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11-1-1938

Metropolitan Display Mens Association and Window Trimmers and Displatmen's Union of Greater New York, United Retail and Wholesale Employees of America, Local 144, CIO (1938)

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Metropolitan Display Mens Association and Window Trimmers and Displatmen's Union of Greater New York, United Retail and Wholesale Employees of America, Local 144, CIO (1938) Location

New York, NY Effective Date

11-1-1938 Expiration Date

5-1-1939 Employer

Metropolitan Display Mens Association Union

Window Trimmers and Displatmen's Union of Greater New York, United Retail and Wholesale Employees of America Union Local

144 NAICS

44 Sector

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AGELLiiLUT cade aid en tered in to th is day of llovember, yy\o^ ^2>°) 1938, by and between the illlDOJ TRILuERS AJiD DISPL^YLEi;‘S U1JI01J on GRLAILR HEW YORK, LOCAL 144, c h a rte re d by the UUITLL RETAIL A1TD V/HOLESALE Ei.iPLOYEES 07 AI.IEHIC.,, a f f i l i a t e d w ith the COliLITTEE FOR III BUS TRIAL ORGAUIZATIOnt w ith i t s p rin c ip a l o f f­ ice lo cated a t 27 L est 22nd S tr e e t, Borough o f licn h cttan , C ity of Hew York, h e re in a fte r d esig n ated the Union, and THL I.ETROPO L IM DISPLiiYLHIJS X.8S0CIATI0U and i t s members sig n a to ry h e re to , h e re in a fte r d esign ated the Em ployer. niTnnssLTH: That in c o n sid e ra tio n of the mutual prom ises, c o n d itio n s, and covenants h erein co ntained and one ( >1.00) d o lla r , law ful money of the U nited S ta te s , by each of the p a r tie s h ereto to the other in hand p a id , re c e ip t w hereof is hereby duly acknowledged, i t is agreed as fo llo w s; S ection I - G eneral P ro v isio n s. FIRST: The work covered by th is c o n tra c t s h a ll c o n s is t of d isp lay and window d isp la y in s ta lla tio n w ith m erchandise an d /o r a d v e rtis in g m a te ria l e ith e r in s ta lle d in a d e a le rs window an d/or in the in te r io r of the s to re . This c o n tra c t a lso covers any work done on e x h ib itio n s or booths a t show's, h o te ls , e tc , i»ll types of d isp lay work s h a ll be included h e re in , and s h a ll be under the ju r is d ic tio n of th c Union. SEC01TD: The Employer and each of i t s in d iv id u a ls , whether a sin g le in d iv id u a l, c. c o p a rtn e rsh ip , or a c o rp o ra tio n , agrees to employ fo r the above-m entioned work none b u t members of the Union in good stan d in g to perform the in s ta lla tio n o f d isp lay s in a l l i t s bran ches, during the l i f o of th is agreem ent, and to h ire a l l employees through the o ffic e of sa id Union, -

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THIRD; The Union agroos to supply the Employer w ith com­ p e te n t ompl&yoos w ith in tw en ty -four (24) hours a f te r r re q u e st th erefo r* Such competency sh r.ll bo determ ined bo two on the Em­ ployer s.nd the shop chr.irm rn r f to r r donons t r e t ion by the Em­ ployee* In the event th a t the Union s h e ll f r .il to supply com­ p e te n t employees w ith in tw en ty -fo u r hours e f to r sr.id re q u e s t, the Employer may procure in nny o th er wry the help nooded, p ro ­ vided th r.t such now help im m ediately r.pply fo r membership in the Union* The Employer agroos to deduct of such no\; employee i n i t i r t i o n foes end the f i r s t months dues r.nd turn sr.id sums over to the Union upon re q u e s t, upon the fo llo w in g b r.sis: l/2 of the i n i t i r t i o n foe from the 1 s t weeks s r.lrry ; balance of the i n i ti a t i o n fee from the sooond weeks s a la ry ; l/2 of the f i r s t months dues from th e th ird weeks s a la ry ; bclancc of the f i r s t months duos from the wcoks s a la ry ; bu t in no case s h a ll any dedu ctio n exceed the sum of ^10.00 on any pay day* FOURTH: The Employer ag rees th a t upon n o tic e in w ritin g from au th o rized re p re s e n ta tiv e s of the Union, the Employer w ill discharg e any employee who has ceased to be a member in good stan d in g of the Union* The Union s h a ll be the 3 0 I 0 judge ns to whothcr or not i t s members are in good standing* FIFTH: I t is agreed th a t wngos and s a la r ie s s h a ll bo paid in U nited S ta te s currency or by check* Not more than one (1) nooks pay s h a ll be hold back. When paid by chock, enough tin e mast bo allow ed to co nv ert same to le g a l tender on dry of payment* SIXTH: E ll b u sin ess telephone c a lls , and t o l l charges on b rid g e s, tu n n e ls, f e r r i e s , e tc * , s h a ll be paid by the Employer* Seventh; I t is agreed th a t in the event the Em ployer, ■2-

