New York City and Vicinity Locals Nos. 11, 35, 40, 45, 52—Agreement: Sec. 1. When the volume of work warrants it, and upon request of a Local and consent of the Council, the books may be opened for apprentices for two weeks.

Sec 2. Applicant must be a citizen or have declared his intention, of good moral character, and under 30 years of age, and vouched for in person by two members in good standing.

Sec. 3. Apprentices shall serve a term of at least two (2) years.

Sec. 4. Enrollment fees shall be ten ($10) dollars, dues 50 cents per month, same to be paid to Secretary-Treasurer of the District Council.

Sec. 5. Enrollment fee shall act as part payment of regular initiation fee upon his being accepted as a mechanic.

Sec. 6. At the expiration of three (3) years an apprentice who has not become competent to pass an examination as a mechanic shall be dropped from the rolls.

Sec. 7. He shall be entitled to death benefit of one hundred ($100) dollars. Scc. 8. No apprentice thirty (30) days in arrears shall be entitled to benefits.

Sec. 9. Death benefits shall be paid by the District Council.

Sec. 10. Apprentices must have card sixty (60) days before he is entitled to benefits.

White Plains Work by Locals of New York City and Vicinity-Agreement: 3. Finishers' Helpers not to be employed on structural work. In finishing work it is understood that one (1) Helper is to be allowed to one (1) Finisher. In the erection of work one (1) Apprentice is allowed to seven (7) Bridgemen.

TILE LAYERS AND HELPERS' UNION, INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC, MOSAIC AND

ENCAUSTIC.

New York City Local No. 52 - Rules:

Article VII.—Section 1. Applicants for Improvers must be taken from the ranks of Helpers' locals affiliated with the I. U. in our jurisdiction. Rule 1. To be eligible as an Improver an applicant must have been a member of the Local Helpers four years or more and must present a letter from said Local certifying to the same, signed by the President and Secretary, with the seal attached, stating the date of admission of applicant to that body.

Rule 2. The rules on membership of this Union shall govern the election of Improvers into this Union, each and every applicant shall be balloted for separately.

Rule 3. The initiation fee for an Improver into this Union shall be One Hundred ($100); Fifty Dollars ($50) of which shall be the proposition fee, the balance to be paid within ten (10) weeks of acceptance of the applicant and he shall be under the entire jurisdiction of this Union, and shall pay the regular dues and assessments of this Union from the date of his accept

ance.

Rule 4. The term of Improvership shall be two years.

Rule 5. The wages of an Improver shall be four dollars ($4) per day; at the expiration of two years he shall receive the standard rate of wages paid to Tile Layers.

Rule 6. One Improver shall be allowed to work in any shop employing on an average five (5) Tile Layers steadily for one year; if ten (10) Tile Layers are employed in any shop they shall be allowed two (2) Improvers. This section will be governed entirely by conditions of the trade.

Rule 7. This Union shall select the Improvers for the trade, and reserves the right to remove them from any shop for the benefit of the trade.

Rule 8. Said applicant must pass such examination as the Executive Board decides, which must be of a practical character; and for the first two (2) months of his improvership must be under the supervision of a practical Tile Layer.

Rule 9. Any applicant failing to pass the practical examination cannot make application for membership for another year.

Constitution:

III. CLOTHING AND TEXTILES.

BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION.

Sec. 71. Any member of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union wishing to learn a particular part of the trade outside the jurisdiction of his own Union shall make application to his Local Executive Board to intercede in his behalf with the Local Executive Board having jurisdiction over the part of the trade to be acquired; and should failure to agree follow, the request should be considered by the Joint Shoe Council. And if the decision of the Council be unsatisfactory, an appeal can be made to the General Executive Board, whose decision shall be rendered within thirty days and shall be final. In no case shall an application be considered unless the member has been one year in good standing. This is not intended to create a surplus of help in any particular part of the craft.

Constitution:

HATTERS OF NORTH AMERICA, UNITED.

