2. The Ship's Carpenter shall
furnish bis own tools, and .shall
be paid Seven Dollars and Fifty
Cents ($7.50) • monthly, in addh
tion to. his regular wage.s.
, 3."In all ports, watches shall be
broken • alongside the dock.
Watches shall be broken in all
porkswhere stay of vessel will ex
ceed twentyfour (24) hours, and
may be broken, at <lie discretion
T)f• lilt M'tsrei, 'when the stay in
port e.xceeds twelve (12) hours,
but is less than twentyfour (24)
bonis.
: (a) In poi t the hours of labor
(b) No painting, sougeeing,
chipping paint, or shining bra.ss to
be done'between 6:00 A.M. and
8:00 A.M.
66. Members of the Dock De
paitment shall be reciuired to chip,
scale or paint, over side in all
ports. In home port, when Com
pany emploj's a shore gang for
the purpose of performing this
work, this practice shall not be
interfered with.
7. Able Seamen only shall be
.seni Into tlie chain locker to stow
chains.
8. Men called to work overtime
shall be allowed fifteen (15) min
utes to put themselves in readi
ness. Time'to start at the time
of calling then, if not ready to
turn to, time shall start when
they report, and sh.all continue
until they ai e dismissed.
9. No man shall be recpiired to
work under unsafe conditions at
any time.
10. When working overt ime, and
crew is. knocked off foi' two (2)
hours or less, overtime shall be
paid .straight through.
(a) When watch below is called
put to work, they shall be i»aid
overtime for work pei'formed dur
ing .their watch below.
11. Docking and Undocking:
When men off watch are called
upon to assist in the docking and
undocking, they shall be paid for
such work at the legular over
time rate.
(a) Three watches to be used
for docking and undocking ves
sels.
12. Ordinary Seamen shall be
rociuired to keep the toilets of the
unlicensed personnel of the Deck
Department clean at all times,
and such work to be performed
on the Company's time.
13. Topping or Lowering Booms:
Where all liatcbes are to be
opened or closed sinnatane.ously,
all hands available are to be used,
(a) The wat.oh on deck may
slietch guys, topping lifts, and
generally make ready cargo gear
for topping booms.
(b) When booms are lowered
and propeily secured, the watch
on deck may clear tiie deck and
secure the guys.
1. When members of the deck
department ai'e required to re
,shall be eight (8) hours between move or put on hatcli leaves, or
8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., and all jstrongbacks, in preparation for
work performed in port after 5:00 | loaning or discharging cargo, the
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F,.M. and befpre 8; 00 A.M. shall
be at the overtime rate. Sailois
shall not be required to care for
cargo lights unless paid overtime.
(b) in port sailors may be re
quired to stand gangway watches
between the hours of 5:00 P.M.
and 8:00 A.M. witiiout i)ayment of
overtime. (Exceiic on Saturday
afternoons, Sundays and holi
days.)
(c) In port all work on Satur
day afteinopns, Sundays and holi
days shall be paid foi at the re.gu
lar overtime iate.
4. On days of departure all
watchcij shall be set at not later
than 12:00 Noon, or as of the near
est watcli period to the sclieduled
sailing liour at tlie discretion of
the Mastei.
5. Unnecessary wprk performed
at .sea after 5:00 P.M. and before
8:bo/AM. and on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, slnUl
be iiaid for at tlie regular over
time rate. On Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, at sea,
the crew" shall be l equired to do
the customary work for the safe
navigation of the vessel. If the
watch on deck on .Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays are
• j'equfred to wa.sh down, they shall
be paid overiinie for such woi'k
performed. Station wojk to be
performed between 6:00 A.M. and
8:00 A.M.
' (a) Station'work to eonsi.si of
• Washing down amidships only, tind
cleaning windows in wheel honsc
and pilot house; alsa cleauing in
bide wheelhouse ajid pilot Iiouse.
watch oji "deck shall be paid at
'the regular overtime rate, and the
S?a<tch below shall be paid at. the
rate of overtime and onelialf.
lira. If strong hacks sind/or
hatch leaves are put. on incorrect
ly iby tlie stevedores, the members
of the deck depari'meiil will cor
rhcHy set the strongbacks and
coiTectly straiglitcii tlie hatch
leaves for tiie jnirpose of stretch
ing out tarpaulins and battening
down same without iiayment of
overtime.
15. Wlien nieniliers of the deck
deiiartment are required to clean
bilges, or clear roseboxes wherein
fuel oil or tiie residue of decom
posed cargo is present, the watch
! on deck sliall be paid at the regu
lar overtime rate, and the watch
below shall be paid at, tlie rate of
overtime and onehalf.
16. On days of airlval and de
parture, day reckoned from mid
night to miduiglit, work per
formed in excess of eight (8)
hours including regular watches,
shall be paid for at the regular
overtime rate, prescribed for the
particular class of work at which
tlic men are engaged. ̂
17. 'When the meniljers of the
crew are required to clean, in
cluding use of the Butterworth
system, tanks that have contained
animal, vegetable or petroleum
oils, including bunkers, or molas
ses, tlie watch on deck shall be
paid One Dollar ($1.00) per hour,
and the watch below ahall be paid
One Dollar and Fifty .Cents
($f.50) per hour. When watches
• are broken and such tank clean
ing is required between the liours
of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., One
Dollar ($1.00) per. hour shall be
paid, and between the hours of
5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. One Dol
lar and Fifty Cents ($1..50) per
hour shall be paid.
18. Sailors standing gangways
watches on Saturday afternoons,
Sundays oi holidays shall be paid
overtime for such watches.
19. Tlie Sailors shall, while at
sea, be divided into three (3)
watches, which shall 'be kept on
duty successively for the perform
ance of ordinary work incident to
the sailing and managing of the
vessel.
20. All hands to be on board,
in a sober condition, one (1) hour
before sailing.
21. If crew works overtime all
night, men shall be provided \yith
a lunch at midnight—one (1)
hour to be allowed for such meal
if wmrk continues. (Luucli re
ferred to in tills section, to be
provided at midnight, must' be a
"hot lunch.")
If the crew works at late as
9:00 P.M., coffee and lunch shall
be served. (Fifteen (15) minutes
shall be allowed, and be included
In overtime if work continues.
If crew works as late as 3:00
A.M., coffee and lunch .shull be
served. (Fifteen (15) minutes
shall be allowed, and be included
in overtime if work continues.
When ciew is called to work
overtime, coffee shall be made and
be ready at. lime of calling by tlie
watch, on deck or gangway watch
man, and allowed during fifteen
(15) miniil'es readiness period.
22. All hands shall be allowed
fifteen (15) minutes for coffee at
10:00 A.M. and at 3:00 P.M., or
at a convenient time near those
hours.
23. Handling Ship's . Stores:
Sailors shall' handle all stores to
on deck without payment of over^
time for a period of one hom; in
any ond port; for any time over
0*00 hour, overtime' to be paid at
the regular rate.
24. When a ship is ancliored or
made fast to a buoy or buoys, in
a safe anchorage in any river, har
bor, bay or sound, any member or
members of the deck department
who are required to stand watch,
shall be paid overtime at' tlie regu
lar rate for standing such watch
on Saturday afternoons, Sundays
,01 holidays. This clause docs not
apply in case of fog or ships seek
ing. shelter.
25. When members of the unli
censed personnel of the deck de
partment are lequired to stand by,
aftei having been called to work
overtime, they .sliaill be paid over
time for the time of standing by,,
at the regular overtime rate.
ENGINE DEPx\RTMENT
WAGES
The classification and minimum
rates of wages in the Engine De
partment shall be as follows:
Oilers ...' ..'..$82.50
Watertenders ... .'... . 82.50
Firemen 72.50
.Combination Firemen
Watertenders 82.50
Storekeeper ............. 82.50
Wipers 60.00
AM unlicensed ratings in the
Engine Department, not specified
above, such as electricians, ice
P.M. and 8:00 A.M. for the pur
pose of keeping steam for the
auxiliaries, winche.; and tiie safe
ty of the. ship.
(a) Wlien cargo is being work
ed with ship's winches on donkey
watch after 5:00 P.M. and before
8:00 A.M., an oiler will be re
quired to turn to for the purpose
of oiling aiuxiliaries, winches and
deck machinery, and the fireman
and oiler shall be • paid'overtime
for the time actually put in.
(b) When cargo is not bein^
worked with ship's wiuches, men
on donkey watches will look after
entire plant, and shall not re
ceive overtime e.xcept on Satur
day afternoons, Sundays and
holidays.
(c) Oh vessels that' carry Deck
Engineers, and .while cargo is be
ing worked and sea watches are
mafntained, the" deck engineer
shall he required to look after the
deck machinery.
If sea watches are maintained
while cargo is being worked, for
a period exceeding twentyfour
(24) hours, the deck engineer
shall be relieved by an oiler off
watch, who shall be paid at the
regular overtime rate.
(d) In port, all work on Satur
day afternoon, Sundays and holi
days shall be paid at the over
time rate.
4. Oil days of departure, all sea
watches shall be set at not later
than 12:00 Noon( or as of the
nearest watch period to the sched
uled sailing hour at the discretion
of the Chief Engineer.
5. When firemen, watertenders,
oilers, wipers or any other un
licensed members of the engine
department are standing sea
watches, they shall do any' work
which is part of their recognized
sea duty.
6. No scaling, painting, clean
ing paint, polishing brass or
bright work, overhauling work,
spongiiig, or blowing tubes, and
scaling or cleaning Of bilges, shall
be done between the hours of
5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
7. Where actual overtime work
ed is less thah one (1) hour, pay
ment for one (1) hour will be al
lowed. When overtime worked
exceeds one (1) hour, payment
will be allowed for actual time
worked, but not less than half
hour periods.
8. Firemen, oilers, watertenders
and other watch members shall,
while at sea, be divided into three
(3) watches, which shall ho kept
oii duty successively, for the per
formance of work incident to the
navigation of the vessel.
9. I'essels arriving in port on
Saturday afternoon.^, Suiidays or
hollda.vs: Overtime .shall begin
when Finished with Engine bell
is rung. Vessels depart,ing for sea
on Saturday afternoons, Sundays
or holidays: Overtime shall be
paid up until the Ahead of Astern
bell is rung.
10. 'SS'ipers shall keep the qiiar
ters and lavatories of the unli
censed persomiel of llie ' engine
departiiieii.t clean at all tiuii's.
Such work to be performed on the
Company's time.
11. In port (and day men at
sea) Sfteen (lo) minute peiuods
shall be allowed for coffee at
10:00 A.M. and at 3:00 P.M. or iit
a conve'iiient ' time near these
hours.
14. Oilers shall not, while at
sea, be required to assist in clean
ing boilers, such as blowing tubes,
scaling, Tdmovirig handhole plates,
washing bilges and tank tops.
15. Watertenders, if carried,
while at sea, shiill do their regu
lar routine duties of the watch.
16. Watertenders, if carried, at
no time shall he required to do
any station work.
17. 'Pilefiremen, while at sea,
shall be required to do their regu
lar sea watches (firing), and they
shall not be required to go above
the first grating, beneath the
floor plates, .imder the boilers or
in back of the boilers.
18. The firemen oh watch shall
be in sight of his fires at ail
times, and within easy reach of
the fires, except when blowing
tubes; but will not be required to
blow superheater tubes at sea,
unless with the assistance of the
wiper.
19. The fireman, while on watcli,
shall be required to keep their re
spective stations clean, and will
not he required to chip, sougee,
scrape paint, or paint while on
watch, between the hour.s of .5:00
P.M. ami 8:00 A.M.
20. If crew works overtime all
night, men shall be provided with
a lunch at midnight,—one (1)
hour to be allpwed for such meal
if overtime continues, (lunch re
ferred to in this section to he pro
vided at luiduight, shall be a "hot
lunch").
If the crew works as late at
9:00 P.M., coffee and hinch shall
be served. i<'ifteen (15) minutes
shall be allowed, and shall .be in
cluded in overtime if work con
tinues.
If the crew works as late as
3:00 A.M., doffee and lunch shall
be served. Fifteen minutes shall
be allowed and shall be included
in overtime 'if work continues.
When crew is called to work
overtime, coffee shall be made
and he ready at time'of calling by
the watch on deck or gangway
watchman, and allowed dnring fif
teen (15) minutes readiness
period.
21. All hands to he on board, in
a sober condition, one (1) hour
before sailing.
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
WAGES •
The classification and minimum
rates of wage^ In the Stewards
Dept. shall be as follows:
Chief Steward ...'. ..$125.00
Chief Cook 110.00
Second Cook' and'Saker 90.00
IWe'ssmen 60.00
Utility man (if caroled) 60.00
WORKIirG RULES
1. While at sea, the hours of
labor for the Stewards Depart
ment shall be eight (8) hours in
a spread of twelve (12).
2. In port, the hours of labor
shall he eight (8) hours in a
spread of eleven (11).
3. In port, Saturday afternoons,
Siuulays aud hotkluys shall be
paid for at the regular overtime
rate.
4. The Stewards Department
shall not be required to chip,
paint, or scrape' paiiit, unless an
additional inemoer of the Stew
ards Department be signed ,on as
a day worker, in which event, his
duties shall be to perform work
to the exclusion of food handling,
arid be Subject tii' conditions gov
men, machinists, plumbers, pump 12, Wlille at s.?a. the four to j eniing day wo'rkers.
ment of their pay so that existing
differentials will be preserved.
WORKING kuLES
1. The overtime rate will be
seevnty cents (70c) per hour.
2. In port, the hours of labor
shall be eight hours, between
8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., and all
work, performed, in, port, after
5:00 P.M. and before 8:00 A.M.
shall be paid for at the regular
overtime rate.
3. In port, the tinlicensed per
sonnel of the Engine Department
shall maintain a regular donkey
watch between the hours of o:00
men, etc., shall receive ah adjust eight'watch shaVrrelieve itself for
supper. While in port','firemen or
watei teiiders' shall be relieved for
supper, when' cargo is 'being
worked, by the deck engineer or
oiler who is looking after deck
machinery.
13. Oilers, while at sCa, shall do
their routine duties,'such a'S Oiling
main engines arid auxiliaries, and
.shall ' not be required to chip,
scale paint, sougee or shine brasS:
In ca^e of reciprocating engines,
oilers aliall not be required to'
Clehn any stations, but' shall be
fOqiiired td keep In front of main
eiigine' arid fliwt' grfttiiig clean of
oil before leaving watch. • • • ' •
5. The Stewards ' Department
shall not be' required td carry
stores abroad but shall place
same Ih stoVeioom.
6. At sea no 'polishing or shin
ing of brass shall be done on Sat
• irday afterndohs, Sundays or holi
days without the paymfent of over
time.
'7. Members Of the Stewards De
partment shall not bte required to
enter the EnginO 'Room or Fire
Room for the purpose of'serving
coffee or meals.
'8. Whten working oveitime, and
crew 4s knOckfed off for two (2)'(
hours or less, anil' then called
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Friday. April 7, 19.39 T H E S E A F.ARERS' LOG
fHERE and THERE in the GULF
NE WS/rom NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS CALLS STRIKE
ON SEATRAIN LINES
Longshoremen Respect Picket Lines; Beef
On Beatrice Settleil
New Orleans, April 4—Seutraiiin
Havana and New Orleans tied np;
tight to the docks liere in New
Orleans.
Alt hands off the ships except
the captains and chief cngiueeivs,
who tfre permitted to stay aboard..
Morale hlgh.i and the dpanlon of
of everyone that, ithis strike . wt)l
be settled shortly. The other ship,
the Seatrain New York, is tied up
• tight In New. York,. The. long
slioremen in both ports are le
specting.our picket lines.
The company tried to round up
a bunch of fmks last week. They
made the serious niistake of
rounding up some Union men also.
That particular joint of the fink
herders and ficabe there won't be.
rounding up anyone for some
time. Every known fink joint in
this town is covered with pickets;
The M.M. & P. and tlie M.E.B.A.
are having .some diflicnlty oi)ening
negotiations, because they voted
no union at>oiit a year ago. They
have, however, signed authoriza'
tion cards de.signating their re
spective Unions to represent tltem
now.
Shipping excellent for SUP and
MFOW&W here. Companies have
ethrtecf to refuse to pay men off
until renlacement • is available.
The'Point Arena will go out about.
the 14th. We need .some more
West Co.a.st meti to fill the crew.
We are short of men for the rea
son that three full crews have
taken out laid.up ships iu (he last
three' months.
• The crews on all We.st Coast
ohips hitting here are. getting
good conditions, such as food, etc.
All they have, to do i.s make up
tlieir minds that they w.'uit im
provements, and they arc almost
always gained.
The Point Bstcro .had a chisel
ing mate who wouldn't even dis
cuss overtime with us. After tlie
crew quit he changed l)is mind.
Tlie Captain settled the wliole
beef when informed of action
(aken by crew. The Point .Salinas ! ship went into the shipyard
Miami, March 27 Miami had
its iip.s and down this week, and
quite a commotion was caused
here when the Peninsular and
Occidental S.S. Co. violated their
contract by hiring nonUnion men
off the dock.
Onr f'onstitntion calls for a
thirty day suspension for a mem
ber not living up to the shipping
rules. Our rules call for shipping
through the Hall, and not off the
dock.
The whole trouble was caused
by Captain Lord, who liad agreed
to give us a twelve hour notice in
hiring tlie men for the SS Joseph
R. Parrott, and that all men
would be shipped according to our
rules. At.the last minute he hired
a bunch off the dock, and trans
ferred men from the SS Estrada
Palmer—men who sail as wipers
and ordinary seamen when there
are no firemen's, oiler's or A.B.'s
jo.bs available. These same iiieii
know the shipping rules, and de
liberately violated them. We
have preferred charges with the
NLRB against the company. For,
we could pull these men off as the
at
HAPPENINGS in MOBILE
Mobile. March 2.0 — Ju.st, came tlie night luncii can be kept in
off tiic dock afler visiting tlie .SS | fiesh and good condition.
Maiden Creek. This siiip docked | Tin "HASTINGS" is in dry
at 0:30 A.M.. and tlie crow re dock for repairs and will be in
quested an ice box. At 10:30 A.M. ' A1 condition when she leaves
the ice box was swung aboard the j here. A Iionso will be built; aft
vps.se1. Now this seems to me to to accommodate tiie 3 Oilers, 3
be some sort of a record. Tlie WatPi tenders and tlie Bos'n. The
delegate told tlie Port. Steward, j four rooms will give tiie Bos'n his
RANGE AGREEMENT
liad a nnilion and one beefs. All
settled. Steward had to be told
to get off ship before crew would
agree to slay aboard, Tiiis stew
ard was incompetent and could
iiot hold down the job. even
though he h.ad been in the com
pany for seven years. He told
the crew before he left the coast
that there was, plenty of good
grub. However, the crew wa.s
hungry and disgusted when ship
hit' here. Plenty of stores and
milk went aboard, and a new deal
is expected on this ship.
R. Dean
(Continued from Page Six)
again, overtime shall continue
straight through.
9. No member of the Stewards
Department shall be paid over
time for the routine duties of the
department, subject to Section 3.
10. All hands to be on board, in
a sober condition, one hour before
• ,.<ailing.
ADDITION TO GENERAL
RDLES
On ships carrying CoaJ in con
tinuous voyages over a consecu
tive fifteen (IS) dhy period, the
following scale' of wages shall be
paid from the beginning of the
Coal carrying;:
Boatswain $95.00.