Em ployer, in order to meet o Union dem and,requests an in crease from o c lie n t v:ith whome he has a co ntrn cton d p ro ­ vided th a t such re q u e st is c o in c id e n t w ith Union denands,th e Union ’. Till e x e rt i t s b e st e f f o r ts so th a t the em ployer as fo r as p o ssib le s h e ll not lo se such c o n tra c t by the c l i e n t 1s in au g u ra tio n of the c l i e n t s o;/n i n s ta ll a t i o n departm ent by re q u irin g th a t Union men be employed, EIGHTH: I t is agreed th a t a u th o rise d re p re s e n ta tiv e s of the Union w ill be p erm itted to e n te r the Em ployer’s p lace of b u sin ess w ith the Employer during and a f te r b u sin e ss hours fo r the c o lle c tio n of dues, the adjustm ent of d isp u te s and g riev a n ce s, to communicate w ith i t s members, an d /o r to confer w ith the Employer. NINTH The Employer ag rees th a t i t w ill not d iscrim in a tc in any way w hatsouver a g a in s t an employee because of Union a c tiv ity . Employees r e in s ta te d a f te r an im proper d is ­ charge a f te r the Board of M ediation s h a ll have so found s h a ll bo paid fo r time lo s t in accordance w ith the fin d in g of the board. The Board s h a ll have f u l l power to d icid o a l l q u estio n s of i t s own ju r is d ic tio n . TENTH: The Employer ag rees th a t i t w ill not e n te r in to any in d iv id u a l agreem ent, d ir e c tly or in d ir e c tly , w ith cny of i t s em ployees, whereby any of the p ro v isio n s of th is agreem ent are modidied or ab ro g ated . ELEVENTH: I t is agreed th e t the Window Trommors and D isp lay men’s Union of G reater New York, Local 144 of the U nited fio tn il and W holesale Employee^ of Am erica, C .I.O . is the so le c o lle c ­ tiv e b a rg ain in g agency fo r e l l enployoos p re s e n tly onployccd and h e re in a fte r to bo omployood es s o t f o r th h e ro in . The M etro p o litan D isplay Lion's a s s o c ia tio n s h a ll be tho re p re s e n ta tiv e of i t s monbers so long as they s h e ll co ntinuo as such members. - 3-

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i\CLFIH: I f the Union members who ere su b je c t to th is agreem ent ere withdrawn fro u work upon order of the Con­ tr o l o rg in iz a tio n w ith wich they cro r .f f ilia t o d ,i t s h e ll not bo c in sid c rc d a v io la tio n of th is agreem ent, THIRTEENTH: I t is agreed th a t o il d isp u te s,c o n ­ tro v e rs ie s ond/or disagreem ents which cannot bo s e ttle d d ire c tly betw een the Employer an d /o r the a s s o c ia tio n and the Union w ill be re fe rre d to the S ta te Board of lle d ia tio n of the S ta te of New York: or an a r b i t r a t o r s e le c te d by i t , A ll de­ c isio n s s h a ll be f in a l and bin d in g on both p a rtie s* FOURTEENTH: I t is agreed th a t except as provided h e re in , th ere s h a ll be no s tr ik e s or lo ck o u t during the d u ra tio n of th is c o n tra c t, or during the p erio d in wich n e g o tia tio n s are being conducted fo r the renew al of th is ag re e­ ment, FIFTEENTH: I t is agreed th a t the Union s h a ll f u r ­ n ish Union la b e ls to be paid fo r by the Employer a t the ra te of $1,00 per th o u san d ,to bo a ffix e d to each d isp la y in s ta lle d , in a conspicuous p lace and b e arin g the none of the firm , Win­ dows s h a ll be considered incom plete w ithout la b e l, SIXTEENTH: No aember of the Union 3 h c ll be r e q u ir ­ ed to work in any s to re or any o th er place where in s ta lla tio n s are made i f such sto re or o th er p lace of d isp la y biong in s te lle d is s u b je c t of p ic k e tin g or o th er s tr ik e a c tio n by any Union, SEVENTEENTH: A ll a d v e rtis in g m a te ric l,m e r­ chandise , fre e go od s,crep e p a p e r, e tc ..e n tr u s te d to the care of the employee s h a ll be accounted fo r d a ily by sa id employee who s h a ll p ro te c t such m a te ria l w hile i t is in h is p o sse ssio n , In the event such m a te ria l is lo s t or is re tu rn e d in an unuseable c o n d itio n , the i n s t a l l e r is to pay fo r sane a t t ra te to be determ ined by the Shop Chairman and the Employer, I f no agreem ent is a rriv e d a t , the m atter w4

