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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1944 Nov 15 DOC OC395 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo . roy ' , ; , o |* , o ' Lae a a8 oo , wt oe 2 a ae. . . 3. ay you = ret ae . be coef oe . , he , a eh, F 2 . OR Bata tora ge . Bree, eB ' re ih er ee ea ar wt ee wa 4 tab ag FCdite yee or ty pe tes 7 : . v s kat ve a + {ie art pop ow dip fea Rte ye oe cae tage wees ne puriarie a6 # > 4. age ... Commission's (tee Directive Order, Clevelan^'trip rey: - af Cleveland trip repoti af yes rm rm shipbuilding 1946 Commission's Directive Directive Order the wested wested repoti af sptember 12 subsequently October October 15 1944 wested sptember T. Z's re Z's Z's aigesture aigesture relations sansger American American ease At At the request of Kr J. H. inidnudsutsritarlial relations wenager wenager of Federal ShiSph-ip- @ uilding uilding and Dry Dock Co. U. Lave Steel subsidiary subsidiary Amma testified at Federal Enipbuilding ' Commission hearing Washington Washington 1944 Commission similar to that used in American October pat mat director wf thy Baw darssy have initiated through through R. Hasard mov now director director New Mersey bed Lay, be bure SItnodpsustrial Industrial Trenton ) to Hasard issue the supplemen supplemen Mersey supplemen Requirements t thehpehotbuorestats statement Fiberglas Fiberglas Hliettenr iBmausmard Basard Requirements Requirements 1946 Meanwhile Meanwhile have be 5 using photostats Drinker's letter photostats still pending ete . . Federal Ship esses are st st pending we ^'. informally While American American Ship members of Shipbuilding members M % aa S^lettinformally with rieqnuesdtiungsttroy laitieto laitieto sn Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Commission Oulf requesting oalf Oulf Coast Review Gu ORCH. oo a lumuson the Alllen Ja Tashington lovelac lovelac be taim at lumuson Tashington This which which besidne Paul Paul Book Liars Liars Amt at Tracy Ferguson lavyLabor Relations Officer are present Tracy Uo Ferguson Ferguson eS wo sygree to award of promica wage glass glass discminatery armed thi fibre discminatery discminatery fibre cizss was discminatery os Chaise Officer Officer of the Eight - weed Tes orlaans however they Labor admitter Relations thatthat there 1. Do chetes of & i ORs pps Maat, wbsere 2241 Bee preplum has in and la so videspesad the tal thin from from precedent precedent long cried va hazard angle that come levelvo~ levelvo~ the ^...beyn ir goo: It is recognised of disconfort and dina ard health hazard sufficient sufficient to Justify an alment * dirty jeb basis wrist condi- d- htailolinnshaplelcuilniar peculiar shipbuilding shipbuilding Justiinfdyustrpyremsiuucmh o an s working in confine spunee condi- of adequate ventilation ventilation la lekcok f wash and looker rom fallities fallities sf our vertilation, would have sar- sar- of mineral wool and that would sar- sar- to premium even even though subterfuge objection it is recognized that such premium premium to To stabilization stabilization regulations If the premium sore applied ALL subterfuge evade evade vage - predicated health health hazard to and hazard upon of mineral wool shipbuilding did dirty sonditions sonditions peculiar peculiar peculiar to position of EOT upon shipbuilding industry they replied that and slaz B28z they implying implying be position would wool that they know know bring extending the premium rook wool slaz then winth winth J kad other other mufacturers implying rock slag wool Then Ames pointed that we were under under illusions mufacturers ofFederal thip any shipyard was fighting pointed battle us and that that no Federal's Federal's Federal lest they they engulfed by fighting battle compensation compensation claims tased tased allegation concerns sixime that might be tidal wave condi of hazard - compensation compensation compensation compensation up under Jersey Jersey tions surrounding allegation administration administration administration the workers in New misinterpreted misinterpreted where the the Commission's presium wage would mie~ mie~ @f & Judicial finding that gramaterin al material t baserdous baserdous would misinterpreted misinterpreted erare the finding material o ta serdous hous material wae This argument struck Gentlemen Gentlemen Amce you ekzi ohe% hasn't asked for But you have say net selieve premium as is now laber into your rullage disarinimtary disarinimtary disarinimtary to you yew diserialnatlea writting must rescindad written