Article XI.— Sec. 1. Any boy apprenticing himself to the hatting trade may, with the consent of the local association, work by the week on such terms as may be agreed upon between the local association and the employer, excepting that apprentices shall not be permitted to work by the hour, day or week at anything, the nature of which is such that a piece price may be set upon it; and in no case (when working by the piece) shall he work for less than a journeyman. A boy must finish his apprenticeship with his first employer, if possible. He shall not leave the district wherein he is registered unless the officers of the local association are satisfied that it is impossible for him to get employment therein.

By receiving a certificate to that effect, signed by the local officers and countersigned by the National President and Secretary, he may go to any other district. Any employer discharging an apprentice for an unjustifiable cause shall not be allowed to take another apprentice until such boy's term of apprenticeship expires, unless by consent of the local association. When

a boy has served a regular apprenticeship, he shall receive his traveling card from the National Secretary through the local secretary of his district. but in no case shall a local secretary give a boy his check before receiving his traveling card from the National Secretary.

Under no circumstances shall the National Secretary give a boy his card until he has served his apprenticeship in accordance with the dates furnished by the local secretaries at the time of the boy's registration.

Sec. 2. To constitute a journeyman, a boy shall be required to serve a regular apprenticeship of at least three consecutive years in a fair shop, and in all cases until he is twenty-one years of age. In the event of a shortage of coners in any district the local Executive Board may, with the consent of the General Executive Board, register boys between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two years at this branch of the trade, the term of apprenticeship to be two years. At the expiration of the term of apprenticeship boys registered at this branch of the trade shall receive cards designated Coners."

Sec. 3. Any boy registered in our Association who may go foul and afterward receive a card from any local association shall be subject to such penalties as the Board of Directors may impose on him, independent of any consideration given the local association for such card. It shall be the duty of local secretaries where such cases may occur to notify the National Secretary of the same. Failing to do so, they shall be liable to be fined by the Board of Directors.

Sec. 4. Any apprentice having received a national clearance in the proper manner, shall have a right to go to work in any shop in any other district where he may be able to procure employment, provided the officers of the local association of said district give their consent.

Sec. 5. All apprentices registered for finishing can be used by the employer for the first twelve months at any of the minor branches, such as soft hat curling or ironing machines or plating, the second year at flanging, but in all cases must serve their last year at the bench. They shall go under instructions for three months, and during that period their time shall be spent solely in the service of the instructor, and they shall be paid by him.

Sec. 6. All apprentices registered for the making department may be used by the employer for the first twelve months at any of the minor branches, such as forming, starting, blocking, shaving, stiffening. After this space

of time the employer can put the apprentice at any branch of the business in which he may require his services, but in all cases the boy must serve his last year at sizing. Forming mills to be exempted from the operation of the nine-hour law.

Sec. 7. In factories employing more than one (1) apprentice all apprentices shall have equal opportunity; and where employed on machines each shall do his proportionate share.

Sec. 8. Apprentices shall be distributed throughout the various departments of a factory in proportion to the number of men employed in each department. Apprentices shall not pay more than ten per cent of their earnings as bench money. Any boy, in order to be eligible to the registered as an apprentice in this Association to learn the Hatting trade, must be able to speak the English language, and also have a fair practical knowledge of it.

By-Laws:

Article XVI. All shops under our jurisdiction shall be allowed apprentices in the following manner: Shops employing ten men shall be entitled to one boy, and one boy more for each additional ten men. In case of shops of less than ten men, the local associations shall have discretion in the matter and shall register boys, or not, in such shops as they may think fit. The average number of men employed during the year shall always be taken into consideration. This law shall not apply to boys holding national

clearances.

Article XX.-Sec. 1. When a shop goes foul the local association may use its own judgment in relation to the apprentices in said shop.

Sec. 2. Any apprentice refusing, when ordered by the local association or its officers to leave a foul shop (where he may have been allowed to remain in accordance with the preceding Section), shall be liable to such penalty or fine as the local association may choose to inflict.