Able Seamen 82.'50
Ordinary Seaman 70.00
Oilers 92.30
Watertenders 92.50
Firemen 82.50
Wipers 70.00
Chief Steward 135.00
Chief Cook 115.00
Seccnd Cook 105.00
Utility Man 65.00
Messman 65;00
The Union, immediately upon
entering into any agreement with
any other owner or operator of
vessels engaged in a trade or
trades similar' to those in which
the vessels operated by the Com
pany are engaged, agrees to fur
nish the Company with a copy of
such' agreement.
IN' WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed this
agreement, bn the day and year
first written herein.
Seafarers* International Union
of North America
By Matthew Diishone
Artlmt A. Kclcey.
American Range Lines, Inc.
f ffyjQhw. O, Rogipra
New Orleans, March 30—Tlie
steamship Beatrice of the A. H.
Bull & Co., Inc., arrived here in
New Orleans last Sunday. We
boarded her and contacted the
ship's delegates, and inquired as
to conditions, etc. We soon found
out that conditions on this vessel
did not come up to standard.
The crew demanded that certain
changes be made. Al} steaniiines
in the washrooms to be covered
mirror in waslirooni, tile decks,
and also water faucets.
Regarding the living quarters,
new mattresses, pillows, change of
white linen, bath and face towels
weekly wore.also demanded. Also
a water cooler in the cre\». 's mess
room and quarters.
We contacted the maister, who
sent a telegram to .the owners in
New York,.acquainiiiig,tliem A'itli
the denmnds of the crew. The
owners wired back: "Supply ma,t
tresses and .pillows to be bought
in Ne'W Orleans, also new mess
gear and new food suirply." We
checked all the things as they
came, aboard, and found theni to
be up to our standard. The crew
are now well, satisfied..
Monday night the black gang
quit on account of bum conditions,
and the company failed to call the
Hall for a new crew until Wed
nesday afternoon.
The tile decking and covering
of the steamllnes will be done in
New York or Baltimore, as the
telegram states.
It takes actions, not words, to
get ships' conditions in ships, and
the officials here in New Orleans
are on the go at all times to bet
ter conditions aboard ships. Bro
ther Kennedy, ship's delegate of
the Beatrice, has been a great help
(,0 us in securing better condi
tions.
We v^to th® SEAFARER'S
LOG a fiw 'Weeks ago that Bro
theks Tbm Davin and Clive • Aili
Tampa.
Yet, on the other hand, we, as
a national organization, had an
open and shut case of pure viola
tion of a contract 'which we hold.
After talking it over with some
of the men on the beach, it was
decided that with this case we
can prove whether the Labor
Board is for Right and Justice, or
for a chosen few. Either way, we
win.
So we feel that for the sake of
a few jobs for a three month
period, (after which (inie the ship
will lay up) we can not only
benefit ourselves, but all Labor
Unions at the same time. To
those not on the scene, it .may
seem foolish, but it is not in the
least. .The men here are thinking
not only, for themselves, but i'or
Labor, as a whole.
The boys around Port Evei'
glades have got to be shc^vn that
this is an organization for the
benefit of all,—not for twenty or
thirty men!
J. Gunnison
on the dock, that the crew wanteci
the box, and he eaid "At least give
me lime to order the dam' thing!"
He got it, and tlie crew got the
box—some .speed!
Tlie mate of tliis scow fias been
in t.lie liabit. of raising gear, com
ing in, with just tlie wal'cli on
deck., From now on, all hands will
do this work, so let the rest of
the sliips take note!
Also tlie deck patrolman jacked
him iij) on liis attitude towards
the crew, so, in the future, the
crew can be assured of civil treat
ment from this mate.
In San Juan, tlie company agent
got. smart, and sliipped a work
away, but when the ciew came in
to their quarters from squaring
away, and found tliis guy in there,
tiiey got hot. and tlie next morn
ing in Ponce told tlie company
that no workaways would be tol
erated.
The crew of this ship emphati
own I'oom and an Oiler and Wa
tertcnder to each of. the others,
and suitable wasli and toilet fa
C!]itie,s. The old forecastles are
being torn out. and they will be
leiiovated in good style to accom
modate the balance of ' the unli
cen.sed personnel.
The Maritime Council is swing
ing into siiape. The Maritime
Trades held a meeting on tlie 28th
'at the SlUNA Hall and elected
officers for that Body. A commit
tee was elected by tliem to meet
with tlie Banana Handlers Union
to try to settle the question of
having Union Banana Handlers at
the State docks. The Isthmian
Lines are coming fast to our way
of seeing things. We are able to
get some good progressive mem
bers aboard these packer's and be
lieve you me, some fine progress
is being made. ,
The PANATLANTIC came in
with beefs aplenty and they were
cally stale, llial. al no lime, liave | all settled to our satisfaction. We
tlipy let go or tied up unless all
hands were on deck. So let all
correspondents to the LOG check
up on these things before they
make any statements. They fur
ther state that if there is any fun
ny stuff pulled on this ship, it
'Won't happen
aboard her.
while they are
Mobile, March 29—Shipping for
tlie past week lias been slow% but
with the arrival of several of the
vessels on the foreign run pros
pects are good for tiie coming two
had on that vessel a distinct and
definite clarification that Oilers
are required at all times when
moving siiip, and so forth. The
Company had been using the Jun
ior Engineer to do this • work, but
now it is the Oilens, and when •
overtime is to be made we who
fought for the overtime will get
it. ' • * •
Brother Albaugh, our DLs
r'atehe;'. resigned due to ill health
and his duties have been taken
over by tlie Agent and patrolmen.
"WGth economy as the prime rea
son. No one has been elected to
son died liere awhile back. Please
print this in tiie LOG, as the mem
bers here in New Orleans want it.
Seat'rains Havana and New. Or
leans are still tied up tight as
Hell! New Orleans is for action,
and plenty of it, and we liave a
good .set liere who will go to bat.
Fraternally,
L. E. Wessels,
Engine Delegate.
New Orleans, April 3—Had a
beef on the Point. Salinas on ac
count of the ship being hungry
and no gear to work with; and
the crew wanted to quit but could
not get. replacements here because
there is no West' Coast, men
ashore, so the Steward was (alked
into quitting and the company
promised to get all the gear need
ed, so everything was O.K. and
ship sailed.
Almost every W. C. ship' leaving
here is sailing sliorthanded be
cause there are no W. C. men to
take the jobs.
The mate on the Point Salinas
was also instructed to stay off
deck and let the Boatswain run
the gang.
, Fraternally,
L. J. Bollinger, SUP 3859
Dispatcher
weeks. On the incoming Watei
man ships, the crews have re replace liim, and it is the opinion
quested, and in many instances , of the writer that this is a good
already received t'iiem, and the | step, as we need as much money
others are being installed as , in the organization as possible to
quickly as the Company can get . take care of expenses and build
their supply of them. The instal ' ii]) a possible reserve
nation of lee Boxes insures that | Matters are being brought into
" ' siiape in regard to tiie standby
man to be on the job and to see work that is to be done on all
vhat. every member attends these | coming into (his port, and
regular meetings held on board ! ^ see things soon to be settled
ships and to send them in to tiie favor.
Scdfurcrs' Log, as they will be Pld. old story of I want to
glad to print them. = come back into the SlUNA Is
Yuu know as well as 1 do that j so often it is becoming pa
some of .lie brothers figure that j in many instances. The
everything is alright aboard siiip ; ones that were so active in
and it is only a ivaste of time; trying to turn sliiixi over to the
that is phoney figuring, brothers. NMU are the ones we liave coming
Very phoney. . *o the office askin.g, "Please
There are always beefs to be | os back."
taken cave of and tiiey LShould be | And with that your correspon
beefed out at (lie meetings and dent will promise to do as well
not. in ginmills after you get n 'next week and give a bit of "off
few drinks under your belt. So, i tiie record" as to how the boys are
please be advised that these meet 'doing on Royal Street,
ings field on board ship are for j J. K. Kane, Book No. 18 Gulf
your benefit. So, brothers, get to | —
gether and hold your regular Mobile, Ala.—The Union has
meetings and send them to your
official organ. The Seafurer'a Log,
and also to the Wrst Coast Sailor.
Brothers, the Seafarers' Inter
national Union of N. A. is doing
fine woi;k here i" the Gulf.
Steady as .site goes.
L. E. Wessels
New Orleans, April 4—POINTS
OF, NECESSITY OF HOLDING
REGULAR SHIPS MEETINGS.
II is the duty of every union
EDITOR'S NOTE'.—We
wish to advise Brother E.
Boylstoii, Gulf No. 16, that
we received his letter, but
due to the fact that it is con-
trary to the policy of ike
LOG to use its columns for
any personal attacks on indi'
viduals. we cannot publish it.
been very effective in settling all
beefs in favor of the men con
cerned, and at all times due con
sideration has been given to the
effect that action on different
disputes did not conflict with our
agreement .and the hope that we
can further the efforts of our
selves. the membership, to bring
about a successful effort to fur
ther our working conditions and
welfare.
It is the belief of the writer
that things that do not come to
the fore, and are not given the
notice that they sbrald be, are
the violations on the part of
some of the membership, and that
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Seatrain Agreement Signed
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licensed engiivejiajU off the ships
had' designated the First Assistant
of the New York to negotiate with
., the company for them, and he and
the other engineern off the New
York, had been sittiiig in on the
negotiations. Things were ap
parentl.v going along sniootlily,
when the compan.v oflicials sud
denly declared that they would
not negotiate with the engineers.
Thr.y were informed by our nego
tiators, that, unless they would
deal with the engineers we would
sail the ,ships. as the engi
we
not sail the ,ships. as
nee.r.s had backed us up, and
were going to back them up.
New Orleans was then contact
ed by telephone and told of the
situation. They stated that they
are also backing up the engineers.
Then it was arranged that the
mates off the Seatrains New Or mates had not been learned.
AgreeiiKMit Sigiu^
Shortly after3:00 P.M., a wire
was received" from Now Orleans,
stating that the membership in
that port had voted to instruct the
Emergency Board to sign the
amended agreement, with the
wage increase.
Another special meeting was
imnu'dialely called, and the wire
from New Orleans was read to
the membership. It was then
moved. s,?conded and carried un
aniniou.sly to concur in the New
Orleans telegram, and to instruct
the Emergency Bcfard to sign the
agreement.
Following the meeting, the 3ea
ti'ain Lines was contacted and in
foimed of the action taken by the
member.ship. The Board then
proceeded to the company's office,
and the agreement was signed.
At the time of going press,
the status of the engineers and
M OB I L
leans and Havana send someone
to New York to negotiate with
the company for them, and their
representative arrived here in
New York this morning.
t ompaiiy'.s Final Olicr
A wire was received from the
Seatrain Lines stating their final
word in regard to the agreement.
It was read to the membership at
a special meeting held at 10:00
o'ciock this morning, and the as
sembled membership decided that,
due to the fact that two of the
shipsj were struck in New Orleans,
and only one here, they would
take whatever action New Or
leans takes. It was then moved,
seconded and carried to defer
any action on the telegram until
we are advised as to what action
is taken by the membership in
New Orleans. A verbatim copy of
the wire was then, sent to "Red"
Deari in New Orleans,
Company Stalfed
When negotiations were first
opened with the Seatrain Lines,
they refused to grant many of the
conditions demanded, and stalled
around for quite some time. They
then made the proposal that they
would grant a five dollar wage in
crease,—but Avithout the payment
of any overtime, and that the
crews Avould be required to work
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
holidays at sea, and be given time
off in port. This, the membership
absolutely refused to go for. Then,
as a counter proposition, the com
pany agrees to grant all the con
ditions that Ave had demanded,
Avith payment for all overtime, but
—without any increase in wages.
The membership turned down this
proposal also, and demanded that
a wage increase be given, and
that our conitions also be com
plied with.
San Juan Fink Hall Blast
.' iConiinucd from Page One)
lie in general, who are ultimately
affected by miseries caused by
poor remuneration, especially
when they are regimented to a
regimentation of slavery.
In your March 16 edition I had
the opportunity of reading a
note—of course, not' so surprising
(by local Federal Maritime Com
mission's office), offering to serve
(appardhily free and with love),
to the poor and the pitifully em
ployed seamen who are looking
for work aboard the ships.
Qaestionable Benefits
It isindeed a" benevolent work
that is being offered the poor sea
men!
Great is the work that is being
offered by the Government and
Eome of its reactionary officials,
but the bait is too rancid that sea
men who have been to sea, and
"Who have had to dig ?10, ?20 or
wp to ?.50 which they could bor
row from some usurer for so much
percent, to be given indirectly to
the. Government as a gift, or to
private shipping agencies, to find
themselves aboard some floating
coffin—hungry and sick, due to
.poor living conditions given by
Ehipowners to the men who bring
them the greater part' of their
gold. Seamen who have accom
plished, through their organiza
tions, with the help of some hu
. ananitarians and progressive gov
ernment officials, a little better
pay, good working conditions, bet
ter food and accommodations
aboard some American vessels,
cay.; timt The bacon on your fish
ing.hook smells bad, and so the
.Ush , will not bite!
'% Seamen Want PVeedoan
' The seamen are human beings
in that they want to be free!
1^ yie refuse to be militarized—^we |
don't want to be kept behind steel
bars on bread and Avater; Avhen,
as free men, we claim the things
justly belonging to us because we
have Avorked and fought for them.
We certainly appreciate the of
fer of th6 government officials;
but what matters is that Ave had
the bitter experience of the old
Shipping Board, and that has
taught us what you are now pro
posing to do about the seamen!
It is much cheaper for Ave sea
men to pay dues to our organiza
tions, and, at the same time, Ave
are freer!
Yea, we would welcome with
pleasure, Avhen these government
departments and agencies comply
more strictly, and with devotion,
to assist seamen when claiming
for sums coming to them—money
they have worked for, but being
refused payment; and also tb in
spect living quarters and food that
are being supplied aboard ships.
We will take care of looking for
jobs!
What we really do not want^is
to be ehanghaied, or let anyone
shanghai us with yokes on our
necks!
Hospital Needed
We will much more appreciate
from these government officials'
great ideas, if they would solicit
from the Government the means
to establish a marine hospital on
this Isiand, to provide for the
numerous seamen who need medi.
cal treatment and can not get
into a hospital, because they can't
afford to pay a private hospital's
bill!
There are a total of IjMlO sea,
men cconlng ia and out of Puerto
Rico every month. There are 350
to 400 eeafareis ashore, or a total
of about 2,200 seamen on Amer
iam vessels only, and 60, percent
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the members are reluctant to take
action against the violators, and
thereby contribute to the detri
ment of the good and welfare of
our membership.
On the SS MAIDExN CREEK
tAvo of the messmen Avere paid for
the day. as the ship paid off early
to aid tli.c men AVIIO Avere not on
Avatch tlip opportunity of getting
ashore. They served breakfast
and then grabbed their gear and
went ashore, l^aving the other
tAvo meals and coffee to be made
by Avhosoever might. They failed
to keep our part of the agreement
by not doing the work they should
have, and Avere paid to do. If a
ship's officer turned us to, and
then paid us only for the third
or half a day Ave Avorked, Hell
would be raised, and our patrol
men Avould be called to straighten
out the beef!
Just a feAV days ago a man was
shipped on a vessel, and left the
Hall to go to work. He shoAved
up on the job, signed on, and then
failed |.o do anything more, or re
port to the Hall that he was not
going to take the job, or that
soirething had come up Avhereby
ho Avas unable to Avork, but, up to
this Avriting, he has not even been
into the Hall.
Records have been made, and
records have been broken, but be
lieve you me, here is one that
should stand for quite some, time.
On the SS IBERVILLE, the fol
loAving record Avas hung up by the
second cook: Jan. 17, Mobile,
Drunk; Feb. 11, 12, 13, failed to
turn to (Drunk); Feb. 19, turned
to half day; Feb; 25, 26. failed to
turn to (Drunk); Feb. 27, turned
to half day; Feb. 28, failed to turn
to (Drunk).
The Chief Cook did the addi
tional work that Avas necessary,
and noAv says, "Why do anything?
It's all over and done with." An
example should be made of these
performers, and make them toe
the Ime, and if these same men
are out to jeopardize the entire
membership, then we must get
rid of them. They are doing the
things which we, as Union men,
can not tolerate, aid or abet.
Failure of the Chief Cook to place
charges against this man is slack
and weaksister Unionism. Let us
build at all times, and Avhen this
element Avho brings to our detri
ment and Avoe, strike them firmly
and justly with the weapons that
we possess,—fine or expulsion!
On the vessels that arrived dur
ing the week, no beefs Avere re
Houston News
Houston, March ,Zi—AVill try tc
give you an idea of Avliat is going
on in the port of Houston. When
Ave.flrsf tried to open a Hall here,
the NMU met the truck on whicli
Ave were moving the furniture up
from GalAeiAton, and insisted t!iaf
we could not open a Hall in Hous
ton. Realizing fiio fact that to
open a Hall at that time Avould
probably cause open warfare on
tlie waterfront, Ave decided to
await a more suitable tame. I
Avired Biotlier Dean in NPAV Or
leans, and be came to Houston
bringing five We.sf Coast Brot tiers
witii bim, and Avith this support,
we were able to open a Hall. Tbe
NMU saw that they couldn't stop
us, .so they called the landlord,
and be in turn called me and said
tliat be wanted his building re
turned to him, and that if we did
so, he Avould return part of the
rent. The Brothers decided that,
as the rent, was due within a few
days, the sensible thing to do was
to move.
We contacted the ILA Coastwise
Local, and they agreed to let us
have space in their Hall, and have
been cooperating with the SIU to
the fullest extent. They realize
that our program is tlie only pro
gressive movement in the field,
where all maritime workers can
get together and form a real in
dustrial Union, and when the
of these are sons of this land.
Yet, some of them have to spend
their savings in order to secure
medical services which should
rightfully be theirs!
liCf 8 AU Be Fair
And as for you, Messrs. Ship
owners, we desire you to know
that' only those who want to take
your property away from you are
the only ones in favor of taking
your bait!
What else could Stalin like, but
to own the American Navy and
the Merchant Marine? Within six
hours he will have Joe Curran to
relieve Don Miguel Such, Paddy
Whaldn in Mr. Caseres' place, and
Alexander in Mr. Lugo Vina's!
WE HAVE BEEN FAIR, AND
ONLY DEMAND WHAT SS COM
ING TO US WHEN WE EARN
IT!
LET US BOTH BE FAIR TO
EACH OTHER!
SHIPS CAN NOT RUN WITH
OUT SEAMEN; THEREFORE
LET US LIVE AND LET LIVE!
Ambition, greed and ^varice
will teach the bosses and masters
that the "gravy will cost them
more than the meat". ,
We will continue to inform the
setimm and. the public in genmit
of hanpenings day in and day out.
Respectfully,
E. G, Moreno, Agent
Seafarers' International Union
ported on the. folloAving: SS
HASTINGS, MAIDEN CREEK,
and the IBERVILLE.
News gathered along Royal
Street: Brother Albaugh is going
to sea again. Let us all Avfsh a
fair VjOyage, calm seas and sunny
weather, for after all the grief he
has had, it will be quite a relief
for him to "let go aft"!
