Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-20 | Page 9 | Harriman Shops Laying off Men

HARRIMAN SHOPS r LAYING LAVING OFF r MN EN OGDEN Jan 20 DurIng O. During the pa past t few tew da days B tull fully fifty men have hivo been laid off ocr In Inthis inthe this the South Southern m P PaHn shops hops of this city and indications Indication am am un that many more will 9 II bo he treated likewise If This Mato t of or affairs Is causing considerable stir in railroad an and circles alike During the tho spring of or 1007 1907 the weekly layoffs were attributed to the financial l unrest The Tho reason now given I cn Is IA that tho the amount of work on hand In tho various arious vari ari ous departments department does docs oes not warrant the re retention retention re- re of ot co so o large a a. fore fore- and orders have bavo been given Riven to cut down lown tho the departments depart depart- meats ments wherever possible This means that thu tho the retrenchment n policy rolle will affect every overy department from tIlt tho section gangs gangsto to those In official capacity It Another which has roused some somo dissatisfaction among the employees o othe of th the local shops Is ls th the tho recent establishment of or th the piece system Tho workers inthe In Inthe the tho shops declare that it In is Impossible to earn carn tho the name amount o of money montY working working work work- In ing on this basis an at th they y earned formerly Tho officials however hO declare that tho the piece work system hll has proven successful wherever r It ha has b h t n triM tried and und that thom tho thomen m men n cnn can ca enl Cal i ns as much I If not moro mora waR waRPS wages s than formerly Jr thc will work It Is probable that the thc pl piece ce work I system s stern tern tem will he bo adopted In all o of the tho other departments In a short hort time The freight cr ws on the tho Harriman lines havo also been affected In tho the past palt paltI f few I w days das live 11 crews have bee been laid off ocr which means ns that twenty five in tn men on n aro are out of employment and must depend upon business Increasing before thy aro are al allowed al- al lowed to go back bak to work