(14) This agreement shall go into effect July 1st, 1919, and shall continue in force until July 1st, 1921.

(15) It is expressly agreed that should at any time, an appeal be made to the Board of Arbitration, that an impartial Chairman shall be first selected by mutual agreement between Mr. Eli Strouse, President of Strouse & Bros., Inc., and Mr. Sidney Hillman, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.

`(16) It is expressly agreed that Jacob M. Moses, ex-judge of the Juvenile Court shall preside as Chairman of the Trade Board.

Agreement-Clothing Exchange of Rochester and Amalga

mated Clothing Workers of America.

Entered into between the Clothing Exchange of Rochester, represented by Mr. Max Holtz and Mr. Samuel Weil, and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, represented by Mr. Sidney Hillman.

THE OPEN SHOP

1. The union concedes and recognizes the right of the manufacturers to operate their plants on the so-called "open shop" principle.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

2. The employees recognize the right of their employees to bargain collectively. This shall carry with it the following: (a) The right of employees to organize and belong to outside organizations.

(b) The right of the employee or group of employees to elect their own representatives, who shall in turn have the right to act as counsel for such employees, as later prescribed.

METHOD OF HANDLING GRIEVANCES UNDER THIS COLLEC TIVE BARGAINING PLAN.

3. (a) Individuals or groups of workers have the right to present their complaints direct to the firm's labor manager.

(b) Individuals or groups may present their complaints through their representatives which may be either the group representative or shop chairman according to the wishes of the workers directly involved.

3. The aggrieved workers shall have the right to call in as their spokesman a third party who himself need not be an employee of the firm.

1. Such outsider shall be permitted to enter into the con

troversy only after settlement has been attempted on the inside between the firm and the workers (or the workers' inside representatives).

2. Where no such settlement is reached, then the workers may call in the representative who need not be an employee of the firm at such time and such place as is agreed upon between the workers and the firm.

Where time and place cannot be agreed upon between the workers and the firm, the place shall be the arbitrator's office, and the time set by the arbitrator, if the time cannot be agreed upon between the parties.

3. The firm has the same right to call into the conference or controversy such outsiders, under the same conditions laid down for the workers.

ARBITRATION SCHEDULE

4. Both parties agree to arbitration as a model of settling disputes. There shall be no stoppages of work because of disputes or dissatisfaction. The award of the arbitrators shall be final and binding on both parties. Procedure in arbitration shall be as follows:

(a) All matters which cannot be settled within the plant, as between the firm and the workers, after calling in the shop chairman or the outside representative, or both, as heretofore provided for, shall be referred to arbitration for final adjudication.

(b) Either party may bring the matter to arbitration at any time within thirty days after failure to reach an agreement. (c) Employers and workers have the right to be represented by their outside representatives before the arbitrator.

(d) The employers shall have the right to refuse employment to such of their workers who do not abide by the award of the arbitrator.

(e) The arbitrator shall be chosen by both parties to this agreement.

5. The forty-four hour shall go into effect April 1, 1919. 6. The matter of wages shall be the subject of a conference before April 1st between Mr. Hillman and Mr. Holtz. In the

event of a failure. to agree it shall be subject to arbitration as provided in this agreement.

7. This agreement shall run until May 1, 1920.

N. Y. Clothing Trade Association

PREAMBLE

The parties hereto enter into an agreement for collective bargaining with the intention of agreeing on wage and working conditions and to provide a method for adjusting all differences that may arise during the term of this agreement.

On the part of the employer, it is the expectation and intention that this agreement will result in the establishment and maintenance of a high order of discipline and efficiency by the willing coöperation of union workers; that by the exercise of this discipline, all stoppage and interruptions will cease; that good standards of workmanship and conduct will be maintained and a proper quantity, quality and cost of production will be assured; that coöperation and good will will be established between the parties hereto.

On the part of the union, it is the intention and expectation that this agreement will operate in such a way as to maintain and strengthen its organization so that it may be strong enough to coöperate, as contemplated in this agreement, and to command the respect of the employer; that they will have recourse to a tribunal in the creation of which their votes will have equal weight with that of the employer in which all of their grievances, including those concerning wages and working conditions, may be heard and all of their claims adjudicated.

I

This agreement is entered into between the New York Clothing Trades Association and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and is effective from August 27, 1919, to August 26, 1920.

II

HOURS OF WORK

A. The hours of work shall be forty-four per week, to be worked eight hours on week days, with a Saturday half holiday.

B. OVERTIME. For work done in excess of the regular hours per day, overtime shall be paid to piece workers of fifty per cent, in addition to their piece work rates; to week workers, at the rate of time and a half.

III
WAGES

If there shall be a general change in wages in the clothing industry, during the life of this agreement, which will be sufficiently permanent to warrant the belief that the change is not temporary, the board of arbitration herein provided for, shall have power to determine whether such change is of so extraordinary nature as to justify a consideration of the question of making a change in the present agreement, and if so, then the board shall have power to make such changes in wages as in its judgment shall be proper.

IV

PREFERENCE

A. It is agreed that the principle of the preferential shop shall prevail, to be applied in the following manner:

Preference shall be applied in hiring and discharge.

Whenever the employer needs additional workers, he shall first make application to the union, specifying the number and kind of workers needed.

The union shall be given a reasonable time to supply the number of workers required, and if unable, for any reason, to furnish them, the employer shall be at liberty to secure them in the open market as best he can.

In the like manner, the principle of preference shall be applied in the case of discharge.