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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Brooklyn B.M.T. motormen, paid just one cent more per hour than low-paid I.R.T. counterparts, receive annual gold watch awards for accident-free operation from Tammany's Byrne. Only 28 of over 12,000 employees honored; company union criticized, workers fired for joining Amalgamated.
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Motormen on the B. M. T. receive one cent an hour more than those on the I. R. T. who are among the lowest paid motormen in the country. Once a year the B. M. T. passes out a "handout" to a few of its workers who have been "good" during the year. Here are twenty-eight employees being presented with the reward of a gold watch for operating their cars without accident. The rewards are presented by Tammany President of the Brooklyn Borough, Byrne.
The score of workers singled out above comprise less than one fifth of one percent of the B. M. T. employees since this railroad employs over 12,000 workers. The B. M. T. has a company union which is even worse than that of the I. R. T. Last summer, officials of the company fired a half dozen workers for joining the Amalgamated, and it is reported that the practice of "weeding out" union members is still going on although the reason given for discharge is always some other than the obvious one.
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Brooklyn
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twenty-eight employees awarded gold watches; half dozen workers fired for joining amalgamated; ongoing weeding out of union members.
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Motormen on B.M.T. receive low pay, one cent more than I.R.T. Annual gold watch awards to a few for accident-free operation presented by Tammany President Byrne. Company union criticized; workers fired for joining Amalgamated.