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Show ANOTHER SLASH FOR RAILROADERS FEDERAL LABOR BOARD CUTS COMPENSATION OF FIREMEN AND OILERS OF COUNTRY Ten Thousand Men Will Be Affected By Wage Reduction Which Will Take Effect on March First, It Is Announced Chicago Another pay slash, this time hitting 10,000 railroad f.Vemen and oilers, was made by the United States railroad labor board Thursday when It announced rules effective March 1, eliminating extra pay until after the tenth hour and setting up a "split trick" of eight hours within a spread of twelve without any overtime pay. Following several other decisions virtually restoring the ten-hour day for railroad workers, the board Thursday authorized the roads to pay only pro rata wages after the regular eight hours which the board retained in principle prin-ciple as constituting a day's work. Time and one half will be paid after ten hours. In the case of the split trick straight time will be paid for the first ten hours work, whether included in the twelve-hour spread or not, and time and one-half will be given thereafter. there-after. Formally the firemen and oilers, oil-ers, all of whom work around railroad rail-road shops, were paid time and one-half one-half after eight hours. Sundays and holidays will be paid for at the pro rata, a minimum of ' three hours or less. Monthly rated employes' wages are to be adjusted to elimate the old time and one-half provisions. pro-visions. Ten rules regarding discipline, grievances, griev-ances, discrimination against committeemen commit-teemen and similar matters were remanded re-manded to the employes and the roads for further negotiation. The board's new rules supplant the national agreement agree-ment made during federal control, which has been in effect since January Jan-uary 16, 1020. |