s h a ll bo subm itted to a r b itr a tio n as provided fo r h e re in . EIGHTEENTH: .a ll Union employees s h a ll a f f ix to the d isp lay in s ta lle d the date of in s ta lla tio n , ^11 Union Mem­ bers s h a ll re s p e c t said d a te ,re fu s in g to remove a d isp la y u n til one week from sa id i n s ta ll a t i o n date has ex p ire d . If v io la te d , v io la to rs to re trim a t th e ir own expense. I f d e a le r p u lls window, ho is not to re c e iv e window d isp la y s from any member of th is Union., NINETEENTH; IIo member of the Union s h a ll be employ­ ed by more than one D isplay Company a t any one time w ithout tin perm ission of the Union and the B aplcyor, TULIITIDdH: D ll Union members s h a ll re p o rt fo r work a t 8,001.11. T.TENTY-FIRST .till Union members s h a ll guarantee sig n a tu re s appearing on d e a le r s 1 re c e ip ts as bona fid e and tru e TWENTY-SECOND: In the event of un au th orized d e liv e r­ ie s of d isp la y s in ste a d of i n s ta lla tio n s , Union members arc to so mark the in s ta ll a t i o n r e c e ip t, TWENTY-THIRD: Cause fo r d ism issa l s h a ll be; The rep eated p ra c tic e of d isa p p o in tin g d e a le rs w ithout g iv in g immediate n o tic e to d e a le rs and the Employer; d ish o n esty in connection w ith the Employers b u sin e ss; continued u n s a tis fa c to ry w ork;or c o n s is te n t v io la tio n s of paragraphs " NINE TEENTH" , " TWENTIETH", " TWENTY-FIRST” , and " TWENTY-SECOND" h e re in , 111 d isp u te s r e la tin g po d isch arg es as so t fo rth hero­ in s h a ll be su b je c t to a r b itr a tio n cs provided fo r h e ro in , TWENTY*-FOURTH: No employee s h a ll leav e any sto re w ithout f i r s t socking the so o p o rn tio n of the d e a le r to leave the prem ises in tid y c o n d itio n . The employee is not to allow p o rtio n s of crepe paper used in prev io us d isp la y s to rem ain on the prom ises*

Each employee sh r.ll pay fo r any breakage in c u rre d by hin in the p u rs u it of h is d u tie s ,u n le s s a breakage fund has been e s ta b lish e d in the shop in which case said breakage s h a ll bo paid fo r from such fund* T1.JENTY-FIFTH: I f i n s ta ll a t i o n of any window is u n sa t­ is fa c to ry the trin n e r involved s h a ll r o tr in said window w ith in fo rty -eig h tid & ) hours a f te r com plaint has been node, The trin n e r s h a ll be docked fo r u n s a tis fa c to ry work only a f te r ho has w ilfu lly refu sed to r o tr in w ith in s p e c ifie d p e rio d , T\CTJTY--SIiIIi‘ Ho p re se n t s a la r ie s of enplcyoos a ffe c te d by th is a arc one lit _ exponxes, or p ie c e -ra te s are to be decreased as a r e s u lt of t h is a g ro o n e rt0 THENTY-SEVENTH: In d is tr ib u ta io n of \;ork, a l l work s h a ll bo divvided as eq u a lly as p o ssib le by the Shop C hairnon and the E iployor, S a la rie d non are to g et p re fe re n c e . During clack soasonson,no s a la rie d nan is to work o v e rtin e , TWENTY-EIGHTH: E ith e r p a rty nay, not l a t e r than t h i r t y (30) days b efo re the e x p ira tio n date of th is n g reen en t, re q u e st in w ritin g the c a llin g of a jo in t conference fo r the purpose of n e g o tia tin g a new agreem ent, TWENTY-1TIII 1H: The U nion, in i t s solo d iscretio n ," w ill take such sto p s as i t docr.is a d v isa b le to disco u rag e the p ra c tic e of any enployce tak in g b u sin e ss away fro n h is Employer. THIRTIETH: The p a r tie s h ereto agree f a it h f u ll y to o b serv e,ab id e by and c a rry out a l l of the te rn s and p ro v isio n s of th is cg recn o n t, THIRTY-FIRST: (a) No Employer or ex ecu tiv e s h a ll t r i n windows or do any d isp la y work a t any tin e except as pro ­ vided below; (1 ) Whon the Union g iv es p o rn issio n to do any s p e c ific jo b ,in w ritin g , (2) .u l i s t of windows aro added to th is c o n tra c t which are s p e c if ic a lly exem pted,togothor w ith the shops fo r when such exonptions are r.ia (b) No member of the Union s h a ll engage in the window d isp la y b u sin ess as a c o n tra c to r w hile he is a member of the Union*