Brother Hays, exbos!n of the
Maiden Creek, has just received
his "Pilot's" license, and the
schooners going across th,? bar
have kept him very busy.
Leading seaman Donohue, for
merly of the SS YAKA, has ar
rived from the Mississippi sticks,
and it seems he AVHS barbound by
the beer fog, but we are very
happy to know that he finally
managed to bring himself in
in good shape.
Style Vogue: What the well
dressed young men are Avearing:
Sky blue trousers supported by a
white woven belt, white polo
shirt with brown trim on the
sleeves, low cut shoes, light
brown in color with a moccasin
toe, SOX to match, the Avhole en
semble to be topped off with a
high pressure cap. Whoops!
(Now. the best way to settfe any
bedf one may have, Is to stay
away from the Union Hall, and be
sure to thrash everything out in
the nearest bar room. This seems
to be the system employed by
many of the membership. Instead
of taking it up at the Hall. And
further efforts to have it settled
is to be sure to tell one of the
patrolmen in some other port that
the Mobile patrolman didn't do
anything about it! Many acts of
criticism, flaying the Mobile Agent
and patrolmen have been entirely
unjust and unfounded, and are
merely the result of personal ani
mosities.
Shipped during the week: 7
Deck, 3 Engine and 3 Steward.
Visited the hospital with the
patrolmen, and found all hands
doing nicely, and provided them
with copies of the LOG and
WEST COAST SAILOR.
Many of the boys on top of tho
shipping list are now anticipating
a nice cool ocean voyage for the
summer. Brother GrilBth of the
Steward D^aitDBeoi: iam been
banginK; arona^ielght ciose to tlie
Hail, and it is our belief that he
will grab one ef the .iie*t,^fnga
J. K. Kane, Gilfr flo.118
phrase "An injuiy to one is an in
jury to all" is used, it will loe a
reality and not just a byword.
The seamen are waking up and
realizing that, through a bunch of
politicalminded liand shakers, and
their stubbornness to put over
their own program, they liaA'e sac
rificed tile seamen through phoney
agreements, and their phoney
asse.ssments .so that' they may be
able to keep tlieir professional
.stooges ashore. By these under
handed methods they were able to
keep control of the Union fiom
the top. instead of by tlie men
who shed their blood, fought and
starved on their picket lines in
Older to build a union. Tlie.se
men are noAV realizing that their
struggle is in vain under tlie pres
ent setUp. Instead of progress
ing, it. is decaying under I heir feet
because the leeches who control it
from the top do not care what
happens to the seamen, as long as
they gain their own selfish ends.
Now that the SIU is in the field
with a real pogressive program,
the stooges are using all their
underhanded methods to slander
and attack us, but we believe
that the men will respond in a
different manner to what they
expect, and that in a short time
we will have a real industrial
Union under the Seafarers' Inter
national Union of North America.
Then the phrase "An injury to
one is an injury to all" will in
deed be a reality and not just a
few idle words.
So, ONWARD TO INDUS
TRIAL FREEDOM, AND IN
STEAD OF FIGHTING AMONGST
OURSELVES, LET'S ALL GET
TOGETHER AND FIGHT THE
BOSS!
Steady as she goes!
Blackie Hobart,
Agent Pro tem.
Jacksonville, March 29 — Things
are rather SIOAV here in Jackson
ville, and it has been giving some
of the boys on the beach an idea
how to conduct a business meet'
ing. With this in mind, the boys
here are extending their apprecia
tion to the SIU and the member
ship for their splendid coopera
tion in the functioning of the
union is so short a time. The
members in this port pledge their
support to the Sailors Union of
the Pacific, in their fight against
the Fink Halls on the West Coast.
The men are beginning to realize
the serioAisness of the fink halls,
and are determined to fight
against them. Shipping is rather
slow in this port, and the reason
for this, is that when a man ships
out of Jax, he never brings it
back here. So, for your own sake,
and the brothers here, when you
ship out of this port, try and
bring it back, thereby giving the
other man on the beach a chance.
With best wishes, I am
Fred Lauritano
out.
SS GREYI.OCK
{Continued from Page One)
noons, Sundays and holidays, in
all ports.
The action taken by the crew of
the Greylock is an outstanding
example of what can be acconv
pliahed through united action.
They handed their beef over to
the patrolmen, and then backed
them up. one hundred percent.
Let's have more action of the
same sort, and show all the mem
bers, both of the SIU and the
rillVtU .that we have an organiza
tion of wdicl*we may wcfi he
proudi
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Sfeafarers' International Union of North America
Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf Seamen
VOL. I NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939 No. 7
SEATRAIN ACREEMENT SIGNED
AMERICAN RANSE LINES
SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT
New Contract to Be Submitted to Members
For Approval or Revision
COLUER PROVISION INCLUDED
New York, April 6 — Nopotla
1ions op the terras of a new agree
menf between the Seafareis' In
terhatloual Union and tlie, Amer
ican Range Lines were broughl to
a successful conclusion last. week.
The agreement was signed on
March 31st, but will not be bind
ing uniil ratified by the member
ship. It will be read to all
Branch meetings next Monday
night, and the membership will
then take action on it.
Included in the new agreement
is a provision for the payment of
collier wages when any of the
company's vessels are emjdoyed in
the coal trade.
The agreement also includes, of
courge^ hO, airtight closed shop
and /hiring, , through , t'le iiall
clause, and the vicious preferen
tial clause is conspicuous by its
absence. Overtime is very defin
itely taken care of, and there can
be no misunderstanding regarding
the provisions for it.
One .stumbling block pre.sented
itself in the penalty cargo clause,
when the company would agree to
nothing more than straight over
time for cleaning holds in which
such cargo had been carried. The
membership is advised to take
some action regarding this clause
the Waterman agreement. In
other words, straight overtime
must be paid to the watch on
deck, and overtime and a half for
the watch below when they are
called upon to perform such work.
Another misunderstanding oc
curred in Section 23 of the Deck
Department Working Rules, re
garding the handling of ship's
stores. As the clau.se now teads,
overtime would be j)aid only for
such work pei formed in excess of
one houi' in any one port. The
membership is advised to ask that
this seotion be amended to read
that when stores are handled, and
one hour or more is consumed in
(}oing so, overtime .shall be ah
lowed from the time.glprag are
first handled..
However, the agreement, as a
whole, is an exceedingly workable
document, and is a vast improve
ment over the previous contract'
with this company. It cfin most
certainly be regarded as a definite
step forward, and one more vic
tory for the Seafarers' Interna
tional Union.
As thg entire agreement is
piinted in its entirety elsewhere
in these columns, we will not go
into any further detail regarding
(Section 7, General Rules), and it, and will allow it to speak for
demand that it read the same as • it.self.
SAN iUAN FINK HALL HOPES
ID BENEFII SEAMEN
Acm TAKEN BY DIRECIACIION BY MEMBERS
GREVIOCK CREW fQRQES COMPANY 10 SION
Demand Payment of'
Overtime and Back Up
Demands
ROBIN LINE PAYS
Increase in Pay and! Improvement in
Working Conditions Among Gains
New York, April 4—The SS
Greylock of the Robin Line ar
rived in port on Wednesday,
March 29, after a three and a half
month voyage to Soulli African
I>m ts, and was met by PatVoImen
Serrano and Scotto.
FULL SUPPORT GIVEN BY I.L.A.
Immediately upon contacting
the crew, it was discovered tliat
plenty of overtime was due the
boys for woik peiformed in out
lying ports on .Saturday after
noons, Sundays and holidays. Nat
urally, the boys wanted payment
for tills overtime, and they didn't,
mean maybe!
New York, April 5—A strike of one week'.s duration on
the vessel.s of the .Setitrain Lines, Inc., wa.s today brought to
a stiecessful conclusion when the membership voted to return
to work, after being granted all conditions a.sked for, and
a wage increase of .$7.50 per man for the unlicensed person
nel. This ayreeineiit .o« it kitmrJ^. iTifUrMiV ii. i i
.\o Agreement
' Although the SIU do5s not, as
yet, have an agreement with the
Robin Line, nevertlieless tlie^'cn
tire cr^w, were members of our
organization, and had all been
shipped frbm our halls. In the
past, the Robin Line has been in
the habit of paying overtime only
for such work performed in the
home port, and have been chisel
ing the seamen to a fare the well.
Well, this time, it didn't work
out that way. The entire crew of
the Greylock decided that, they
would refuse to pay off the vessel
until all bauds were paid their
overtime.
After considerable hemming and
hawing on the part of the com
pany officials, combined with the
nel. This agreement, as it .stands, is without a doubt the best
agreement on the Atlatitie or Gulf coasts.
The action was started hi New Orleans on March 28, when
the Seatrains New Orleans and Havana were in that port.
A special meeting wa.s called to discuss I he situation and
decide upon a line of action '^ ' ̂
After considerable di.scussion on
the refusal of the compaiftf to
agree to certain conditions and an
increase in wages, it was decided
that sufficient time had b.jen al
lowed them to sign on the dotted
line, and that they had been al
lowed to stall around long enough.
Vote to Strike '
The proposed agreement was
read to the assembled member
ship, who vigorously voiced their
disapproval of it, because of the
fact that no increase in wages
had been included, and certain
conditions had been omitted. It
was then moved, seconded and
carried to tie up tlie two ship.s in
New Orleans at 11:00 o'clock the
following morning.
New York was advised of the
action taken by the New Orleans
meeting, and the following day,
the crew of the Seatrain New
York, which was docked in llobo
Piierto Rico Agent Blasts Coinniission's
Program of Regimentaiton and States
Need for Hospital
San Juan, P.R., March 1!)—The local Federal Maritime
Commission's office, located at the Customs House, addressed
it.self to American ships, owners, captains and agents, sug
gesting that they "select their erew.s" through that center,
in accordance with instructions from Washington.
Up to date, seamens' unions^
interjection of several very per1 the ship. The crew of
claim that all selections for unli
censed personnel should be
through the Union Halls.
On account of the first article
we have published about this
move, it was revealed that more
than fifty seamen have called to
register at said office, standing by,
when the ship operators notify
the said department of job vacan
cies on their ships.
The following is a copy of a let
fer written to, and published in
"Ell'Impafcial," one of the local
papers:
lietter to Paper
The Director,
"El Imparcial"
La Marina, San Juan, P.R.
My Dear Director:
Permit me to beg you to pub
lish the following note as coming
from an organized worker. Know
ing the various moves of the
"BOBS" type, and preparations
through their agencies and instru
ments to subjugate their workers,
and to regiment them, I claim it
my sacred duty, as one of them
who has experienced the numer
ous difficulties that exist in the
Labor field; and also as a repre
sentative c' Labor organizations,
to inform the seafaring labor ele
ment, longshoremen, and the pub
(Continued on Page Eight)
tinenf facts by Patrolmen Serrano
and Scotto, the company finally
agreed to pay the overtime. How
ever, before doing so, they com
plained volubly, and declared that
tliey had never paid such over
time in the ijasL—whereupon they
were told tliat it is high time tliat
they start doing so.
Crew Gives Backing
Let it be understood that it took
no little persuasion on tlie parts
of the patrolmen and the com
bined backing of the tliree depart
ments of the crew to make the
company see tliat tliey would have
to come aci'oss.
It wasn't a matter of a paltry
few h ours of overtime, but
amounted, in some cases, to as
high as 115 and 120 liour.s.
In a telephone conversation with
the Agent, one of the company
officials complained that they had
no agreement with us as yet, and
didn't see why they should be
forced to pay this overtime, when
they had never done so in the
past'. He also complained about
the refusal of the crew to pay off.
He was told that when an agree
ment is completed between this
organization and the Robin Line
there will be a clause calling for
the payment of overtime for work
performed on Saturday after
(Continued on Page Eight)
this ship had already been signed
on, and, _ in order to protect
themselves, they all declared that
they were quitting, and were not
refusing to, turn to.
I.L.A. Gives Pull Siippui't
The following day, March 30, a
special meeting was called in
manded by the crews of the ships
in New Orleans, and on the fol
lowing morning, a wire containing
their demands was received .
Company NotMed
The Company was fdviseid ^f
the action taken by the melblhers,
aud.wrei^j^mformed that the ships
would nof sail uutil they met with
our demands. They immeflfately
stated thei unwillingness fo.'^do
so. The crew of the New York
was, Iiow» v.?r, paid off by mhtual
consent, vitliout any further ado.
In the meantime, the licensed
engineers had walked off the two
ships in New Orleans, and, when
th.3 engineers on the New York
were advised of this action, they
also left the ship. The company
was then informed that the engi
neers wished to open negotiations
with them.
Attempt to Move Ship
In the meanwhile, here in New
York, the company was making
every effort to get their ship
moved from her bortli to drydock.
They called towboats to move her,
and the towboatmen stated that
they would not handle her unless
SIU men were on board to handle
the lines. The company then
contacted the Union and asked
New York, and the membership men lor the purpose of
unanimously went on record as
endorsing the actions of the Sea
train crews, and to give them one
hundred percent support.
Picket lines were established in
New Orleans, and the Longshore
men guaranteed their support.
Due to the fact that no picketing
is allowed in Hoboken, men were
dispatched over there only to
keep watch on the Seatrain New
Y'ork, and report to the Hall if
anyone went aboard here. Joseph
P. Flyan, ILA President, and Cap
tain Bill Bradley of the ILA
Marine Division, were contacted,
and both guaranteed their un
qualified support to the SIU. Let
it be said, right here and now
that, without the aid of these two
men and their associates we
would never have won out. As a
matter of fact, it was through
their support that we were en
abled to effectively tie these
ships up.
New Orleans had already been
advised to immediately forward
to New York the wage increase
and additional conditions de
handling lines, and move the
ship to drydock. Needless to say,
—they didn't get the men!
Further information from New
Orleans state that the mates had
also walked off the two ships
down there; but. at this writing,
the mates are .still aboard tl»e
Seatrain New York.
Negotiations Itesimied
Negotiations had, in the, mean
while, been resumed with the
company, and after several meet
ings in which they had agreed to
all conditions, they finally, agreed
to give a five dollar increase in
wages. New Orleans was imme
diately advised of the status of
affairs, and the crews of the Sea
trains declared that they would
not accept less than a seven dol
lar and fifty increase for all
hands In the unlicensed personnel.
The company was then informed ,
that we would not take less than
this increase, and finally, on April
4, they agreed to grant It.
Offlcers Take Action
However, in the meantime, the
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^ Published by the
Seafarers^ Internalional Union
of North America
Affiliated xviih the American Federation of Labor '
HARRY LUNDEBBRG, Acting President
11 Steuart Street, San Francisco, Calif.
Atlantic District
HEADQUARTERS
NetV YoHt 2 Stone Street
BRANCHES
Boston • 1 Rdwes Wliairf
Pi'ovidence ^..465 So. Main'Street
Philadelphia 6 North 6th Street
BaltimOrG 212 East Pratt Street
Norfolk . 1 307 East Main Street
San Juan, Puerto Rico 55 Tetuan Street
Gttlf District
HEADQUARTERS
New Orleans 309 Chartres Street
BRANCdlEg
Savannah 218 Ea.'sf Bay Street
Jacksonville 136 Bay Street
Miami ' '..809 N. E. First, ATenue
Tampa 206 FrahWin Street
Mobile .. ̂ 55 So. Conception Street
Houston ..1712 75th Street
Great Lakes District
HEADQUARTERS
Detroit 1038 Thiid Street
HE SEAFARERS' LOG Friday, April 7, 1939
ADDRL'^fi ALL CORRESPORDENCEi COKCERNIFG THIS
REliLtRATlvN TO:
'THE SEAFARERS' LOG"
P. O; Box 522, Church St. Annex, New York, N. Y!
COMMISSION FURTHERS PLAN
TO REGIMENT ALL
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SS "American Scabherder" Schiediiled to
Start "UnAmerican" Cruise
NOTICE
All members, both ashore
.and at sea, are invited to eon
tribute to the columns of
"Log.:'..
Articles jrertaining to the
general }ioliey of the Sea
farers' Intelnational Union,
or suggestions for the good
and welfare of the member
ship at large will be wel
comed.
Jfe wilt not print ann per-
sonal attacks an indhndnals;
unless the individuttls are at-
tacking the Uni&ti as a tchdle,
rc'ith the intention of disor-
ganization of the seamen,' or
of hncerinc) wage and living
standards aohard ships.
All eommnnications must be
Fact and not Hearsay. Arti-
cles whieli may cause the
"Log" to become I entangiied
in legal difficulties must be
acmompanied by an affidavit,
witnessed by reliable persons,
and with the seal of a Notary
attached.
All articles must be in
not later than Wednesday.
If they are received later
they will net he published
until the following issue.
Baltimore Highlights
Bahimoio, April 3— Shipping
has been moderately good out of
this i)ort, with. 62 SfU menibers
shipping out during the week.
However, membei's in other ports,
with the exception of A.B.'s, are
cautioned about coming to this
port as they have been doing in
large nninhers recently. On the
'"Black iGang" list we are having
an average of two men register
ing, to every man shipping out".
Overtime beefs are still numer
ous, hut are (lecreaslng steadily,
friend shipowner is slowly begin
ning to realize that he can't get
pway with it, and he might as
well pay the men what is coming
to them and be done with it! On
vessels not under agreement to
the organization, the paying of
orertime is based on West Coast
working rules, and although tiiia
seems to be a bitter dose for some
of tiie st'eamsliip companies to
swallow, they're swallowing it.
and liking it, these days!
Last week's Port Council meet
ing was well attended, with the
Railroad Brotherhood being solid
ly represented. Preliminary or
ganization of the Council now be
ing completed, next week's meet
ing will elect officers, and work
out a definite policy for the guid
ance of member organizations.
Quite a few of the ships' dele
gates contacted recently have been
asking why the tele])hone num
hots of the branches arc not print
ed in tiie LOG. ft seems that tliese
boys oflen have something to call
the Hall about, but always have
to bunt: up the telephoiie number.
The number liere is Calvert 4539.
^:^ M EiR I G A N SEAMEN C O M P E T E-N T
{The following' article accompanied a clipping from a
newspaper, forwarded to us from Baltimore, showing a
picture of the SS American Seaman,—the Maritime Com-
mission s ship to be used for the sole purpose of training
finks!)
BEHOLD, BROTHERS!—THE SS "AMERICAN SCAB:
HERDER!
According to reports, .she is dnc to begin her '"UN
A.^IERICAN ACTIVITIES" (Paoe the Dies Cotnmittee!) on
or about Ajiril 15, 1939.
She is the first section of the ring the Shipowners' Mari
time Commission is forging around ns, under the thin dis.
guise cf a training program! WE MUST NOT WAIT UNTIL
THAT RINO IS SOLIDLY SET! At all costsi prevent any
duplication of conditions under which the German, Japanese,
French and Italian seamen exist today! They are nothing
more than slaves, and are taxed, to hootj for being slaves!
INSINUATE INCOMPETENCY
in spite (j,l' the apparent, and seemingly benevolent atti
tude, not to say deinocratie bearing, the Maritime .Commis
sion is worse than the old Shipping Board of yesteryeai. At
least, wlien the latter took a .slam at us, it was done out in
tlie open; hut, not so its successor! WE ARE BEING
LITERALLY LULLED TO SLEEP WITH HONEYED
WORDS, SO THAT THEY CAN STAB US IN THE BACK!
to cover its errors in judgment, and committments to the
.shipowners, in their aiuanmting to the people of tlic United
Slates, it encleavor.s in a subtle way to PLACE THE BLAME
OX TIIE SEAMEN liY INDIRECTLY ACCUSING HIM OP
• INCOMPETENCE. THE TRAINING SHIP PROGRAM IS
'THEIR MEANS TOWARDS THAT END!
