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Show RAIL EXPRESS HOUR CHANGED Overtime and 'Split Trick' Rules Made to Conform With Clerks' CHICAGO. Feb. 2G Railway express ex-press employes wore placed on the same ha.sla of working hours ns railway rail-way clerks who do similar work by tbo I nited t:ite railroad labor boned effective March 1, In a deelalon Friday, Fri-day, eliminating time and ono-h.nlf pay for the ninth hour and rrentlnu a "split trick" of eight hours over n period of 12, at Straight time rate The new ruler, will affect about 76(000 employe Straight time will he paid for tho first nine hours' work each day, nl-thouch nl-thouch the rules remain in principle olpht hours as constituting a day's work Time and one-half will be paid for all work over nine hours. In the split trick arrangement, eight hours' work may bo spread over 12 hours, where relief Is provided pro-vided of one hour or more at a time This- change as in previous board decisions, permits men to work wh'-n needed most, even at widely separated separat-ed hours, without penalizing tho express ex-press company for overtime. Sunday and holiday work will be paid for at the prorata rato as In the past. For employes paid by the montb 240 hd'urs shnll constitute a month but overtime will not be paid until 270 hours have been worked Formerly, Former-ly, tlmo and one-half was paid after i 240 hours. The board set a rate of 60 cents an hour for men employed In train service serv-ice not regularly assigned. Helper will receive 50 cents, both with a minimum min-imum guarantee of eight hours Among several eliminated rules Is that providing free transportation for employee. |