THIRTY-SECOND: In the event of a b reech of c o n tra c t parafro p h t h i r t y - f i r s t (31) i t is ex p re ssly understood and agreed th a t tho Employer w ill be lia b le to the Union in the sun of fifty '5 C ) d o lla rs fo r oach breach breach th e re o f, as liq u id a te d damages fo r sa id breach# The Union is a u th o riz e d to e n te r .judgement fo r said sun in the event of such brooch fv fo r said suns in tho extent of re p e ated breach es and to c o lle c t sane from tho Employer an d /o r A sso c ia tio n . THIRTY-THIRD; I n s ta lla tio n s s h a ll be paid fo r in accordance w ith the p re se n t r a te of payment fo r such work. T(IIR TY'’FOURTH: CIGAF. WINDOW PAHALS s h a ll be paid fo r a t the p re se n t ro te ci f i f t y cen ts (50/) p er panel w ith a nin in u n of Two d o lla rs ($3.00) por window. THIRTY-FIFTH: Show cr.se s tr ip s s h a ll be paid fo r a t the p ro sen t r a te of f if te e n ce n ts (15/) p er s to r e . W all case panels s h a ll bo p aid a t the ro te of f i f te e n cen ts (15/) por p a n e l, w ith a maximum o f T w enty-five c e n ts (25/) por s to r e . THIRTY-SIXTH: P iece w orkers s h a ll be p aid cor expenses as fo llo w s; No expensos w ith in a ra d iu s of tw en ty -fiv e (25) m iles; from w ith in a ra d iu s of tw en ty -fiv e (25) to f i f t y (50) m iles, one d o lla r (1 .0 0 ), w ith in a ra d iu s of over f i f t y (50) m iles,p ro ra ta on boBier of o-no d o lla r (1.00) fo r each B oooossiru ta/onty-f ive ( 25) m iles. 1HIRTY-SEVENTH: The minimum wages fo r a l l s a la rie d trim m ers s h a ll be fo r ty d o lla rs (40.00) p er w eek.plus ten d o lla r s (10.00) p er week c a r expenses, THIRTY-EIGHTH; A ll s a la rie d employees a t p re se n t re co iv ie n g le s s than fo rty d o lla rs (40.00) p e r week s h a ll re c e iv e on in c re a se of ten p e rc e n t(10$). THIRTY-NINTH: P iece w orkers working by the day on s p e c ia l work s h a ll re c e iv e wages pro r a ta based on F o rty D o llars ‘p ro -ra ta