WHY BLAME SEAMEN?
WHY BLAME THE SEAMEN, ADMIRAL? IF A LIT
TLE MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE MAIL
CONRTACTS DISHED OUT TO THE SHIPOWNERS AS
SOCIATION IN 1928, BY THE SHIPPING BOARD AND
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WERE UNDERTAKEN^
YOU MIGHT BE SHOCKED! MAYBE YOU ALREADY
ARE, BUT WON'T ADMIT IT! THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WOULD THEN SEE MATTERS IN THEIR TRUE LIGHT,
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SHIPOWNERS TO
DENY THAT THEY DIDN'T POOL AND ROCKET THAT
MONEY, INSEAD OF USING IT TO MAKE MUCH
NEEDED RBPAZBS AND IMPROVEMENTS^ AND RENO
VATE THE QUARTERS OF THE CREWS SO THAT THEY
WOUm BH FIT FOB HimAN BEIiraS TO LIVE Hf,
NOT ANIMALS! THE OLD DOLLAR LINE IS AN OUT
STANDING EXAMPLE;
It cainmt be denied that many ships were sent to sea in
an nnseaworthy condition, although they had been ])asse(,l on
by shipowner appointed inspectors, and tlie Anierican Bureau
of Shipping, which,' after all, is run by and for the ship
owners.
OUTSTANDING, EXAMPLES
TheC\IORliO CASTLE, a veritable firetrap, was built and
permitted to sail with foreigners, instead of competent Amer
ican seamen. We all know what happened to her, and per
haps why! The insurance companies may also have the same
idea, for all we know.
BUT THE INSPECTORS HAD THE.NERVE TO STATE
THAT WE WERE INCOMPETENT, INSTEAD OF PUT
TING THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGED,—SQUARELY
ON THEIR OWN SHOULDERS!
And the HOOVER, my.sterionsly oft' its course, supposedly
dodging Japanese mines, hit the rocks in the Far East!
WHY ? Officers and passengers stated that tlie crew was dis
orderly, but Admiral Emory S. Land,.in a .statement issued
to the press on January 26, regarding this very accident, had
tiiis to say;
HOOVER CREW EFFICIENT
"Whea one of the laxgest liners ran aground and was
wrecked in the Orient last year, newspapers carried stories
of acts approaching mutiny among the crew. They told of
conduct for'which, had it been true, the men might well have
been shot, BUT WHAT WAS THE TRUTH? THE MARI
TIME COMMISSION NATURALLY WANTED TO KNOW.
WE FOUND THAT ON THAT SHIP UNDER MOST TRY
ING CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CREW BEHAVED TO THE
BEST TRADITIONS OF THE SEA. AND AS CORROBO
RATING EVIDENCE OP THAT, IT SHOULD BE EMPHA
SIZED THAT NOT A SINGLE PASSENGER SUBJECTED
TO THE PERIL OF THAT WRECK SUFFERED CASUAL
TY ALTHOUGH THE SHIP HERSELF WAS LOST.
"AND I WANT TO QUOTE TO YOU FROM A REPORT
MADE BY AN OBSERVER PRESENT AT THE SCENE
AND TRAINED IN MARITIME MATTERS.
"HIS WRITTEN REPORT STATED: 'THE CREW DID
SPLENDID WORK IN LANDING ALL PASSENGERS
WITHOUT ONE CASUALTY AND UNDER ADVERSE
CONDITIONS OF WEATHER'."
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE THE CREW OF THE
HOOVER WAS INCOMPETENT?
But we haven't yet found out just wliy tlie Hoover came
to be in nneharted water,—aside from that flimsy excuse
given by the captain.
WELL, BROTHERS,—WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT? IT IB HIGH TIME WE SIT UP AND TAKE
NOTICE BEFORE WE ARE BEHIND THE EIGHTBALL
FOR GOODl
BI.U^ l^tgine N«. 90
For want of something bettei to
do, wo vifltted thT; SS Anieiican
Seaman, flag.ship of the "Fink"
Navy the other day, and after a
tour tliroirgli her clean, spacious
quarters, comfortable messrooms,
and almost elaborate lecieation
halls, we came away .sadly aware
that, as usual, the "bigboy.s" had
pulled apother boner. Evidently,
someone lias been telling the> Ad
mirals that to train a man for the
Merchant' Marine you have to ,
teach lilm.how to tie a knot, steer,
launch boats, etc., but you and T
know that's not' what they ought
to be taught. Most anyone with
average intelligence can pick up
the rudimentB of navigation and
ship handling without having a
million dollar ship built to learn
it on. To fit a man for life on
the average vessel of, the Mer
chant Marine you have to teach
him how to live in cramped, foul
aired, steel decked, lice ridden
quarters: teach himhow to stom
acli the cheapest grade of food ob
tainable; food that stinks, and
turns tiie stomach into a mass of
ulcers: t'cjicli him to eat that, food
in a dim, narrow hole beneath the
steering' engine wliere the tem
perature liovers around the hun
dreds, ami tlie coekroaclies con
gregate in swarms: teacli him that
when he becomes a seaman, his
acquaintance witii milk and freali
fruit is over: teach him to sweat
and freeze, and maybe die for a
few miserable, dollars a month;
teach him that when Jje goes to
get his money at the end of the .
trip lie will have to fight like hell
to get if; teach him that he is a
bum and a punk, and doesn't rate
the treatment of a dog. TEACH
THAT "ROOKIE" THOSE"
THINGS, ADMIRAL. AND
YOU'LL HAVE DONE A GOOD
JOB OF FITTING HIM FOR
LIFE, AS A MERCHANT SEA.
MAN!
MIGHT WE SUGGEST TO THE
MARITIME COMMISSION THAT
WHILE THEY ARE IN THE
TEACHING BUSINESS IT
MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO
ENROLL i A CLASS OF SHIP
OWNERS AND TEACH THEM
WHAT THE LIVING QUARTERS
OF A SHIP SHOULD BE LIKE.
But, on second thought, that's
asking too much. After all. Ad
mirals are human beings, too, and
they probably don't want to go on
WPA any more than we do, and,
of course, if the shipowner ever
gets around to giving a seaman
a decent break, then the Maritime
Commission wouldn't have to train
finks, and if there were no finks
to train, tlien what would become
of the Admiral's job, and the SS
American Seamen?
N O TIC E
Membe.'shlp books for the
following men are being held
in the New "Vork Headquarters
office:
M. Thompson—Atl. No. 109
M. Weiner—Atl. No. 4
R. W. Wallace—Atl. No. 815
C. P. Nielson—Atl. No. 4563
Luis Sierra— Atl. No. 3564
E. C. Vega^— Atl. iNo. 4034
R. Gautier—Atl. No. 4035
W. W. Forbes—Atl. No. 3502
Will these men kindly call
at • Headgparters for their
books, or give Instruction as to
where they wish them sftnt?
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Friday, Aprif 7',' 1939 T H E S E A F A R E R S ' LOG
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AGREEMENT made this fifth
day of April, 1939, by and be
tween SEATRAIN LINES, INC.,
hereinafter referred to as EM
PLOYER, and the SEAFARERS'
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
RORTH AMERICA, affiliated with
the American Federation of La
bor, hereinafter referred to as
UNION, as agent for and on be
half of and for the benefit of the
UNLICENSED! PERSONNEL em
ployed on the vessels manned by
the Employer.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS( a majority of the
Unlicensed Personnel' have desig
nated the Union as their collec
tive bargaining agent,
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
' Agreed as follows:
SECTION 1. Union Recognition.
The Employer recognize.s the
Union as the representative of all
its Unlicensed Personnel Cor the
purposes of collective bargaining.
SECTJON 2. Employment.. The
Employer agrees to secure all its
Unlicensed Pereonuel through the
Union. The Union agrees to fur
nisli promptly compotent, and
capable men, who hold the re
quired Governmental certificates
lor the position for which the men
are furiiished. The Employer may
reject any man who is not physi
cally fit or satisfactory.
SECTION 3. Emergency Em
ployment. The Union agrees that,
in the event Union men are not
furnisiied with sufficient prompt
ness to avoid delay in any sched
uled sailing, the Employer is at
liberty to hir.? men without re
gard to Union affiliation. Any non
union man so hired may not con
' tinne his employment beyond one
round voyage unless he has in the
meantime become a member of
tbe Union.
SECTION 4. Discrimination. The
Employer agrees not to discrimi
nate against any man for legiti
mate Union activity, but such ac
tivity sball not interfere with any
regular duties.
SECTION 5. Passes. Tbe Em
ployer agree.s to give passes, sub
ject to tbe terms and conditions
written on such passes, to author
ize representatives of tbe Union
to board Its vessels for tbe pur
pose of conferring with its mem
bers any. time tlie memlxbs re
quest thei)' presence aboard. The
Union agrees that its representa
tives shall not at any time inter
fere with the performance of the
dntios of any of tlie Employer's
employees.
SECTION 6. Ship's Delegates.
The Employer agrees to recog
nize one man in each department
on each ve.ssel to act as delegate
for such department. Sucli dele
gates are privileged to present to
their superior offices, on behalf
of the members in their depart
ment, fact.s and opinion concern
ing any matter wherein adjust
ment or improvement is thoiigbt
proper,
• 'SECTION 7. Arbitration. A Port
Committee .shall be established at
the Port of New York, which
shall consist of si.\ niembers,
three to be appointed by the
Union and tliree by the Employer,
whose duties shall be to investi
gate and settle all grievances and
disputes which may arise during
the term of this Agreement. The
Fold."Committee shall meet with
in twentyfour' hours after notice
'if a dispute is received in writing.
In the event the Port Commit
tee 'fails to agree on any matter,
It shall be referred to a Referee,
whose 'decision shall be rendered
in writing and shall be final and
binding.
The Referee shall he appointed
By the unanimous votfe of the Port
Committee. If the Port Commit
ted is' unable to agree unanimous
ly upon a 'Referee within t;hree
days, • Sundays and Holidays ex'
eluded, the Senior District Judge
of the Federal Bench in the
Southern District of New York
shall be requested to appoint a
Referee. The Union and the Em
ployer shall each have two chal
leftges. which must he exercised
within twentyfour hours after
the selection of such Referee.
Otherwise, the Referee shall be
accepted by all parties concerned.
The expenses of the Referee shall
be borne equally by' the Union
and the Elmployer.
SECTION 8. Strikes. During the
life of this Agreement and during
any period of arbitration as pro
vided for in Section 7 hereof, or
during any period of negotiation
for its renewal, there shall be no
strikes or stoppages of work by
tlie Unlicensed Personnel. A vio
lation of this provision shall ren
der tliis Agreement null and void
at the option of the Employer.
SECTION 9. Lockouts. During
the life of this Agreement and
during any period of arbitration
as provided for in Section 7 hei'e
or. or during any period of nego
tiation for its renewal, there
shall be no lockouts of the Un
licensed Personnel, provided, how
ever, that this provision shall not
prevent tiie orderly termination
by the employer of tlie emiiloy
menl of any or all of tlie Unli
censed Personnel on any vessel
as and in the manner provided by
the Shipping Articles nor shall it
prevent the discharge of any mem
ber of its Unlicensed Pcisonnel
for cause. A violation of this pro
vision shall render tills Agree
ment null and void at liie option
of the Unfon.
SECTION 10. War Zones. In
case any v«.ssel of the Employer
traverses water adjacent to or in
the proximity of a declared or un
doclared War or state of liostility,
it is hereby agreed that, subject
to the iirovisions of Section 8
hereof, a petition on the jiait of
the Union for tlie opening of ne
gotiations for added remuneration,
bonuses, and/or insurance sliall iti
no way be deemed cause for t.iio
termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 11. Ship's Siear. The
Employer shall furnish sale gear
and working equipment and safe
working conditions on sliijiboard
in any harbor or roadstead.
SECTION 12. Division of Wages
of Absent Members. When mem
bers of tlie Unlicensed Personnel
are required to do extra work be
cause tlie vessel sailed witliout ttie
full complement requireii by the
vessel's cert.ificai'e under circum
stances whine file law permits
sucli sailing, the wages of tlie ah :
sent members shall be divided
among the men who perfo.i'nied
their work, but no overliiiie .sliall
be included in such payments.
SECTION 13. Travelling. Mem
bers of t he Union when tianspoi t i
cd by file Employer during tlie
course of tlieir employment sliall
be provided with transpor.t.al ion
by rail and with subsistence at, the
rate of ^3.00 per day in addition
to their regular monthly wage.
When travel atnight is involved,
a berth must, be provided. When
required to travel by water, Sec
ond or Tourist passage ehall be
provided.
SECTION 14. Crew Furnishings.
The Employer shall furnish the
following items for the Unlicensed
Personnel: (1) Sanitary mat
tresses and pillows; (2) dishes of
crockery ware; (3) suillcieiit soap
and safety matches to be Issued
weekly; (4) two clean blankets;
(5) two white sheets, one white
pillow slip, one white bod spread,
one bath toWel, one face towel.
The Employer shall issue said
clan sheets, pillow slip and bed
spread once each week and said
clean towels twice each week upon
surrender L ' the soiled previous
i.ssue at tlie time set for exciiange.
SECTION 15. Quarters. All
quartej's assigned for tlie use of
tiio Unlicensed Personnel are to
be kept free of vermin. Tills is
to be accomplished ttiiougli the
use of exterminating facilities
provided by the Employer to the
Unlicensed Personnel. Tlie Unli
censed Personnel shall keep their
quarters clean and orderly at all
times in port And at sea.
SEC'J'ION 16. Mcssrooms. Each
vessel shall be furnished with a
mesfii'oom or messrooms for the
accommodation of tlie Unlicensed
Personnel, sucli messrooms to be
in .eaeli case so constructed as to
afford sitting room for all when
it is practicable and available to
do so and txi be so situated as to
afford full protection from the
weatlier and from heat and odors
arising from the vessel's engine
room, fire room or liold.
SECTION 17. Ventilation. Ail
quarters assigned to tlie Unli
censed Personnel and all me.ss
rooms provided for their use shall
be adequately screened and ven
tilated and a sulficient number of
fans to secure such ventilation
sliall be provided.
SECTION IS. Lockers. A suffi
cient number of lockers sliall be
provided so that eacli member of
tlie Unlicensed Personnel shall
have one locker of full length
whenever space permits, with a
sufficient space to slow a reason
able amount of.gear and personal
effects.
SECTION 19. Washrooms. Ade
quate waslirooms and lavatoiies
shall be made, available to the Un
Unlicetised Personnel of each dlT
vision, waslirooms to be equipped
with a sufficient number of shower,
baths, which shall be adequately
equipped with hot and cold fre.sh
water.
SECTION 20. Room and Meal
Allowance. When meals are not
provided aboard a vessel, the Em
ployer shall allow members of the
Unliceused Personnel 60 cents per
meal. When men are required to
sleep asliore, $2.00 per night shall
be allowed for lodging.
SECTION 21. JVleal Hours. The
meal iioiirs for tlie Unlicensed
Personnel shall be as follows:
Breakfast—7.30 A.M. to 8.15' A.M.
Dinner—11.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M.
Supp.'^r—5.00 P.M. to6.00 P.M.
These meal hours may be
varied in connection with docking
or undocking, but no variation
sliall exceed more than one hour
before nor more than one hour
after the times specitiod.
SECTION 22. Coffee Time. Fif
teen miiuites shall be allowed for
coffee at 10 A.JI. and at ?, P.M.
or at a convenient time neai' those
hours.
SEOTIOX 23. Holidays. The
Employer agrees to vecogiii/.e the
following days as holidays: New
Year's Day. Washin.gton's Birth
day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day. Labor Day. Artnistlci' Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Cliristmas
Day. In addition, llie Einpioyer
shall respect the ehoiee of each
iiulividnai memlier of tlie Unli
censed Personnel of either Lin
coln's Birthday or Manli Gras as
a legal holiday. When any of the
foregoing holidays falls on Sun
day, the following Monday sliall
he observed assuch holiday as
customary.
SECTION 24. Duties. Members
of all departments shall perform
all duties pertaining to their par'
ticuiar rating, and. except in
case.s of emergency, the members
of one department .shall not be rC'
quired to pejTorm the duties of
any other, department.
SECTION'25; Overtime Pay. (a)
.When overtime'warleds perform
ed.'it Bilall be • compensated for at
the rate.'Of 70 cents per.iioui\ (h)
When actual overtime work is
less than one hour, payment for
one hour shall be allowed; When
overtime work exce.'ds one hour,
payment will bo allowed by half
hour periods, (c) Overtime starts
when men are called if they re
port for work within fifteen min
utes. If they do not report within
fifteen minutes, overtime is to
start from the time of reporting
for duty until they are released,
including time of standing by.
SECTION' 26. Overtime Work,
(a) Overtime work .shall he cal
culated in accordance with de
partmental working rules.
(b) In the event overtime work
has been performed, the depart
ment' delegate shall, as soon a.s
practicable, chock the amount
tiiereof with the senior officer of
the department and in the. event
of a disagreement tlie matter shall,
be adjusted between . tlie Union
a.nd the Employer in the honif
port.
(c) No overtime work shall be
performed without liie expregs au
thority of the master, or, in his
absence, of the senior departmen
tal .officer.
(d).No mejiiber of liie deck or
engine departinenl sliall be re
quired while .at sea to work more
than eight hours in one day, reck
oned from midniglit to midniglit.
(e) All voluntary work in ex
cess of eigiit hours in one day
shall be compensated for at the
regular oveitime rate, except as
may he liereinafiir provided in
the departmental working rules.
(f). On days , that a vessel ai;
rives in port, the time stood while,
on watcli sliall, count in compiit.
ing eight liours work.
SECTION 27^ Payment of Over
time. All payments of cash for
overtime shall be made • within
twentyfour liours from tlie com'
pletion of tiie voyage.
SECTION 28. Overtime Option!
Whenever overtime lias aecrifed
to any member of tiie Unlicensed
Personnel, he may. at liis option,
veojuest time off at the rate of
one and oneiialf liours for every
overtime hour worked, and ff bis
request is not granted by tlie Em
ployer the regular overtime pay
ment shall he made.
SECTION 29. Watches. The
Unlicensed Personnel in tlie deck,
and engine departments shall,
while at sea, be divided into three
watches which shall be kept on
duty successively for the perform
ance of ordinary work incident' to
the sailing and management of
the vessel.
SECTION 30. Sea Watches in
Port. When a vessel is scheduled
to remain in port for less than
twelve consecutive liours, tlie sea
routine as to watclies sliall be
brolcen.
• SECTION 31, Breaking Sea
Watches. When a vessel is sched
uled to remain in port for more
than twelve consecutive hours, sea
watches sliall be broken as pro
vided for in the (lepaitnient.al
working rules.
SECTION 32. Setting of Watches.
; Sea watches eluill be set not later
tlian noon of tlie day the vessel
leaves for sea from the port from
which tlie vessel is cleared;
SECTION 33. Delayed Sailing.