LACE OPERATIVES OF AMERICA, CHARTERED SOCIETY OF THE AMALGAMATED. Constitution:

Article III. Sec. 5. Any person between the ages of eighteen and twentyfive years operating a lace machine for a period of less than three years, shall be known as an apprentice and shall be eligible to membership upon the same terms as a lace operative or lace weaver except that he shall pay an entrance fee of six dollars, three dollars payable at the time of his election and three dollars within four weeks thereafter.

Article IV. Sec. 1. There shall be allowed to every nine competent workmen, one apprentice, who shall serve three years and be paid as follows: Sixty per cent the first year, seventy-five per cent the second year, and ninety per cent the third year, on one-half of the racks made on the machine, the difference to be equally divided between the teacher and the enployer. In any case where the employer does not claim his share of the percentage, the same shall go to the apprentice, and where there is no teacher the apprentice shall be paid on all racks made on the machine, and shall receive the teachers' percentage.

Sec 2. In shops where there are only seven machines running singls handed, such shops shall be entitled to one minor.

Sec. 3. No apprentice shall be allowed to start to operate a machine under the age of eighteen or over the age of twenty-five years, except in cases of persons who may have worked continually for five years, immediately preceding their twenty-fifth year, in a lace operating shop, and whose work has been such as to familiarize them with the running of a lace machine. Any such case may be recommended for admission by a local trade committee, to the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall have power to accept such application subject to the laws governing apprentices. Sec. 4. In shops where it has been definitely ascertained that normal conditions prevail and competent workmen cannot be secured by employers the Executive Board shall have full power to grant a sufficient number of minors to relieve the situation.

IV. METALS, MACHINERY AND SHIPBUILDING.

BLACKSMITHS AND HELPERS, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF Local Unions ·

Constitution:

Art. XIII.-Sec. 1. Any boy engaging himself to learn the trade of blacksmithing must serve four (4) years. He shall in no case leave his employers without just cause. Any difficulty arising between the apprentice and his employer must be submitted to the shop committee. The following ratio of apprentices will be allowed: One to each shop, irrespective of the number of blacksmiths employed, and one to every five blacksmiths thereafter. No boy shall begin to learn the trade until he is sixteen (16) years old, nor after the age of twenty-one (21) years.

Sec. 2. Apprentices who have served two and one-half (21⁄2) years at the trade shall be eligible to membership by paying one-half the initiation fee and half the dues, and shall be entitled to full membership, and at the expiration of their apprenticeship shall pay full dues.

Sec. 3. Local unions shall do all in their power to abolish the apprentice system, and helpers shall be advanced according to merit.

BOILER MAKERS AND IRON SHIPBUILDERS AND HELPERS OF AMERICA
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF.

New York Central District Lodge No. 12 (L. S. & M. S. R. R.)—Rules: Rule I. Boilermakers and apprentices shall as a rule perform work that is generally known as boilermakers' work.

Rule VII. New York Central Lines' Apprenticeship regulations to prevail. One apprentice shall be allowed for each shop, and one for each additional five boilermakers.

Rule VIII. Should a boilermaker or apprentice believe he has been unjustly suspended or dismissed, he shall, within five days, in the proper order, present his case to the company, in writing, and if it is found that he has been unjustly dealt with, he shall be reinstated and allowed full pay for the time lost.

Syracuse Local No. 157 (N. Y. C. R. R.) — Agreement:

Rule VII. An apprentice engaging himself to learn the boilermakers' trade must be between the ages of seventeen (17) and twenty-one (21) years, and shall serve a term of four years of three hundred days each, and shall be given an opportunity to learn all branches of the trade. At the expiration of this he shall receive the minimum rate of pay at the place of the employment. Boilermakers having served in the company's service three months or more upon leaving the service shall be given a clearance. Boilermaker apprentices after completing a full term or leaving the service by reduction of force shall be given a clearance. One apprentice shall be allowed for each shop and one for each additional five boilermakers.

Rule IX. Helpers and laborers will not be permitted to do boilermakers' work or be advanced to the detriment of apprentices or boilermakers.