object disarinimtary Les diserialnatlea Mave told us it because because our materials bem the the diserialnatlea ( lion part probably because your Fiberglas form materials account account for best of the medif eed eations y is shipyards shipyards But Fiberglas wool as shows and wineral what eations eations ancoeia tice 9 bo b^,vre claseifination by freight rate claseifination Sw: claseifination and and by trade association association erate defin defin shows the ct eas what b^,vre hl $c shipyards, and dy rate elaneificetion, wy freight . fage > 11-15-44 said in your rulings is equivalent to telling a farmer that he his to pay a premium for harvesters when they thresk wheat but art when they threak rye barley or corn ( low why don't you work the quid pro que angle and we this sima tot maki e ao trn ade and get something else that you want from the laber representatives on the Commission Then we offered the draft of a resolution copy attached which might be useful in amanding the Spun Glass and Fibre Glass item in the Tentative Conclusion of the Dulf Const hage Meview Mars Foul and Howlett locked it over comed that they souldn't do it that way but indicated that the ruling in the American Ship oase then in draft form provided a premium for installing Mineral weel including glass insulstim Ame countered that this was like saying grain including whent Shrush- ing and urged them to make it Mineral wool including rock glass or slag insulation | although friendly They were adamean n tht is to make this concession point however and thou thg ey hwet re their attitude was mntirely a ressemblmey Probably outcome is that the American Skip ruling will be formed with this awards A premium of 11g per hour for workers notally engaged in installing mineral wool including glase immulatio and that this phraseology will establish a pattern to case and in an amendment to the Fiberglas item in the Coast Eage Review be followed in the Federal thin Tentative Comblusions of the Gulf It is urgently suggested that the Fashington office hoep in elcas touch with the Shipbuilding Commission and promptly relay to Toledo date and complete information ( on the status of all cases where our interests are affected In the meantime Awes will undertake to fellow through Fasard to Erinker or John keshe ef the National afety Commeil Drinker and Foche urete Minimen Requirements te soe to it that an official supplement withdrawing the statement on Fiberglas is issued Lssatine too it is suggested that the opportunity be made for Awes to present a story on this at the branch managers meeting November 30 - Desember 1 and 2 pointing out the implications of this situation with special mphasis on the mosssity of getting in bed with the unions TUZE and Chip Carpenters to stimulate them to invoke the procudmt of the newly established generalized mineral pattern to swaken labor to its opportunity to extend the vage premium to rock wool and slag wool when the need arises Our competition isn't going to like no m~ we're going to have a fight sa our hands with the reck woso lag l wool people when they wake up to what ins appound But unleswse do this we are going to be in a bad competitive posini s ift we'i re go olsnto a have fight these tasties will make an industry fight and uot a wy fight re ar Le must match closely tes to make sure that the potte| wee by the Shipbuilding mission along the lims indicated above is followeidn senh webiag, tint the premium is on the basis of dimngre coe ndiatibonls eindu wef wine mess lack of ventilation etc. -- peculiar to the shipbuilding indu Oe sonumption of health hard is expunged frm the remed In this Sey te to to the help of such ma n^Nr Bowls president of toml groep arpenters F New Orleans of the international representative of this Goldstein arpenters Rotel Amapolis Pashington and even of fer ; Draft of titted is achington fev, Conclusions of wolf titted titted . 