When a vissel is scheduled to de
part for sea on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, but
sailing is delayed on account of
weather conditions after sched
uled sailing time, the first twelve
hoursof such delay shall be over
time for the men on watch until
vessel leaves the .dock or sea
watches ai:e discoatimied. How
ever, no ovejtime shall be allowed
.after midnight on Sundays er
Holidays.
SECTION 34...Salling Time. All
members of the Unlicensed Per
sonnel siiall be aboard the vessel
in a sober condition and ready for
sea at least one hour before tiie
scheduled sailing time, which
time shall be posted near the
gangway at. least twelve hours he
fore the vessel is scheduled to sail.
In' the event any member of the
Unlicensed Personnel fails to com
ply with this provision, tlie Em
ployer shall call the Union and
the Union shall furnish a replace
ment. If the original member re
ports after the Employer has
called for a replacement, the man
sent by the Union as such replace
ment shall receive one day's pay,
which day's pay shall be paid by
the member who was late in re
porting for duty in a sober condi
tion.
SECTION 35. Unauthorized Ab
eeince. When watches are .broken,
the men on day work shall wlien
required be ready to commence
working at 8 A.M. on weekdays.
In the event any man is absent
without authority at the tiine of
turning to, he shall be subject' to
dismissal or forfeiture of two
clays' pay, as allowed by law.
SECTION" 36. Transportation Al
lowance. The Employer agrees
to reimburse eacii member of tlie
Unlicensed Per.sonnel the sum ot
One Dollar ($1.00) per round trip,
not to exceed t wo round trips etich
voyage, for actual transiiortation
between vessel at Belle Chas.se,
La., and Algiers Ferrjj and return
to Belle Ciiasse. '
SECTION 37. Vacations. For
each year of continuous service
imder Shipping .Articles eacli
member of the Unlicensed Person
nel shall receive a vacation oi
jfourteen consecutive dayfip with
• full sea pay. The pay
.ghaU be in proportion to the
monthly wages earned by the man
during . the preceding , twelve
months. No cash allowance in
lieu of vacation shall be made, but
vacations may be cumulative to
the extent mutually agreed upon
by the Employer and, tjie man in
volved. Vacations sliall be grant
ed a I such time as may be conve
nient to the operation necessities
of the Employer.
Continuous service shall not be
deemed broken by leaves of ab
seme on account of accident, va
cations with pay. illness of his
Immediate family, illness, except
from the employee's own vice, or
laynp of the vessel, provided that
in case of layup the employee
does not seek or obtain employ
ment on vessels other than these
covered by this Agreement, pro
vided, however, tliat in computing
continuous service only such time
as an employee is on a vessel's
Articles or on a port payroll shall
count in calculating earned vaca
tions.
SECTION 38. Continuous Em
ployment. Any member of the
Unlicensed Personnel may prompt
ly return to his position after
absence from eitiier accident, va
cations vVith pay, illness of his
immediate family, illness, except
from his own vice or layup of tlie
vessel, provided that in tlie case
of a layup the emidoyee does not
seek or obtain employment' on ves
sels other than tiiose covered by
this Agreement.
SECTION 39. M.tster's Author,
ity. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed so as to in aiiy
way limit either,.,tbe autliority of
the Master or other Officer or the
obedience of tlie seamen when in
the judgment of the Master or
other Officer tlie whole or any
pai-t of the crew are needed for
the performance of work nefces-
sary for the safety of the vessel,
her passengeis. crew aud pargo,
or for the paving oi.' lifej aboard
pUier vessels in jeopardy, or from
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requiring at any time the whole
or tiny, part of the crew to par
ticipate in the performance of fire,
lifeboat or other drill.
SECTION 40. Drills and Emer
genbles. Any and all work neces
./ sary for the safety of the vessel,
* her passengers, crew or cargo, or
for the saving of other vessels in
jeopardy, or lives therein, or in
the performance of fire, lifeboat
or dtlier drills and inspections or
examinations required by law or
Governmental regulations, shall
be performed without the pay
mefit of overtime, regardless of
anything contained in this Agree
ment; provided, however, it shall
not be a general practice to hold
enpergency drills on Saturday af
ternoons, Sundays and Holidays.
~ SECTION 41. Dispute on Emer
gencies. In the event there is a
question aLs to whether or not an
emergency existed, all members of
the crew must perform any work
required and upon the vessel's ar
rival in the Port of New York or
New Orleans, the dispute shall be
referred to the Port Committee
for settlement.
SECTION 42. Wages. The fol
lowing monthly wage shall be
computed and paid at the follow
ing rates in accordance with the
rules for compensation of sea
men's wages by Shipping Commis
sioners issued by the Secretary of
Commerce tlirough the Bureau of
Marine Inspection and Naviga
tion:
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boatsvvain $92.50
Able Seaman .......... 80.00
Qrdi»\?ry Seaman 62.50
Quartermaster ..... 82.50
Deck Carman 85.00
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Water Tender ......... $90.00
Oiler 90.00
Fireman 80.00
Utility Man (if carried) 90.00
Wiper (if carried) 67.50
Deck Engineer . ....... 122.50
Electrician 112.50
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
Chief Steward $142.50
Chief Cook 117.50
Second Cook and Baker 97.50
Messhnan 67.50
SECTION 42A. It is specifically
understood and agreed that when
the Union negotiates a wage and
working condition agreement with
any shipowner operator in compe
tition with the Employer efforts
will be made by the Union to
have wages and working condi
tions identical to those agreed tq
by the Employer.
SisdTION 43. Lay up. If the
scheduled layup of the vessel does
not exceed fourteen days either
the full crew is to be kept on pay
during period of layup or if the
crew is paid off and daymen are
hired for standby work they must
be hired through the Hall at ?6.40
per day perman. It is understood
that members of the crew shall be
given preference in such standby
work.
SECTION 44. Transportation.
The Employer agrees that when
a man who has signed ship's arti
cles is discharged, except from
his own vice, or for cause, or
when relieving a" man under Sec
tion 37, he shall be returned to the
port of eiigagement by rail trans
portation as provided _in Section
13, If his employment does not
exceed thirty days.
SECTION 45. Toilets. All toi
lets' to be kept clean on com
pany's time.
" DEGK DEPARTMENT
; WORKING RULES
SECTION 1. Only Able Seamen
shall be sent into chain lockers to
st^w chains.
SECTipN 2. "When men are re
quired to clean tanks which have
been used for transporting liquid
cargo, they shall receive as extra
compensation $1.00 per hour for
performing such work.
SECTION 3. When a vessel is
scheduled to remain in port for
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more than twelve consecutive
hours, watches shall be broken
when vessel Is properly secured
at the dock and gangway Is
lowered.
SECTION 4. In port, when
watches are broken;
(a) All gangway watches shall
be stood without the payment of
overtime except on Saturday af
ternoons, Sundays and Holidays,
when the regular overtime rate
shall be paid. Men, while stand
ing gangway watch, shall attend
to mooring linos at ail times.
(b) All hands, except men on
gangway watches, shall be re
quired to work between the hour.s
of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. from Mon
days to Fridays, inclusive, and
from 8 A.M. to 12 noon on Satur
days, without the payment of
overtime. Ali manual work by
those not on gangway watch, after
5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and oh
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
Holidays, shall be paid for at the
regular overtime rate.
(c) Work in connection with
loading or discharging cargo shall
not be considered overtime unless
performed after 5 P.M. and before
8 A.M., and on Saturday after
noons, Sundays and Holidays.
(d) Between the hours of 8
A.M. and 5 P.M. any work inci
dent to the upkeep and mainte
nance of the ves.sel, including
chipping, scaling or painting, may
be required without the payment
of overtime.
SECTION 5. In port, when
watche.s are not broken, the sea
routine shall prevail.
SECTION 6. At sea, for those
standing regular watches:
(a) All work incident to the
safe navigation of the vessel shall
be performed at all times without
the payment of overtime.
(b) Sanitary work, such as
cleaning pilot house, washing
down around bridge deck, around
offifficers* quarters forward, shall
be done between 6 A.M. and 8
A.M. by the watchondeck with
out the payment of overtime.
(c) All work NOT incident to
the safe navigation of the vessel,
with the exception of sanitary
work, performed by the men of
the watchondeck between the
hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. and on
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
Holidays, shall be paid for at the
regular overtime rate. Mert of the
watch shall not receive overtime
for any work performed, between
8 A.M. and 5 P.M., except as
otherwise provided.
(d) When men on the watch
below are called out to work, they
shall be paid overtime for tfie
work perfornied duririg their
watchbelow.
SECTION 7. At sea, for those
in the maintenance department,
the hours of labor for day work
ers shall be between 8 A.M. and
5 P.M. Mondays to Fridays, inclu
sive, and from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon
on Saturdays, and all work out
side these hours shall be paid for
at the regular overtime rate.
SECTION 8. The three watches
shall be called for mooring and
unmooring, but the watchondeck
shall not be paid overtime for
such work except on Saturday
afternoons, Sundays and Holi
days.
SECTION 9. The day a vessel
arrives at a port from sea shall
be considered the day of arrival,
and subsequent moves occurring
in inland waters, bays, rivers and
sounds, .shall be .considered as
moving vessel.
SECTION 10, When vessels ar
rive in port on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or Holidays, over
time shall commence when vessel
is properly secure and the gang
ways are down except as other
wise provided.
SECTION 11. When the vessel
departs for sea on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or Holidays, over
time shall cease for the men on
watch when first "ahead" or
"astern" signal is rung.
SECTION 12, In Havana when
watches are not broken and cargo
is being worked an A. D. (acting
Quartei'master), an ordinary sea
man and a Car deckman shall bo
on deck at all times,
SECTION 13. Securing and
dropping of anchor must be done
by the Bosun. .
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
WORKING RULES
SECTION 1. The Deck Engin
eer and Electrician shall not be
required to chip paint, sougee or
do or any wiper's work in the en
gine room at any time.
SECTION 2. Liquid qargo shall
be loaded or discharged during rung.
and 5 P.M,.Jrom Mondays to Fri
days? inclusive, and from 8 A.M.
to 12 Noon on SatUrda.V8. All
wbrlJ outside of tliese hotiis shall
be paid for at the regular over
time rate.
SECTION 8. When vessel aa
rives in port on Saturday after
noons, Sunda.vs or Holidays, over
time shall commence when the
signal "finished with engines" has
been received in the engine room.
SECTION 9. When a vesgel de
parts for sea on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or Holidays, over
time shall cease when first
"ahead" or "astern" signal is
regular working hours without
overtime payments. Overtime
shall be paid for such work out
side the regular working hours.
SECTION 3. Work in connec
tion with loading or discharging
cargo in excess of 8 hours sliall
be compensated for at the regu
lar overtime rate. The Deck En
gineer or Electrician shall he re
quired to look after the deck ma
chinery.
SECTION 4, In port, when
watches aie broken:
(a) The Unlicensed Personnel
shall maintain a regular donkey
watch between the hours of 5
P.M. and 8 A.M. for the purpose
of keeping steam for the auxili
aries, and for the safety of the
vessel, without payment of over
time.
(b) Any work incident to the
upkeep and maintenance of the
vessel, including chipping, scal
ing or painting, may be required.
(c) All hands, except those on
donkey watches, shall be required
to work between the hours of 8
A.M. and 5 P.M. from Mondays to
Fridays, inclusive, and from 8
A.M. to 12 Noon on Saturdays
without the payment of overtime.
All manual work by those not on
donkey watches after 5 P.M. and
before 8 A.M, and on Saturday ab
ternoons, Sunday and Holidays,
shall be paid for at the regular
overtime rate.
(d) When watches are broken
and cargo is being worked, after
5 P.M. and before 8 A.M..the don
key wat'ch maintaining steam shall
be p,aid at the overtime rates for
the time actually put in.
(e) When cargo is being
worked, men on donkey watches
shall look after the entire plant
and they shall not receive over
time, except on Saturday after
noons, Sundays and Holidays.
SECTION 5. At sea, for those
standing watches:
(a) All work in the Engine De
partment incident to the safe na
vigation of the vessel shall be per
formed at all times without the
payment of overtime.
(b) "Voluntary work performed
in excess of 8 hours from mid
night to midnight shall be paid
for at the overtime rate.
(c) Unnecessar.y Work shall not.
be required from 6 P.M. to 6 A.M.
and on Saturday afteruoons. Sun
days and' Holidays, without the
payment of overtime. If a dis
pute arises as to whether or not
any particular work is necessary,
the work shall be performed with
out a question and the matter re
ferred to the Port Committee.
(d) All hands when standing
sea watches shall perform any
work which iS part of their sea
duty, but scaling, painting, clean
ing paint, polishing brass or
bright work or cleaning ̂ bilges
shall not be done between the
hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., with
out the paym.ent of overtime.
(e) Tubes may be blown at any
time without the payment of over
time.
SECTION 6. In port, when sea
watches are not broken, the sea
routine shall prevail.
SECTION 7. At sea, for those
not standing watch:
(a) The hours .of labor ;^or day
worjters shall be betweeri 8 AM.
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SECTION 10. Water tenders
shall perform all duties pertain
ing to that rating, but at no time
sliall they be required to do sta
tion work.
SECTION 11. Oilers on tm
bine vessels, while standing sea
watches, shall perform all duties
pertaining to that rating, and
their assigned station work. They
shall not, however, be required to
clean bilges, blow tubes, clean
boilers, scale or remove handhold
plates, wash boilers, or tank tops.
When the vessel is undergoing pe
riodical inspections, oilers shall
assist licensed engineers in per
formance of any duties to com
plete such inspection. On reci
procating engine vessels, oilers
shall perform all duties pertain
ing to that rating on such type
of vessel, such as oiling the main
engines and auxiliaries, tending
water, blowing tubes witli patent
soot blowers.
SECTION 12. Firemen shall,
while standing sea watches, per
form all duties pertaining to their
rating, but they shall not be re
quired to go above the first grat
ing, beneath the.floor plates, un
der or back of the boilers. They
shall at all times keep their sta
tions clean and *in proper order,
and between the hours of 6 P.M.
and 6 A.M. they shall not be re
quired to sougee, chip, scrape or
paint.
SECTION 13. Wipers shall be
day workers and shall perform
such duties at sea as the engineer
shall lay out for them, including
keeping the toilets of the Unli
censed Personnel of the engine de
partment clean.
SECTION 14. Utility men .shall
be day workers and shall perform
such duties as may be assigned
them by the engineer. If utility
men replace on the Ships Articles
another man, such utility man
shall receive the wages of the po
sition occupied ,baf this shall not
cause a reduction in the wages of
such utility man.
SECTION 15. All men on watch
shall keep their respective sta
tions clean and in order at all
times and shall have their sta
tions clean and in order before
being relieved.
SECTION 16. When wat'ches are
not broken, the water tender, oil
er, and fireman shall be kept on
watch while ' cargo is being
worked.
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
WORKING RULES
Section 1. No member of the
Stewards Department shall be re
quired to enter either the engine
room or fire room or go upon the
bridge for the purpose of serving
meals or coffee, provided, how
ever, that whenever the Master
or a Pilot is required te 'emain
on the bridge meals or coffee
shall be served on the bridge by
members of the stewards depart
ment without the payment ot
overtime.
SECTION 2. The working day
at sea and in port shall not e.x
ceed 8 hours in a spread of 12
hours, provided, however, no over
time at sea or in portshall be
authorized, approved or paid for,
for the performance of the regu
lar daily routine duties pertaining
to the department, such as pre
paring and serving regular meals,
cleaning of quarters, galley, pan'
tries, messrooms, dry store rooms,
and linen lockers. When directed
by the Chief Steward, meat box
and chill room shall be cleaned,
for which work a total of 3 hours
overtime .ahfil.l be, a,jlo\ved. ,,
SECTION 3. In port:
(a) All work performed in ex
cess of 8 hours, other than regu
lar routine duties as provided for
in Section"2, shall be compensated
for at the regular overtime rate.
(b) All work performed on Sat
urday afternoons, Sundays or
Holidays shall be compensated for
at the overtime rate for the
actual hours worked, provided,
however, only the minimum num
ber of men required to perform
the work will be required to stay
on board.
(c) Members of the stewards'
department shall stow stores
without the payment of overtime,
but shall not be I'equired to carry
such stores aboard the vessel.
(d) When for the convenience
of the Employer extra meals
above a total of three are served,
a flat rate of 35 cents shall be
paid by the Employer, the money
to be divided equally among the
members of the stewards depart
ment actually engaged in prepay
ing and serving the said meals.
SECTION 4. At sea:
(a) All work performed in ex
cess of 8 hours, other than rou
tine duties as provided for in Sec
tion 2. shall be compensated for
at the regular overtime rate.
(b) Routine work as provided
for in Section 2, shall be per
formed without the payment ot
overtime, regardless of the time
taken to perform such work..
SECTION 5. No member of the
stewards department shall be re
quired to chip or scrape paint
and whenever required to do any
painting, they shall be. pgid the
regular overtime rate for actuar .
hours worked.
SECTION 6. The Chief Steward
shall go on the deck to check and
receive stores between 8 A.M. and
5 P.M. without the payment ot
overtime.
SECTION 7. Whenever passen
gers are carried, the stewards de
partment shall receive for the en
tire voyage $5.00 from the Em
ployer for each passenger cirried,
the money to be divided equally
among the members of the stew
ards department actually engaged
in servicing such passengers, but
no overtime shall be allowed be
cause of the presence of pas
sengers aboard.
This Agreement shall take ef
fect from the 14th day ot Febru
ary 1939 and shall remain in force
for one year and shall continue in
force from year to year thereafter
until and unless either the Em
ployer or the Union gives written
notice to the other at least thirty
days prior to any expiration date,
Seatrain Lines, Inc.
Ky Jofteph Hodyaon '
Attest:
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Seafarers International Union j
of North America, as Agent
for and on behalf of and for
the benefit of the Unlicensed
Personnel employed on ,the
vessels manned by the Em
ployer.
By Matthew Dushane
Arthur A. Kelcey
William McKay
Clarification to SECTION 37..
If a man has been employed
for more than one consecutive
year, vacation shall be pro
rated after six additional
months continuous femploy
ment if he leaves his employ
ment.
Seatrain Lines, Inc.
, By Joseph Hgdyson
Seafarers' International Unita
By Matthew Dushme
Arthur A. Kelcey
William McKay
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'U American Range line Agreement
TiS AGREEMENT is entered tionsifit of three (3) representa
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Into this Sist day of March 1939
"'"by and between the SEAFARERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
NORTH AMERICA, affiliated with
the American Federafibn of
Labor, hereinafter referred to as
the UNION, and the AMERICAN
RANGE LINES, INC,, hereinafter
referred to as the COMPANY,
and remains In effect until March
31, 1940. Provided, however,
that this agreement shall be con
sidered as renewed from year to
year thereafter by the respective
parties hereto unless either party
hereto shall give written notice to
the other of Its desire to amend
or terminate same. Provided fur
ther, that if the Union enters
into any agreement with any
f other owner or operator of ves
sels engaged in a trade or trades
similar to those In which the ves
sels operated by the COMPANY
are engaged, and such agreement
contains any terms and provisions
substantially different from the
terms . and provisions of this
agreement, this agreement shall,
at the option of the COMPANY,
be amended to conform to the
terms and provisions of such
other agreement. Any notice of
amendment or termination shall
be given at least thirty (30) days
prior to the expiration date.. If
such notice shall not be given,
this agreement shall be deemed
to be renewed for the succeeding
year.