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FORTIETH: The follow ing s h a ll ’do recpgni sed as le g a l h o lid ay s; How Y ear’s Day, W ashington1s B irth d ay D ecoratio n Day, July fo u rth , Labor Day, b o th days of Rosh Hashonah (Jew ish Now Yoar'/ end Yon K ippur (Judgement Day) whore a p p lie s a b le , Thanksgiving and Christm as,. FGMY-FIRST: E ig h t (8) hours per day, fiv e and one h a lf ( days per week and fo rty -fo u r (44) hours p er week, s h a ll c o n s titu te a week’s work fo r a l l new. From May 1,1939 there s h a ll be a fi**o (5) day week, e ig h t hour (8) hour day, no work on S atu rd ay s, FORTY-SECOND, Any woik lone in excess of e ig h t (8) hours per day, fi^ e and rn e-x ielf i': %) per week, and fo rty -fo u r (44) hours per week o r, a f te r May 1, 1939 fiv e (5) days per w ee k ,sh all c o n s titu te overtim e and s h a ll be paid fo r a t the overtim e r a te of time and o n e -h a lf, Any work done on S aturday a f te r 12,00 noon,or on on S aturd ay a t any time a f te r Hay 1 ,1 9 3 9 ,and Sunday s h a ll c o n s titu te overtim e and s h a ll be paid fo r a t the overtim e ro te of tim e and o n e -h a lf, F0RTY*1HIRD: The minunum wages fo r in sid e d is ­ p lay men s h a ll be e ig h te e n (18,00) d o lla rs per week* A pprentices s h a ll re c e iv e tw elve d o lla rs (12,00 por week min­ imum, THIRTY-FOURTH: No employee s h a ll bo shanged from piecew ork to s a la ry or from s a la ry to piece-w ork w ithout the con sen t of b o th the Union and the Employer. FORTY-FIFTH: S tandard crepe paper window is one re q u irin g not more than e ig h t(8) fo ld s of qrepe paper in a model s p e c if ic a tio n window, one th a t can bo i n s ti l le d in s ix ty (60) * m inute 3 or le s s , and in v o lv in g the uso of any of the fo llo w ­ in g ; l a t h s ,p o s te r s , a nom inal amount of d e a le rs m erchandise a sim ple counted display(w hore p erm itted ) and d e liv e ry of fre e goods when i n s t a l l e r has o th e r reaso n fo r c a llin g a t th a t d e a le rs s to re . F ree goads d e liv e rie s s h a ll be paid fo r a t the ro to of te n c e n ts (10/) when such d e liv e ry is the so le reaso n fo r i n s t a l l e r making th a t v i s i t , FORTY-SIXTH: The Employer ag rees to pay fo r such i n s t a l l a t i o n a t the ro te of one dollQ r Qnd ten c e n ts (1.10) per in s ta lla tio n .

FORTY-SEVEN Sotos of poy fo r a l l o th er windows n o t men­ tio ned in th is c o n tra c t s h a ll bo determ ined by a shop committee and the Em ployer. I f paid fo r on an h o urly b a s is , r a te s of pay s h a ll be a t the ra te of Ono &10/100 ($1.10) D o llar per hour. One hour s h a ll be the minimum in any case. FORTY-EIGHTH S tandard in te r io r d isp la y s s h a ll be paid fo r a t the ra te of Ono & 10/100 ($1*10) D o llar per i n s ta ll a t i o n . *11 o th er in te r io r d isp la y s to bo determ ined by a Shop Committee and the Em ployer. FORTY-NINTH No employee s h a ll be re q u ire d to i n s t a l l more than twelve (12) windows per day. FIFTIETH B efore sending employee to make in s ta ll a t i o n s , the Employer s h a ll f i r s t make c o rto in th a t the d e a le rs w ill acc­ ept same, FIFTY-FIRST The Employer agrees th a t trim m ers w ill not be re q u ired to do such s p e c ia l work as c o n stru c tio n of backgrounds in windows w ith ou t adequate com pensation, to be determ ined by the Shop Committee and the Em ployer. FIFTY-SECOND Shop Committees s h a ll bo d esig n ated in tho v ario u s shops as provided by Union r u le s , w ith powers os fo llo w s: (a) to agree upon r a te s of pay fo r a l l typos of d isp la y work not covered in th is agreem ent. (b) to n o tify the Union of such p r ic e s , to p re ­ ven t le s s e r b id s on th e p e rt of shop com m ittees in co m p etitiv e shops. (c) to a d ju s t a l l minor d isp u te s and g riev an ces th a t a ris o in tho shop. FIFTY-THIRD This agreem ent s h a ll rem ain in f u l l fo rce and e f f e c t, and s h a ll be b in d in g on a l l p a rtie s h e re to , th e ir su c c e sso rs, and a s s ig n s , u n til .Upon tho sig n in g of th is agreem ent a l l p rio r agreem ents betw een the p a r tie s s h a ll term in ate, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the p a r tie s h ereto have hereunto day of ,193 . s e t th e ir hands and s e a ls th is

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