1944 Some Rage Informally to to Amend Item Review dated Industry on Spun Sept. 8 Members of MLF Glass and Fibre 1944 7s ax a er V ( Whereas Spun slaesifted in wool used in poly Class or Fibre Glass or glass wool Fiberglas 3. ation ie poly the generic category of inorganic insulation materials coon as sier shipbuilding me evidenced by such facts as the follows r in 1 It is so classified Specification No. HC for Insulatinerel Insulatinerel Insulatinerel tool blanket type issued by the United States Maritime Commisi Per Pe le C.l. The atorial shall be mineral wool fibers which & be taken to include rook glass or slag weel or their mixtures 2 It is so classified in the laws Article VI of the Inte Institute a trade asseclation 1 Viral ( oul Mineral wool for industrial purposes shall be deemed to be Nimoral hool of as referred to to So rock al^,r a pre Vista Ubtation vr gill 3 Since its manufacture began to 1931 it has been classified . # der the classification description of Mineral Wool at t % nei - a pt: to`rock to`rock wool or slag wool Thereas the conditions encountered by workmen inets ling fiber glass wool inoul on do ( the shipbuilding industry are not different from those submatered N andling of other forms of Mineral hool insulation such as ook w srken in h ara slag kor^kor^ eae Whereas it would be discriminatory against one type of Mineral wel glass wooly for a shipyard or contractor to pay a premium rate for tainstallation uo to elt) te approval of similar promium for installing other type of Mineral Poel rec 300 K.c clep wool ? And Whereas conditions peculiar to the shipbuilding industry frequently rake it moetry for Torkmon to install the various forms and types of Mineral Relation Relation rock plate or slag in confined spaces where it is difficult to dispace of scrap or to introdues adequate ventilation thus creating unpleasant unpleasant or disagreeable working onditions although no actual health hazard is involved involved BOW THEREFORE B. IT RESOLVED that the Shipbuilding Commission of the Eational ter Laber Board at a secting in the City of Rashington D. C. this day 02 November 1544 horoby rescinds the following itan in Section V Fiume of th Oulf Zone Kage Review Tentative Conclusions - Shipyards Covered by Our Cons Standards dated September 5 1944 File 3997 - Glass and Fibro Glass =e Mapibyses actually actually working with this material 10 ~-rhour C and substitutes for the foregoing item in said Section V Precium the foll Mineral Kool Pibers including rock plae 5 siap mel mel Exployees nowatily nowatily work - with these natoriale 10 per hou i Review of Available Rulings by HLB Shipbuilding Granting Face Premium for Installing Fiberglass Commission Insulation Date and Ca March 1 1968 673. L759 197 S1 WIB to 13-157 aa ~~ iding iding Company Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania da) Ruling ... accordance with the request of the employer dated November 28 1842 hereby approves & age premis of 11 per hour above his regular hourly base rate of pay for any employed while actually engaged in the hazardous handling or installations glass of spun glass and for as of February 10 1943 effective Fe> b ave 10 2004 Hoe COMOI DEA . 4 , bg John E. this Company Cuzdan Now Jersey ari 1.A. 1.A. 013 Local 1 F6 I. A premium of 5.11 per hour than the regular hourly base rate of pay it hereby approved for Contractors while actually engaged in the harder harder ?in: ep Snetolasticz ot span aze 15 Albor gic o O & Founde. * 1 : 2 fa L AU ae mH i we t% an ea Sasey oo heron se ESP 32 220 Cae pepe over ged op the union union ts at *, . 8s Th ce. as 2 ag ek fe, COS SN SER +. Lm =e e- Spas . Ff 6 own ary 6. pie pie pie pie pie S the the equipped equipped equipped 7 Nn PSarli icer in equipped equipped wSGs ses. the the 4s oe Pakamey oe ob nd . fore . -~* women Sit cee Ge a see cw . ', + fe eee o=,o tow - wo fi ue: mH fe e - S ( PAO - bidias ee cary , - a 7 44, . a ae . 5 : 22 Company Company Company Enter til Union of Ope stre stre Engin , Local 39 APL et al al al al 20 oo prod of jo per boss 2. hourly warp warp warp while Laadise: fiber. glass insulation insulation f o. mesetl os a ade ey cSt andew rs an . Q Laeo l : cge". k oe cee crete, Baltimore bargainingUNBLUNB.L.A.AUN.BL.A. CIO Lasal 45 ne bargaining agenitn the Fairfield September September 23 1944 25-363 In re Cramp Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding orkers of America CIO Looal 42 Organisation and Forsonnes ; or Mia Shipbuilding Commission @ifisca: St Floor 45" Indiase Avenue Kashington Industry embere Leo 0. Paul THIS CORTE attorney Robert C. Hurlett M.Y. Ship and Jersey yards c. %. Widdistor (eop.y20000F6 Wileor Public Members Villiam H. NoMurven FY William E. Smirin Taryn AMVP JPCfObser ; Louis L. Jeffe . Fallace Miller Laber Kotbors mard 2 Karke RRto Basket Basket op tg a ie. Pasemmr: Baton Roub zs JaeGfi ale 7 eS ET aaa ASL} Office of Industry l'embers 720 20th Street Cachingtea Cachingtea Clerke Sr. Adamcon Ir NitoheNitohell Ilearings Officers Frank Harris ( Wallace Hiller public member ions a ber oe officer on eet ust ust sae cot pe ge ie sNem np terme oe Sere BFR 3 ete & Reaniss | 90 arena nen Otte