WITNESSETH
1. The Union warranls anil rep
resents that it is an alllliate of
the American Federation of La
bor and that the Hnlicensed per
sonnel have designated it as tiieir
collective bai'gaining agent and
the Coiitpany, on the basis of said
• warranty and repre.sentation,
agrees to recognize the Union as
the representative, tor the pur
poses of eollective bargaining, of
• the unlicensed personnel of tlic
yes.sel.s operated by the Coniiiany.
2. The Company agi;ees that
only members of the Union shall
be employed in all unlicensed per
sonnel ratings, on their vessels.
3. The Union agrees .to furnish
capable, competent and physically
fit employees and in the evt it
that Union men are not furnished
with sulEcient promptness to
avoid delay in any scheduled sail
ing the Company is at libeity to
hire men without regard to Union
affiliation. The Union .agrees any
man so hired may continue em
ployment with the Company pro
vided he is satisfacthry to the
Union.
Tlie Company also agrees to se
cure its unlicensed personnel
through the ofTices of the Union,
• when available, and with the nn
derstan'rting that the Company re
serves the right to select person
nel for the following po.sition:
Chief Steward. But, employees
of this rating mu.st, in .any event,
be cleared through the ofRces of
the Union.
4. The Company agrees not to
discriminate against any person
for legltim.ite union activity.
5. The Company shall have the
right to reject personnel consid
ered unsuitable of physically un
fit, with the understanding that
if the Union considers the cause
of the rejection unjust, the Com
pany agrees to endeavor to reach
a satisfactory settlement with the
parties involved, namely: the Ex
ecutive Officer of the Department
involved; the Business Agent", and
the member or members in ques
tion. If an amicable settlement
cannot be reached by this method,
the matter is to be Immediately
referred to the Port Committee,
as proscribed in Section 6 of this
agreement, for final settlement.
6. The Port Comnitttee shall
tives from the Union and three
(3) representatives from the
Company, who shall meet in the
port of New York. In the event
that the" Port Committee cannot
agree, they shall have the powef
to appoint a seventh party as ref
eree, whose decision shall be
final and binding. If the Commit
tee cannot agree upon a seventh
party, then the Director of Con
ciliation of the Department of La
bor shall be requested to appoint
an impartial referee, whose deci
sion shall be final and binding.
GENERAL RULES
1. There shall be no strikes,
lockouts or stoppage of • work dur
ing the life of this agreement.
2. Member.s of all departments
shall perform the customary du
ties of that department. Each
member shall perform only recog
nized and customary duties of his
particular rating. Any work ne
cessary for the safety of the ves
sel, passengers, crew or cargo, or
for the saving of other ves.sels in
jeopardy, and the lives thereon,
when in port, or at sea, at an
chor, or otherwise: or in the per
formance of fire, lifeboat and
other drills, shall be performed at
any time, and such work shall not
be considered as overtime. When
Lifeboat or other drills are held
on Baturday afternoons, Sundays
or holidays, preparation for such
drills, such as lioisting or .swing,
ing boats out, shall not be done
prior to signal for such drills, and
after drill is over, all hands shall
stand by until boats and gear are
properly secured, without pay
ment of overtime. It shall not, be
be made a general practice to liold
emergency drills on Satuiday af
ternoons, Sundays or holidays, ex
clusively.
3. This agreement is binding
with respect to ships cliartered by
tlie Company. (If charterer fur
nishes crew.)
4. The Company shall furnish
safe gear and working equipment
and safe working conditions, when
in any harbor, roadstead or port
5. Representatives of the trnion
shall be allowed on board at any
time, but shall not interfere with
men at work unless said men are
properly relieved. (The Relief re
ceiving no extra compensation.)
6. Securing Vessel for aea: All
vessels of the Company must
be properly and safely secured be
fore leaving the harbor for an off
shore voyage. Harbor limits shall
include passage from dock or an
chorage tc harbor limit or break
water.
7. Penalty Cargoes: When mem
hers of tlie Unlicensed personnel
arc required to clean holds in
wliieh penalty cargo has been car
ried, they shall be paid overtime
at the rate of seventy cents (70c)
per hour.
8. For the purpose of thi.s Agree
ment, the following shall be con
sidered penalty cargoes: In bulk
or bags: Arsenic, Bones, green
hides, caustic soda, soda ash, creo
soted lumber, bone meal, chloride
of lime, lampblack or carbon
black, sulphur, manure and Kain
ite,"superphosphate and coal.
(a) On vessels carrying explo
sives in fifty ton lots or over, as
permitted by law, the Company
agrees to pay. the members of the
unlicensed personnel, in addition
to their regular monthly wages,
ten percent of said wages per
month while such cargo is on
board the vessel. Such cargo time
to start from time first sling load
is aboard until last sling load
goes over ship's side.
(b) When members of the unli
censed personnel are required to
work explosivei}, they shall he paid
for such work, in addition to their
regular monthly wages, at the
rate of $2.50 per hour.
(c) In case any vessel of the
Company traverses water adjacent
to, or in the proximity of a de
clared or undeclared war or state
of hostility, it is hereby agreed
that a petition on the part of the
Union for the opening of negotia
tions for added remuneration,
bonuses, and/or insurance, shall
in no way be deemed cause for
the termination of this agreement.
9. Members who are in good
standing witli the Union may re
main continuously in employment
,on the same vessel, provided the
employers and the members de
sire such employment to continue.
10. Port Time: Port time shall
commence when a vessel has been
moored to a dock, and sea watches
are broken.
11. Overtime Rate: The over
wliite linen, which shall be
changed weekly; (3) face and
batlK towels, which shall be
changed twice weekly, and soap
and safety matches, to be issued
weekly.
Suitable mattresses and pillows
shall be sui)plied, but excelsior or
straw shall be considered unsuit
able. •
All dishes provided for the use
of the unlicensed personnel shall
he of crockery.
19. Traveling: Members of the
Union wlien transported by the
Company during the course ot
their employment', or due to ship
being laid up, sold or sliipwiecked,
shall be provided witli first class
transportation by rail, and with
subsistence at the rate of Three
Dollars ($3.00) per day, in addi
tion to their regular monthly
wage.s. When traveling af night
time rate of pay for all unlicensed j is involved, a. berth must be pro
personnel in the Deck, Engine and
Stewards Departments shall be
seventy cents (70c) per hour.
12. Commencment of Overtime:
Overtime shall commence af the
time any employees shall be
called to report for work outside
of his regular schedule, provided
siieh member reports for duty
• within fifteen (15) minutes. Otlier
wise overtime shall commence at.
tlie actual time such employee re
port's for duty, and sucli overtime
sliall continue until the employee
is released.
13. Computation of Overtime:
When overtime worked is less than
tiian one (1) hour, overtime for
I one (1) full hour shall be paid.
When overtime worked exceeds
one (1) hour, the overtime work
performed shall be paid for in one
half hour periods, and fractional
part of such period shall count as
onehalf {y,\ hour.
14. Checking Overtime: After
overtime has been • worked, the
senior officer of eacli department'
on board will present to each em
ployee who has worked overtime,
a slip stating hours of overtime
and nature of work performed
An overtime book will be kept to
conform with individual slips, for
settlement of overtime.
15. Payment of Overtime: All
money due crew for overtime
work shall be paid at the time of
signing off, or in any event, not
more than twentyfour (24) houis
after the completion of the voy
age.
16. It is understood and agreed
by all parties to this, agreement',
that overtime shall he paid for at
the rate of seventy cents (70c)
an hour in the Deck. Engine and
Stewards Departments.
17. Holidays: The Company
agrees to recognize tlie following
as holidays: (1) New Year's Day;
(2) Lincoln's Birthday; (3) Wash
ington's • Birthday; (4) Memorial
Day; (5) Independence Day; (G)
Labor Day; (7) Armistice Day;
(8) Thansgiving Day; (9) Christ
mas Day.
Saturday afternoons, Sundays
and all holidays while at sea shall
be considered holidays for the un
licensed personnel not on watch.
Men on watch shall perform only
the routine duties necessary to the
safe navigation of the vessel on
these days. No chipping paint,
sougeeing or painting, or any
other such work shall be per
formed oil these days, unless over
time is paid for such work per
formed.
In the event that, any of the
above named holidays fall on a
Sunday, the Monday following
shall be observed as such holiday.
18. Crew Equipment: The fol
lowing items shall be supplied to
the unlicensed personnel employed
on board the vessels of the Com
pany: (1) A suitable number of
clean blankets; (2) bedding and
vided.
20. Messroom: Each vessel shall
be furnished with a messroom, or
messrooms for the accommodation
of tlie crew. Sueli messrooms to
be in each case so constructed as
to afford silting room for all when
it is practicable and available to
do so, and to be so situated as
to afford full protection from the
weather and from heat and odor
arising from the vessel's engine
room, flreroom and hold.
' 21. Ventilation: All quarters as
signed to the unlicensed person
nel and all messrooms provided
for their use sliall be adequately
screened and ventilated, and a
sufficient number of fans to secure
such ventilation shall be provided.
22. Lockers: A sufficient num
ber of lockers shall be provided
sp that each employee shall have
one locker of full length, where
ever space permits, with sufficient
space to stow a reasonable amount
of gear and personal effects.
23. Washrooms: Adequate wash
rooms and lavatories sliall be
made available for tlie unlicensed
personnel of eacli division; wash
rooms to be equipped with a suffl
cieiit number of siiower baths
which .shall be adequately
equipped with hot and cold fresh
water whenever practicavle.
24. Cleanliness of Quarters: All
quarters assigned for the use of
unlicensed personnel are to be fu
migated and kept free from ver
min in so far as possible. This
is to be accomplished through the
exterminating facilities provided
by the Company.
25. Longshore Work by Crew:
In those out ports where there are
no longshoremen available, mem
bers of the crew may be required
to drive winches for the purpose
of handling cargo, or may be re
quired to handle cargo. For such
work performed, they shall be
paid, in addition to their regular
monthly wages. One Dollar ($1.00)
per hour for the watch on deck,
and One Dollar and Fifty Cents
($1.50) per hour for the watch
below.
(a) After 12:00 Noon on Satur
day, or at any time on Sundays
or holidays, the rate shall be One
Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50)
per hour.
(b)After 5:00 P.M. on Saturday,
Sundays or holidays, and before
8:00 A.M., the rate for doing long
shore work (driving winches or
handling cargo) shall be double
time, or Three Dollars ($3.00) per
hour.
(c) In cut Ports: No watches
shall be broken If ship remains in
port less than twelve (12) hours.
(d) This section shall not be so
construed as to be applicable to
any work where longshoremen
are not available due to labor
t.rouble.
26. Division of Wages of Absent
Members: When members of the
unlicensed per.sonneI are reguired
to do efxtra work because tlie ves
sel sailed without the full com
plement reqiiiied by vessel's cer
tificate. under clicumstanceis
where the Ihw permits such ^il^
ing, tlie wages of the absent, .sea^
men shall be divided among the
seamen who perform his, work,
but no overtime shall be included
in such wages.
27. Discharging Sallast: When
ever members of the Crew may be
required to di.scharge ballast out
of holds, or handle or discharge
ballast on deck, the watch on deck
shall receive straight overtime for
such work at the rate of seventy
(70c) per hour. Watch below
shall receive time and a half for
such work, or One Dollar and Five
Cents ($1.05) per hour. Day men
shall receive straight overtime at
the rate of seventy cents ((70c)
per hour between the hour® of
8:00 A..\I. and 12:00 Noon, and
1:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. After
5:00 P.M. and before 8:00 A.M.
day men shall receive time.and a
half overtime, or One Dollar and
Five Cents ($1.05) per hour. If ,
watciies are broken, day men's,
scale applies to the entire crew.
28. Special working ruie.s, gov
erning each department—Deck,
Engine and Stewards—as provid
ed herein, are valid parts of this
agreement. „ ;
29. Copies of tiii.s agrceinehf
shall be furnislied to the Master
and Chief Engineer of each vessel
by the Company. Tiie Clifef Stew
ard, and the unlicensed personnel
shall be supplied copies of the
agreement by the Union. . f v , ,
30. Room and Meaj
Wlien board "is not fiiintehed,
licensed members of the fereiif
shall receive sixty ccnt^ (60ql.yer;;
meal. When men are required tei
sleep ashore Two Dollars „<$2,00)
shall be allowed for room.
31. Meal Hours: The meal hoiu's
for the unlicensed personnel em
ployed in the Deck and Engine
Departments shall be as follows:
Breakfast . 7: 30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.
Dinner ...11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Supper ... 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Men must, report, for breakfast not
later than 8:15 A.M.
These hours may be varied, but
such variation sliall not exceed
one hour either way, provided that
one unbroken hour for meals shall
be allowed.
32. In the event a ship of the
Company is sold, lost or laid up,
the crew shall be repatriated to
the port of signing Articles, with
siibsifitence, room allowance and
wages as provided in Section 19
of the General Rules of this
agreement.
33. The unlicensed personnel
shall be retiiiired to take care of
and preserve all Company prop
erty. Deliberate breakage or mali
cious misuse, damage or deMrnc
tion of any Company property
will not' be tolerated and the of
fending member or members of
the unlicensed personell shall pay
the Company for repairs or re
placements as found necessary.
Each member of the unlicensed
personnel sliall be personally re
sponsible for blankets and linens
and towels furnished him and
sliall sign a receipt for same when
joining ship.
In order for any member of the
crew to be furnislied with clean
blankets, sheets, pillowcases and
towels, each must bring his soiled
equivalents to the Steward to ha
exchanged for a clean supply. Any
articles missing shall be replafffe'd
by the Steward at the member's
expense. j
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WAGES
The classification and minimum
rates of wages of the Deck De
partment shall be as follows:
Boatswain , .(When carried)
, _ ,$85.00 per .month
Carpenter , (When carried) .
$85.00 per month
A, D. Seamen
, $72.50 per month
Ordinary Seamen
, $55.00 per month
,, Quariefmaster .(When signed
oh as Q.M.. .$77.50 per month
WORKING RULES
, , 1. When nien are hired by the
day, in port, and men are not eat
ing or sleeping aboard ship, the
wages for such elandby work
shall ..be Six Dollars and Forty
Cents (?6.40,) per day, between
the hours of .8:00 A.M. and 12:00
,, Noon, and 1:00 P.M. and 5:00 l'..M.
. Any other work pei formed outside
these hpuis, or on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, shall
he paid for at the rate of time
and a half, or One Dollar and
Twenty Cents f$1.20) per hour.
(a) Any man shipped for tlie
above standby work shall receive
not less than onehalf (j,<) day's
pay, ($3.20) and such work not to
exceed four (4) hours, at the rate
of Three Dollais and Twenty
Cents ($3.20) for that period.
.(b) Men hired for tire above
work must he hired for a half day
or a full day. No fractional parts
of a day will be allowed. If hired
for only onehalf day. Company is
.to Pny carfare fioin Union Hall
and return.
2. The Ship's Carpenter shall
furnish bis own tools, and .shall
be paid Seven Dollars and Fifty
Cents ($7.50) • monthly, in addh
tion to. his regular wage.s.
, 3."In all ports, watches shall be
broken • alongside the dock.
Watches shall be broken in all
porkswhere stay of vessel will ex
ceed twentyfour (24) hours, and
may be broken, at <lie discretion
T)f• lilt M'tsrei, 'when the stay in
port e.xceeds twelve (12) hours,
but is less than twentyfour (24)
bonis.
: (a) In poi t the hours of labor
(b) No painting, sougeeing,
chipping paint, or shining bra.ss to
be done'between 6:00 A.M. and
8:00 A.M.
66. Members of the Dock De
paitment shall be reciuired to chip,
scale or paint, over side in all
ports. In home port, when Com
pany emploj's a shore gang for
the purpose of performing this
work, this practice shall not be
interfered with.
7. Able Seamen only shall be
.seni Into tlie chain locker to stow
chains.
8. Men called to work overtime
shall be allowed fifteen (15) min
utes to put themselves in readi
ness. Time'to start at the time
of calling then, if not ready to
turn to, time shall start when
they report, and sh.all continue
until they ai e dismissed.
9. No man shall be recpiired to
work under unsafe conditions at
any time.
10. When working overt ime, and
crew is. knocked off foi' two (2)
hours or less, overtime shall be
paid .straight through.
(a) When watch below is called
put to work, they shall be i»aid
overtime for work pei'formed dur
ing .their watch below.
11. Docking and Undocking:
When men off watch are called
upon to assist in the docking and
undocking, they shall be paid for
such work at the legular over
time rate.
(a) Three watches to be used
for docking and undocking ves
sels.
12. Ordinary Seamen shall be
rociuired to keep the toilets of the
unlicensed personnel of the Deck
Department clean at all times,
and such work to be performed
on the Company's time.
13. Topping or Lowering Booms:
Where all liatcbes are to be
opened or closed sinnatane.ously,
all hands available are to be used,
(a) The wat.oh on deck may
slietch guys, topping lifts, and
generally make ready cargo gear
for topping booms.
(b) When booms are lowered
and propeily secured, the watch
on deck may clear tiie deck and
secure the guys.
1. When members of the deck
department ai'e required to re
,shall be eight (8) hours between move or put on hatcli leaves, or
8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., and all jstrongbacks, in preparation for
work performed in port after 5:00 | loaning or discharging cargo, the
15-j ' - .
F,.M. and befpre 8; 00 A.M. shall
be at the overtime rate. Sailois
shall not be required to care for
cargo lights unless paid overtime.
(b) in port sailors may be re
quired to stand gangway watches
between the hours of 5:00 P.M.
and 8:00 A.M. witiiout i)ayment of
overtime. (Exceiic on Saturday
afternoons, Sundays and holi
days.)
(c) In port all work on Satur
day afteinopns, Sundays and holi
days shall be paid foi at the re.gu
lar overtime iate.
4. On days of departure all
watchcij shall be set at not later
than 12:00 Noon, or as of the near
est watcli period to the sclieduled
sailing liour at tlie discretion of
the Mastei.
5. Unnecessary wprk performed
at .sea after 5:00 P.M. and before
8:bo/AM. and on Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, slnUl
be iiaid for at tlie regular over
time rate. On Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays, at sea,
the crew" shall be l equired to do
the customary work for the safe
navigation of the vessel. If the
watch on deck on .Saturday after
noons, Sundays or holidays are
• j'equfred to wa.sh down, they shall
be paid overiinie for such woi'k
performed. Station wojk to be
performed between 6:00 A.M. and
8:00 A.M.
' (a) Station'work to eonsi.si of
• Washing down amidships only, tind
cleaning windows in wheel honsc
and pilot house; alsa cleauing in
bide wheelhouse ajid pilot Iiouse.
watch oji "deck shall be paid at
'the regular overtime rate, and the
S?a<tch below shall be paid at. the
rate of overtime and onelialf.
lira. If strong hacks sind/or
hatch leaves are put. on incorrect
ly iby tlie stevedores, the members
of the deck depari'meiil will cor
rhcHy set the strongbacks and
coiTectly straiglitcii tlie hatch
leaves for tiie jnirpose of stretch
ing out tarpaulins and battening
down same without iiayment of
overtime.
15. Wlien nieniliers of the deck
deiiartment are required to clean
bilges, or clear roseboxes wherein
fuel oil or tiie residue of decom
posed cargo is present, the watch
! on deck sliall be paid at the regu
lar overtime rate, and the watch
below shall be paid at, tlie rate of
overtime and onehalf.
16. On days of airlval and de
parture, day reckoned from mid
night to miduiglit, work per
formed in excess of eight (8)
hours including regular watches,
shall be paid for at the regular
overtime rate, prescribed for the
particular class of work at which
tlic men are engaged. ̂
17. 'When the meniljers of the
crew are required to clean, in
cluding use of the Butterworth
system, tanks that have contained
animal, vegetable or petroleum
oils, including bunkers, or molas
ses, tlie watch on deck shall be
paid One Dollar ($1.00) per hour,
and the watch below ahall be paid
One Dollar and Fifty .Cents
($f.50) per hour. When watches
• are broken and such tank clean
ing is required between the liours
of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., One
Dollar ($1.00) per. hour shall be
paid, and between the hours of
5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. One Dol
lar and Fifty Cents ($1..50) per
hour shall be paid.
18. Sailors standing gangways
watches on Saturday afternoons,
Sundays oi holidays shall be paid
overtime for such watches.
19. Tlie Sailors shall, while at
sea, be divided into three (3)
watches, which shall 'be kept on
duty successively for the perform
ance of ordinary work incident to
the sailing and managing of the
vessel.
20. All hands to be on board,
in a sober condition, one (1) hour
before sailing.
21. If crew works overtime all
night, men shall be provided \yith
a lunch at midnight—one (1)
hour to be allowed for such meal
if wmrk continues. (Luucli re
ferred to in tills section, to be
provided at midnight, must' be a
"hot lunch.")
If the crew works at late as
9:00 P.M., coffee and lunch shall
be served. (Fifteen (15) minutes
shall be allowed, and be included
In overtime if work continues.
If crew works as late as 3:00
A.M., coffee and lunch .shull be
served. (Fifteen (15) minutes
shall be allowed, and be included
in overtime if work continues.
When ciew is called to work
overtime, coffee shall be made and
be ready at. lime of calling by tlie
watch, on deck or gangway watch
man, and allowed during fifteen
(15) miniil'es readiness period.
22. All hands shall be allowed
fifteen (15) minutes for coffee at
10:00 A.M. and at 3:00 P.M., or
at a convenient time near those
hours.
23. Handling Ship's . Stores:
Sailors shall' handle all stores to
on deck without payment of over^
time for a period of one hom; in
any ond port; for any time over
0*00 hour, overtime' to be paid at
the regular rate.
24. When a ship is ancliored or
made fast to a buoy or buoys, in
a safe anchorage in any river, har
bor, bay or sound, any member or
members of the deck department
who are required to stand watch,
shall be paid overtime at' tlie regu
lar rate for standing such watch
on Saturday afternoons, Sundays
,01 holidays. This clause docs not
apply in case of fog or ships seek
ing. shelter.
25. When members of the unli
censed personnel of the deck de
partment are lequired to stand by,
aftei having been called to work
overtime, they .sliaill be paid over
time for the time of standing by,,
at the regular overtime rate.
ENGINE DEPx\RTMENT
WAGES
The classification and minimum
rates of wages in the Engine De
partment shall be as follows:
Oilers ...' ..'..$82.50
Watertenders ... .'... . 82.50
Firemen 72.50
.Combination Firemen
Watertenders 82.50
Storekeeper ............. 82.50
Wipers 60.00
AM unlicensed ratings in the
Engine Department, not specified
above, such as electricians, ice
P.M. and 8:00 A.M. for the pur
pose of keeping steam for the
auxiliaries, winche.; and tiie safe
ty of the. ship.
(a) Wlien cargo is being work
ed with ship's winches on donkey
watch after 5:00 P.M. and before
8:00 A.M., an oiler will be re
quired to turn to for the purpose
of oiling aiuxiliaries, winches and
deck machinery, and the fireman
and oiler shall be • paid'overtime
for the time actually put in.
(b) When cargo is not bein^
worked with ship's wiuches, men
on donkey watches will look after
entire plant, and shall not re
ceive overtime e.xcept on Satur
day afternoons, Sundays and
holidays.
(c) Oh vessels that' carry Deck
Engineers, and .while cargo is be
ing worked and sea watches are
mafntained, the" deck engineer
shall he required to look after the
deck machinery.
If sea watches are maintained
while cargo is being worked, for
a period exceeding twentyfour
(24) hours, the deck engineer
shall be relieved by an oiler off
watch, who shall be paid at the
regular overtime rate.
(d) In port, all work on Satur
day afternoon, Sundays and holi
days shall be paid at the over
time rate.
4. Oil days of departure, all sea
watches shall be set at not later
than 12:00 Noon( or as of the
nearest watch period to the sched
uled sailing hour at the discretion
of the Chief Engineer.
5. When firemen, watertenders,
oilers, wipers or any other un
licensed members of the engine
department are standing sea
watches, they shall do any' work
which is part of their recognized
sea duty.
6. No scaling, painting, clean
ing paint, polishing brass or
bright work, overhauling work,
spongiiig, or blowing tubes, and
scaling or cleaning Of bilges, shall
be done between the hours of
5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
7. Where actual overtime work
ed is less thah one (1) hour, pay
ment for one (1) hour will be al
lowed. When overtime worked
exceeds one (1) hour, payment
will be allowed for actual time
worked, but not less than half
hour periods.
8. Firemen, oilers, watertenders
and other watch members shall,
while at sea, be divided into three
(3) watches, which shall ho kept
oii duty successively, for the per
formance of work incident to the
navigation of the vessel.
9. I'essels arriving in port on
Saturday afternoon.^, Suiidays or
hollda.vs: Overtime .shall begin
when Finished with Engine bell
is rung. Vessels depart,ing for sea
on Saturday afternoons, Sundays
or holidays: Overtime shall be
paid up until the Ahead of Astern
bell is rung.
10. 'SS'ipers shall keep the qiiar
ters and lavatories of the unli
censed persomiel of llie ' engine
departiiieii.t clean at all tiuii's.
Such work to be performed on the
Company's time.
11. In port (and day men at
sea) Sfteen (lo) minute peiuods
shall be allowed for coffee at
10:00 A.M. and at 3:00 P.M. or iit
a conve'iiient ' time near these
hours.
14. Oilers shall not, while at
sea, be required to assist in clean
ing boilers, such as blowing tubes,
scaling, Tdmovirig handhole plates,
washing bilges and tank tops.
15. Watertenders, if carried,
while at sea, shiill do their regu
lar routine duties of the watch.
16. Watertenders, if carried, at
no time shall he required to do
any station work.
17. 'Pilefiremen, while at sea,
shall be required to do their regu
lar sea watches (firing), and they
shall not be required to go above
the first grating, beneath the
floor plates, .imder the boilers or
in back of the boilers.
18. The firemen oh watch shall
be in sight of his fires at ail
times, and within easy reach of
the fires, except when blowing
tubes; but will not be required to
blow superheater tubes at sea,
unless with the assistance of the
wiper.
19. The fireman, while on watcli,
shall be required to keep their re
spective stations clean, and will
not he required to chip, sougee,
scrape paint, or paint while on
watch, between the hour.s of .5:00
P.M. ami 8:00 A.M.
20. If crew works overtime all
night, men shall be provided with
a lunch at midnight,—one (1)
hour to be allpwed for such meal
if overtime continues, (lunch re
ferred to in this section to he pro
vided at luiduight, shall be a "hot
lunch").
If the crew works as late at
9:00 P.M., coffee and hinch shall
be served. i<'ifteen (15) minutes
shall be allowed, and shall .be in
cluded in overtime if work con
tinues.
If the crew works as late as
3:00 A.M., doffee and lunch shall
be served. Fifteen minutes shall
be allowed and shall be included
in overtime 'if work continues.
When crew is called to work
overtime, coffee shall be made
and he ready at time'of calling by
the watch on deck or gangway
watchman, and allowed dnring fif
teen (15) minutes readiness
period.
21. All hands to he on board, in
a sober condition, one (1) hour
before sailing.
STEWARDS DEPARTMENT
WAGES •
The classification and minimum
rates of wage^ In the Stewards
Dept. shall be as follows:
Chief Steward ...'. ..$125.00
Chief Cook 110.00
Second Cook' and'Saker 90.00
IWe'ssmen 60.00
Utility man (if caroled) 60.00
WORKIirG RULES
1. While at sea, the hours of
labor for the Stewards Depart
ment shall be eight (8) hours in
a spread of twelve (12).
2. In port, the hours of labor
shall he eight (8) hours in a
spread of eleven (11).
3. In port, Saturday afternoons,
Siuulays aud hotkluys shall be
paid for at the regular overtime
rate.
4. The Stewards Department
shall not be required to chip,
paint, or scrape' paiiit, unless an
additional inemoer of the Stew
ards Department be signed ,on as
a day worker, in which event, his
duties shall be to perform work
to the exclusion of food handling,
arid be Subject tii' conditions gov
men, machinists, plumbers, pump 12, Wlille at s.?a. the four to j eniing day wo'rkers.
ment of their pay so that existing
differentials will be preserved.
WORKING kuLES
1. The overtime rate will be
seevnty cents (70c) per hour.
2. In port, the hours of labor
shall be eight hours, between
8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., and all
work, performed, in, port, after
5:00 P.M. and before 8:00 A.M.
shall be paid for at the regular
overtime rate.
3. In port, the tinlicensed per
sonnel of the Engine Department
shall maintain a regular donkey
watch between the hours of o:00
men, etc., shall receive ah adjust eight'watch shaVrrelieve itself for
supper. While in port','firemen or
watei teiiders' shall be relieved for
supper, when' cargo is 'being
worked, by the deck engineer or
oiler who is looking after deck
machinery.
13. Oilers, while at sCa, shall do
their routine duties,'such a'S Oiling
main engines arid auxiliaries, and
.shall ' not be required to chip,
scale paint, sougee or shine brasS:
In ca^e of reciprocating engines,
oilers aliall not be required to'
Clehn any stations, but' shall be
fOqiiired td keep In front of main
eiigine' arid fliwt' grfttiiig clean of
oil before leaving watch. • • • ' •
5. The Stewards ' Department
shall not be' required td carry
stores abroad but shall place
same Ih stoVeioom.
6. At sea no 'polishing or shin
ing of brass shall be done on Sat
• irday afterndohs, Sundays or holi
days without the paymfent of over
time.
'7. Members Of the Stewards De
partment shall not bte required to
enter the EnginO 'Room or Fire
Room for the purpose of'serving
coffee or meals.
'8. Whten working oveitime, and
crew 4s knOckfed off for two (2)'(
hours or less, anil' then called
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Friday. April 7, 19.39 T H E S E A F.ARERS' LOG
fHERE and THERE in the GULF
NE WS/rom NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS CALLS STRIKE
ON SEATRAIN LINES
Longshoremen Respect Picket Lines; Beef
On Beatrice Settleil
New Orleans, April 4—Seutraiiin
Havana and New Orleans tied np;
tight to the docks liere in New
Orleans.
Alt hands off the ships except
the captains and chief cngiueeivs,
who tfre permitted to stay aboard..
Morale hlgh.i and the dpanlon of
of everyone that, ithis strike . wt)l
be settled shortly. The other ship,
the Seatrain New York, is tied up
• tight In New. York,. The. long
slioremen in both ports are le
specting.our picket lines.
The company tried to round up
a bunch of fmks last week. They
made the serious niistake of
rounding up some Union men also.
That particular joint of the fink
herders and ficabe there won't be.
rounding up anyone for some
time. Every known fink joint in
this town is covered with pickets;
The M.M. & P. and tlie M.E.B.A.
are having .some diflicnlty oi)ening
negotiations, because they voted
no union at>oiit a year ago. They
have, however, signed authoriza'
tion cards de.signating their re
spective Unions to represent tltem
now.
Shipping excellent for SUP and
MFOW&W here. Companies have
ethrtecf to refuse to pay men off
until renlacement • is available.
The'Point Arena will go out about.
the 14th. We need .some more
West Co.a.st meti to fill the crew.
We are short of men for the rea
son that three full crews have
taken out laid.up ships iu (he last
three' months.
• The crews on all We.st Coast
ohips hitting here are. getting
good conditions, such as food, etc.
All they have, to do i.s make up
tlieir minds that they w.'uit im
provements, and they arc almost
always gained.
The Point Bstcro .had a chisel
ing mate who wouldn't even dis
cuss overtime with us. After tlie
crew quit he changed l)is mind.
Tlie Captain settled the wliole
beef when informed of action
(aken by crew. The Point .Salinas ! ship went into the shipyard
Miami, March 27 Miami had
its iip.s and down this week, and
quite a commotion was caused
here when the Peninsular and
Occidental S.S. Co. violated their
contract by hiring nonUnion men
off the dock.
Onr f'onstitntion calls for a
thirty day suspension for a mem
ber not living up to the shipping
rules. Our rules call for shipping
through the Hall, and not off the
dock.
The whole trouble was caused
by Captain Lord, who liad agreed
to give us a twelve hour notice in
hiring tlie men for the SS Joseph
R. Parrott, and that all men
would be shipped according to our
rules. At.the last minute he hired
a bunch off the dock, and trans
ferred men from the SS Estrada
Palmer—men who sail as wipers
and ordinary seamen when there
are no firemen's, oiler's or A.B.'s
jo.bs available. These same iiieii
know the shipping rules, and de
liberately violated them. We
have preferred charges with the
NLRB against the company. For,
we could pull these men off as the
at
HAPPENINGS in MOBILE
Mobile. March 2.0 — Ju.st, came tlie night luncii can be kept in
off tiic dock afler visiting tlie .SS | fiesh and good condition.
Maiden Creek. This siiip docked | Tin "HASTINGS" is in dry
at 0:30 A.M.. and tlie crow re dock for repairs and will be in
quested an ice box. At 10:30 A.M. ' A1 condition when she leaves
the ice box was swung aboard the j here. A Iionso will be built; aft
vps.se1. Now this seems to me to to accommodate tiie 3 Oilers, 3
be some sort of a record. Tlie WatPi tenders and tlie Bos'n. The
delegate told tlie Port. Steward, j four rooms will give tiie Bos'n his
RANGE AGREEMENT
liad a nnilion and one beefs. All
settled. Steward had to be told
to get off ship before crew would
agree to slay aboard, Tiiis stew
ard was incompetent and could
iiot hold down the job. even
though he h.ad been in the com
pany for seven years. He told
the crew before he left the coast
that there was, plenty of good
grub. However, the crew wa.s
hungry and disgusted when ship
hit' here. Plenty of stores and
milk went aboard, and a new deal
is expected on this ship.
R. Dean
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again, overtime shall continue
straight through.
9. No member of the Stewards
Department shall be paid over
time for the routine duties of the
department, subject to Section 3.
10. All hands to be on board, in
a sober condition, one hour before
• ,.<ailing.
ADDITION TO GENERAL
RDLES
On ships carrying CoaJ in con
tinuous voyages over a consecu
tive fifteen (IS) dhy period, the
following scale' of wages shall be
paid from the beginning of the
Coal carrying;:
Boatswain $95.00.
Able Seamen 82.'50
Ordinary Seaman 70.00
Oilers 92.30
Watertenders 92.50
Firemen 82.50
Wipers 70.00
Chief Steward 135.00
Chief Cook 115.00
Seccnd Cook 105.00
Utility Man 65.00
Messman 65;00
The Union, immediately upon
entering into any agreement with
any other owner or operator of
vessels engaged in a trade or
trades similar' to those in which
the vessels operated by the Com
pany are engaged, agrees to fur
nish the Company with a copy of
such' agreement.
IN' WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed this
agreement, bn the day and year
first written herein.
Seafarers* International Union
of North America
By Matthew Diishone
Artlmt A. Kclcey.
American Range Lines, Inc.
f ffyjQhw. O, Rogipra
New Orleans, March 30—Tlie
steamship Beatrice of the A. H.
Bull & Co., Inc., arrived here in
New Orleans last Sunday. We
boarded her and contacted the
ship's delegates, and inquired as
to conditions, etc. We soon found
out that conditions on this vessel
did not come up to standard.
The crew demanded that certain
changes be made. Al} steaniiines
in the washrooms to be covered
mirror in waslirooni, tile decks,
and also water faucets.
Regarding the living quarters,
new mattresses, pillows, change of
white linen, bath and face towels
weekly wore.also demanded. Also
a water cooler in the cre\». 's mess
room and quarters.
We contacted the maister, who
sent a telegram to .the owners in
New York,.acquainiiiig,tliem A'itli
the denmnds of the crew. The
owners wired back: "Supply ma,t
tresses and .pillows to be bought
in Ne'W Orleans, also new mess
gear and new food suirply." We
checked all the things as they
came, aboard, and found theni to
be up to our standard. The crew
are now well, satisfied..
Monday night the black gang
quit on account of bum conditions,
and the company failed to call the
Hall for a new crew until Wed
nesday afternoon.
The tile decking and covering
of the steamllnes will be done in
New York or Baltimore, as the
telegram states.
It takes actions, not words, to
get ships' conditions in ships, and
the officials here in New Orleans
are on the go at all times to bet
ter conditions aboard ships. Bro
ther Kennedy, ship's delegate of
the Beatrice, has been a great help
(,0 us in securing better condi
tions.
We v^to th® SEAFARER'S
LOG a fiw 'Weeks ago that Bro
theks Tbm Davin and Clive • Aili
Tampa.
Yet, on the other hand, we, as
a national organization, had an
open and shut case of pure viola
tion of a contract 'which we hold.
After talking it over with some
of the men on the beach, it was
decided that with this case we
can prove whether the Labor
Board is for Right and Justice, or
for a chosen few. Either way, we
win.
So we feel that for the sake of
a few jobs for a three month
period, (after which (inie the ship
will lay up) we can not only
benefit ourselves, but all Labor
Unions at the same time. To
those not on the scene, it .may
seem foolish, but it is not in the
least. .The men here are thinking
not only, for themselves, but i'or
Labor, as a whole.
The boys around Port Evei'
glades have got to be shc^vn that
this is an organization for the
benefit of all,—not for twenty or
thirty men!
J. Gunnison
on the dock, that the crew wanteci
the box, and he eaid "At least give
me lime to order the dam' thing!"
He got it, and tlie crew got the
box—some .speed!
Tlie mate of tliis scow fias been
in t.lie liabit. of raising gear, com
ing in, with just tlie wal'cli on
deck., From now on, all hands will
do this work, so let the rest of
the sliips take note!
Also tlie deck patrolman jacked
him iij) on liis attitude towards
the crew, so, in the future, the
crew can be assured of civil treat
ment from this mate.
In San Juan, tlie company agent
got. smart, and sliipped a work
away, but when the ciew came in
to their quarters from squaring
away, and found tliis guy in there,
tiiey got hot. and tlie next morn
ing in Ponce told tlie company
that no workaways would be tol
erated.
The crew of this ship emphati
own I'oom and an Oiler and Wa
tertcnder to each of. the others,
and suitable wasli and toilet fa
C!]itie,s. The old forecastles are
being torn out. and they will be
leiiovated in good style to accom
modate the balance of ' the unli
cen.sed personnel.
The Maritime Council is swing
ing into siiape. The Maritime
Trades held a meeting on tlie 28th
'at the SlUNA Hall and elected
officers for that Body. A commit
tee was elected by tliem to meet
with tlie Banana Handlers Union
to try to settle the question of
having Union Banana Handlers at
the State docks. The Isthmian
Lines are coming fast to our way
of seeing things. We are able to
get some good progressive mem
bers aboard these packer's and be
lieve you me, some fine progress
is being made. ,
The PANATLANTIC came in
with beefs aplenty and they were
cally stale, llial. al no lime, liave | all settled to our satisfaction. We
tlipy let go or tied up unless all
hands were on deck. So let all
correspondents to the LOG check
up on these things before they
make any statements. They fur
ther state that if there is any fun
ny stuff pulled on this ship, it
'Won't happen
aboard her.
while they are
Mobile, March 29—Shipping for
tlie past week lias been slow% but
with the arrival of several of the
vessels on the foreign run pros
pects are good for tiie coming two
had on that vessel a distinct and
definite clarification that Oilers
are required at all times when
moving siiip, and so forth. The
Company had been using the Jun
ior Engineer to do this • work, but
now it is the Oilens, and when •
overtime is to be made we who
fought for the overtime will get
it. ' • * •
Brother Albaugh, our DLs
r'atehe;'. resigned due to ill health
and his duties have been taken
over by tlie Agent and patrolmen.
"WGth economy as the prime rea
son. No one has been elected to
son died liere awhile back. Please
print this in tiie LOG, as the mem
bers here in New Orleans want it.
Seat'rains Havana and New. Or
leans are still tied up tight as
Hell! New Orleans is for action,
and plenty of it, and we liave a
good .set liere who will go to bat.
Fraternally,
L. E. Wessels,
Engine Delegate.
New Orleans, April 3—Had a
beef on the Point. Salinas on ac
count of the ship being hungry
and no gear to work with; and
the crew wanted to quit but could
not get. replacements here because
there is no West' Coast, men
ashore, so the Steward was (alked
into quitting and the company
promised to get all the gear need
ed, so everything was O.K. and
ship sailed.
Almost every W. C. ship' leaving
here is sailing sliorthanded be
cause there are no W. C. men to
take the jobs.
The mate on the Point Salinas
was also instructed to stay off
deck and let the Boatswain run
the gang.
, Fraternally,
L. J. Bollinger, SUP 3859
Dispatcher
weeks. On the incoming Watei
man ships, the crews have re replace liim, and it is the opinion
quested, and in many instances , of the writer that this is a good
already received t'iiem, and the | step, as we need as much money
others are being installed as , in the organization as possible to
quickly as the Company can get . take care of expenses and build
their supply of them. The instal ' ii]) a possible reserve
nation of lee Boxes insures that | Matters are being brought into
" ' siiape in regard to tiie standby
man to be on the job and to see work that is to be done on all
vhat. every member attends these | coming into (his port, and
regular meetings held on board ! ^ see things soon to be settled
ships and to send them in to tiie favor.
Scdfurcrs' Log, as they will be Pld. old story of I want to
glad to print them. = come back into the SlUNA Is
Yuu know as well as 1 do that j so often it is becoming pa
some of .lie brothers figure that j in many instances. The
everything is alright aboard siiip ; ones that were so active in
and it is only a ivaste of time; trying to turn sliiixi over to the
that is phoney figuring, brothers. NMU are the ones we liave coming
Very phoney. . *o the office askin.g, "Please
There are always beefs to be | os back."
taken cave of and tiiey LShould be | And with that your correspon
beefed out at (lie meetings and dent will promise to do as well
not. in ginmills after you get n 'next week and give a bit of "off
few drinks under your belt. So, i tiie record" as to how the boys are
please be advised that these meet 'doing on Royal Street,
ings field on board ship are for j J. K. Kane, Book No. 18 Gulf
your benefit. So, brothers, get to | —
gether and hold your regular Mobile, Ala.—The Union has
meetings and send them to your
official organ. The Seafurer'a Log,
and also to the Wrst Coast Sailor.
Brothers, the Seafarers' Inter
national Union of N. A. is doing
fine woi;k here i" the Gulf.
Steady as .site goes.
L. E. Wessels
New Orleans, April 4—POINTS
OF, NECESSITY OF HOLDING
REGULAR SHIPS MEETINGS.
II is the duty of every union
EDITOR'S NOTE'.—We
wish to advise Brother E.
Boylstoii, Gulf No. 16, that
we received his letter, but
due to the fact that it is con-
trary to the policy of ike
LOG to use its columns for
any personal attacks on indi'
viduals. we cannot publish it.
been very effective in settling all
beefs in favor of the men con
cerned, and at all times due con
sideration has been given to the
effect that action on different
disputes did not conflict with our
agreement .and the hope that we
can further the efforts of our
selves. the membership, to bring
about a successful effort to fur
ther our working conditions and
welfare.
It is the belief of the writer
that things that do not come to
the fore, and are not given the
notice that they sbrald be, are
the violations on the part of
some of the membership, and that
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Seatrain Agreement Signed
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licensed engiivejiajU off the ships
had' designated the First Assistant
of the New York to negotiate with
., the company for them, and he and
the other engineern off the New
York, had been sittiiig in on the
negotiations. Things were ap
parentl.v going along sniootlily,
when the compan.v oflicials sud
denly declared that they would
not negotiate with the engineers.
Thr.y were informed by our nego
tiators, that, unless they would
deal with the engineers we would
sail the ,ships. as the engi
we
not sail the ,ships. as
nee.r.s had backed us up, and
were going to back them up.
New Orleans was then contact
ed by telephone and told of the
situation. They stated that they
are also backing up the engineers.
Then it was arranged that the
mates off the Seatrains New Or mates had not been learned.
AgreeiiKMit Sigiu^
Shortly after3:00 P.M., a wire
was received" from Now Orleans,
stating that the membership in
that port had voted to instruct the
Emergency Board to sign the
amended agreement, with the
wage increase.
Another special meeting was
imnu'dialely called, and the wire
from New Orleans was read to
the membership. It was then
moved. s,?conded and carried un
aniniou.sly to concur in the New
Orleans telegram, and to instruct
the Emergency Bcfard to sign the
agreement.
Following the meeting, the 3ea
ti'ain Lines was contacted and in
foimed of the action taken by the
member.ship. The Board then
proceeded to the company's office,
and the agreement was signed.
At the time of going press,
the status of the engineers and
M OB I L
leans and Havana send someone
to New York to negotiate with
the company for them, and their
representative arrived here in
New York this morning.
t ompaiiy'.s Final Olicr
A wire was received from the
Seatrain Lines stating their final
word in regard to the agreement.
It was read to the membership at
a special meeting held at 10:00
o'ciock this morning, and the as
sembled membership decided that,
due to the fact that two of the
shipsj were struck in New Orleans,
and only one here, they would
take whatever action New Or
leans takes. It was then moved,
seconded and carried to defer
any action on the telegram until
we are advised as to what action
is taken by the membership in
New Orleans. A verbatim copy of
the wire was then, sent to "Red"
Deari in New Orleans,
Company Stalfed
When negotiations were first
opened with the Seatrain Lines,
they refused to grant many of the
conditions demanded, and stalled
around for quite some time. They
then made the proposal that they
would grant a five dollar wage in
crease,—but Avithout the payment
of any overtime, and that the
crews Avould be required to work
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
holidays at sea, and be given time
off in port. This, the membership
absolutely refused to go for. Then,
as a counter proposition, the com
pany agrees to grant all the con
ditions that Ave had demanded,
Avith payment for all overtime, but
—without any increase in wages.
The membership turned down this
proposal also, and demanded that
a wage increase be given, and
that our conitions also be com
plied with.
San Juan Fink Hall Blast
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lie in general, who are ultimately
affected by miseries caused by
poor remuneration, especially
when they are regimented to a
regimentation of slavery.
In your March 16 edition I had
the opportunity of reading a
note—of course, not' so surprising
(by local Federal Maritime Com
mission's office), offering to serve
(appardhily free and with love),
to the poor and the pitifully em
ployed seamen who are looking
for work aboard the ships.
Qaestionable Benefits
It isindeed a" benevolent work
that is being offered the poor sea
men!
Great is the work that is being
offered by the Government and
Eome of its reactionary officials,
but the bait is too rancid that sea
men who have been to sea, and
"Who have had to dig ?10, ?20 or
wp to ?.50 which they could bor
row from some usurer for so much
percent, to be given indirectly to
the. Government as a gift, or to
private shipping agencies, to find
themselves aboard some floating
coffin—hungry and sick, due to
.poor living conditions given by
Ehipowners to the men who bring
them the greater part' of their
gold. Seamen who have accom
plished, through their organiza
tions, with the help of some hu
. ananitarians and progressive gov
ernment officials, a little better
pay, good working conditions, bet
ter food and accommodations
aboard some American vessels,
cay.; timt The bacon on your fish
ing.hook smells bad, and so the
.Ush , will not bite!
'% Seamen Want PVeedoan
' The seamen are human beings
in that they want to be free!
1^ yie refuse to be militarized—^we |
don't want to be kept behind steel
bars on bread and Avater; Avhen,
as free men, we claim the things
justly belonging to us because we
have Avorked and fought for them.
We certainly appreciate the of
fer of th6 government officials;
but what matters is that Ave had
the bitter experience of the old
Shipping Board, and that has
taught us what you are now pro
posing to do about the seamen!
It is much cheaper for Ave sea
men to pay dues to our organiza
tions, and, at the same time, Ave
are freer!
Yea, we would welcome with
pleasure, Avhen these government
departments and agencies comply
more strictly, and with devotion,
to assist seamen when claiming
for sums coming to them—money
they have worked for, but being
refused payment; and also tb in
spect living quarters and food that
are being supplied aboard ships.
We will take care of looking for
jobs!
What we really do not want^is
to be ehanghaied, or let anyone
shanghai us with yokes on our
necks!
Hospital Needed
We will much more appreciate
from these government officials'
great ideas, if they would solicit
from the Government the means
to establish a marine hospital on
this Isiand, to provide for the
numerous seamen who need medi.
cal treatment and can not get
into a hospital, because they can't
afford to pay a private hospital's
bill!
There are a total of IjMlO sea,
men cconlng ia and out of Puerto
Rico every month. There are 350
to 400 eeafareis ashore, or a total
of about 2,200 seamen on Amer
iam vessels only, and 60, percent
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the members are reluctant to take
action against the violators, and
thereby contribute to the detri
ment of the good and welfare of
our membership.
On the SS MAIDExN CREEK
tAvo of the messmen Avere paid for
the day. as the ship paid off early
to aid tli.c men AVIIO Avere not on
Avatch tlip opportunity of getting
ashore. They served breakfast
and then grabbed their gear and
went ashore, l^aving the other
tAvo meals and coffee to be made
by Avhosoever might. They failed
to keep our part of the agreement
by not doing the work they should
have, and Avere paid to do. If a
ship's officer turned us to, and
then paid us only for the third
or half a day Ave Avorked, Hell
would be raised, and our patrol
men Avould be called to straighten
out the beef!
Just a feAV days ago a man was
shipped on a vessel, and left the
Hall to go to work. He shoAved
up on the job, signed on, and then
failed |.o do anything more, or re
port to the Hall that he was not
going to take the job, or that
soirething had come up Avhereby
ho Avas unable to Avork, but, up to
this Avriting, he has not even been
into the Hall.
Records have been made, and
records have been broken, but be
lieve you me, here is one that
should stand for quite some, time.
On the SS IBERVILLE, the fol
loAving record Avas hung up by the
second cook: Jan. 17, Mobile,
Drunk; Feb. 11, 12, 13, failed to
turn to (Drunk); Feb. 19, turned
to half day; Feb; 25, 26. failed to
turn to (Drunk); Feb. 27, turned
to half day; Feb. 28, failed to turn
to (Drunk).
The Chief Cook did the addi
tional work that Avas necessary,
and noAv says, "Why do anything?
It's all over and done with." An
example should be made of these
performers, and make them toe
the Ime, and if these same men
are out to jeopardize the entire
membership, then we must get
rid of them. They are doing the
things which we, as Union men,
can not tolerate, aid or abet.
Failure of the Chief Cook to place
charges against this man is slack
and weaksister Unionism. Let us
build at all times, and Avhen this
element Avho brings to our detri
ment and Avoe, strike them firmly
and justly with the weapons that
we possess,—fine or expulsion!
On the vessels that arrived dur
ing the week, no beefs Avere re
Houston News
Houston, March ,Zi—AVill try tc
give you an idea of Avliat is going
on in the port of Houston. When
Ave.flrsf tried to open a Hall here,
the NMU met the truck on whicli
Ave were moving the furniture up
from GalAeiAton, and insisted t!iaf
we could not open a Hall in Hous
ton. Realizing fiio fact that to
open a Hall at that time Avould
probably cause open warfare on
tlie waterfront, Ave decided to
await a more suitable tame. I
Avired Biotlier Dean in NPAV Or
leans, and be came to Houston
bringing five We.sf Coast Brot tiers
witii bim, and Avith this support,
we were able to open a Hall. Tbe
NMU saw that they couldn't stop
us, .so they called the landlord,
and be in turn called me and said
tliat be wanted his building re
turned to him, and that if we did
so, he Avould return part of the
rent. The Brothers decided that,
as the rent, was due within a few
days, the sensible thing to do was
to move.
We contacted the ILA Coastwise
Local, and they agreed to let us
have space in their Hall, and have
been cooperating with the SIU to
the fullest extent. They realize
that our program is tlie only pro
gressive movement in the field,
where all maritime workers can
get together and form a real in
dustrial Union, and when the
of these are sons of this land.
Yet, some of them have to spend
their savings in order to secure
medical services which should
rightfully be theirs!
liCf 8 AU Be Fair
And as for you, Messrs. Ship
owners, we desire you to know
that' only those who want to take
your property away from you are
the only ones in favor of taking
your bait!
What else could Stalin like, but
to own the American Navy and
the Merchant Marine? Within six
hours he will have Joe Curran to
relieve Don Miguel Such, Paddy
Whaldn in Mr. Caseres' place, and
Alexander in Mr. Lugo Vina's!
WE HAVE BEEN FAIR, AND
ONLY DEMAND WHAT SS COM
ING TO US WHEN WE EARN
IT!
LET US BOTH BE FAIR TO
EACH OTHER!
SHIPS CAN NOT RUN WITH
OUT SEAMEN; THEREFORE
LET US LIVE AND LET LIVE!
Ambition, greed and ^varice
will teach the bosses and masters
that the "gravy will cost them
more than the meat". ,
We will continue to inform the
setimm and. the public in genmit
of hanpenings day in and day out.
Respectfully,
E. G, Moreno, Agent
Seafarers' International Union
ported on the. folloAving: SS
HASTINGS, MAIDEN CREEK,
and the IBERVILLE.
News gathered along Royal
Street: Brother Albaugh is going
to sea again. Let us all Avfsh a
fair VjOyage, calm seas and sunny
weather, for after all the grief he
has had, it will be quite a relief
for him to "let go aft"!
Brother Hays, exbos!n of the
Maiden Creek, has just received
his "Pilot's" license, and the
schooners going across th,? bar
have kept him very busy.
Leading seaman Donohue, for
merly of the SS YAKA, has ar
rived from the Mississippi sticks,
and it seems he AVHS barbound by
the beer fog, but we are very
happy to know that he finally
managed to bring himself in
in good shape.
Style Vogue: What the well
dressed young men are Avearing:
Sky blue trousers supported by a
white woven belt, white polo
shirt with brown trim on the
sleeves, low cut shoes, light
brown in color with a moccasin
toe, SOX to match, the Avhole en
semble to be topped off with a
high pressure cap. Whoops!
(Now. the best way to settfe any
bedf one may have, Is to stay
away from the Union Hall, and be
sure to thrash everything out in
the nearest bar room. This seems
to be the system employed by
many of the membership. Instead
of taking it up at the Hall. And
further efforts to have it settled
is to be sure to tell one of the
patrolmen in some other port that
the Mobile patrolman didn't do
anything about it! Many acts of
criticism, flaying the Mobile Agent
and patrolmen have been entirely
unjust and unfounded, and are
merely the result of personal ani
mosities.
Shipped during the week: 7
Deck, 3 Engine and 3 Steward.
Visited the hospital with the
patrolmen, and found all hands
doing nicely, and provided them
with copies of the LOG and
WEST COAST SAILOR.
Many of the boys on top of tho
shipping list are now anticipating
a nice cool ocean voyage for the
summer. Brother GrilBth of the
Steward D^aitDBeoi: iam been
banginK; arona^ielght ciose to tlie
Hail, and it is our belief that he
will grab one ef the .iie*t,^fnga
J. K. Kane, Gilfr flo.118
phrase "An injuiy to one is an in
jury to all" is used, it will loe a
reality and not just a byword.
The seamen are waking up and
realizing that, through a bunch of
politicalminded liand shakers, and
their stubbornness to put over
their own program, they liaA'e sac
rificed tile seamen through phoney
agreements, and their phoney
asse.ssments .so that' they may be
able to keep tlieir professional
.stooges ashore. By these under
handed methods they were able to
keep control of the Union fiom
the top. instead of by tlie men
who shed their blood, fought and
starved on their picket lines in
Older to build a union. Tlie.se
men are noAV realizing that their
struggle is in vain under tlie pres
ent setUp. Instead of progress
ing, it. is decaying under I heir feet
because the leeches who control it
from the top do not care what
happens to the seamen, as long as
they gain their own selfish ends.
Now that the SIU is in the field
with a real pogressive program,
the stooges are using all their
underhanded methods to slander
and attack us, but we believe
that the men will respond in a
different manner to what they
expect, and that in a short time
we will have a real industrial
Union under the Seafarers' Inter
national Union of North America.
Then the phrase "An injury to
one is an injury to all" will in
deed be a reality and not just a
few idle words.
So, ONWARD TO INDUS
TRIAL FREEDOM, AND IN
STEAD OF FIGHTING AMONGST
OURSELVES, LET'S ALL GET
TOGETHER AND FIGHT THE
BOSS!
Steady as she goes!
Blackie Hobart,
Agent Pro tem.
Jacksonville, March 29 — Things
are rather SIOAV here in Jackson
ville, and it has been giving some
of the boys on the beach an idea
how to conduct a business meet'
ing. With this in mind, the boys
here are extending their apprecia
tion to the SIU and the member
ship for their splendid coopera
tion in the functioning of the
union is so short a time. The
members in this port pledge their
support to the Sailors Union of
the Pacific, in their fight against
the Fink Halls on the West Coast.
The men are beginning to realize
the serioAisness of the fink halls,
and are determined to fight
against them. Shipping is rather
slow in this port, and the reason
for this, is that when a man ships
out of Jax, he never brings it
back here. So, for your own sake,
and the brothers here, when you
ship out of this port, try and
bring it back, thereby giving the
other man on the beach a chance.
With best wishes, I am
Fred Lauritano
out.
SS GREYI.OCK
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noons, Sundays and holidays, in
all ports.
The action taken by the crew of
the Greylock is an outstanding
example of what can be acconv
pliahed through united action.
They handed their beef over to
the patrolmen, and then backed
them up. one hundred percent.
Let's have more action of the
same sort, and show all the mem
bers, both of the SIU and the
rillVtU .that we have an organiza
tion of wdicl*we may wcfi he
proudi
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