Jurisdictional disputes in the motion-picture Industry : hearings before a special subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first-session, pursuant to H. Res. 111 (1948)

MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 495 above. The studio ordered 727 to break out all flats handling them to the cleaning pile to clean flats and handling them into storage. There have been nofurther disputes. 17. January 29, 1945 — Scaffold planks Both 724 laborers and 727 lA laborers claim handling of scaffold planking to and from stages for reasons stated in 15 and 16 above. The studio ordered assignment of 727 laborers to handle this material to and from the stages and storage places. There have been no further disputes. 18. Fehruary 5, 1945 — Sweeping exterior sets Local 727 lA laborers claim the work of sweeping and cleaning up in and around exterior sets but were willing to let local 724 laborers sweep and clean sidewalks and stairs in front of the exterior sets for reasons stated in 15 and 16 above. The studio issued orders that local 727 laborers would be assigned to the work of cleaning up exterior sets while and after the company was shooting including cleaning up work the following workday if the set finished shooting late. Local 724 laborers were to keep the stairs and sidewalks clean at all other times. 19. Various dates — cleaning up stages The argument about sweeping stages has existed for a long time. Local 724 claims it during construction work and cleaning work after construction is finished ; 727 claims the right to sweep up and pile the debris after construction is finished for local 724 to remove from the stage. They claim that "servicing an AFL craft" does not include sweeping up after them'. The matter is still in dispute. There have never been work stoppages or slow-downs. 20. Fchruary 8, 1945 — Use of woodworking machinery by several crafts Use of woodvvorking machinery in the mill by local 44. lA property men, caused work stoppages between February 8 and February 19, 1945, inclusive, on the part of local 946 carpenters. The carpenters refused to work in the mill while therewas a 44 man in the mill using a machine. In the 10 days a total of 19i/4 manhours time was lost by such work stoppages. The problem was solved only when the studio ordered 44 men to discontinue using mill machinery and hand over the machine work to local 946 men to do. There were no further work stoppages and no objection from local 44 in spite of the fact that local 946 men were actually performing work in connection with construction of miniatures or props. 21. October 3, 1945 — Tool-room keepers Mr. Helm, business agent, local 724 laborers, called objecting to the studio assigning 727 lA labor as the tool-room keeper. Helm claims jurisdiction over all such work on the argument that the 727 man was entitled to service other lA grips with tools. Helm withdrew objections and the studio operated with one 724 man and one 727 man until early 1947 when both jobs were eliminated. It is noteworthy that both unions accepted a compromise here in that both tool-roora keepers handled tools for lA grips as well as other grips. 22. December 14, 1945 — 17 MisceUaneous items In an effort to settle the. many and varied arguments between local 727 lA laborers and local 724 laborers. Republic, over a 3-week period, by correspondence and meetings, endeavored to obtain agreement between representative Helm of local 724 and Erickson of local 727. Of a total of 50 items of work, 33 of these were resolved and agreed to by both parties. The other 17 were found to involve disputes. These 17 were referred by letter this date to Mr. Cooper, representing the lA and Mr. Plelm representing 724 with the request tliat the internationals adjust them. To date there has been no adjustment of any of these items. 23. January 25, 1946 — Dispute under directive of December 26, 1945 When the studio attempted to put into effect the producers' interpretation of the three man award, it ran into numerous obstacles, one of which involved, on. January 25, 1946, refusal of two 946 carpenters to perform work assigned them by a 940 foreman in connection with trim work on a set which had l)een erected by set erectors from local 468 lA. The 946 foreman laid out the work and assigned the men, but upon their refusal, the men refusing were dismissed. Another instance occurred on January 21, 1946, when an lA sound man protested against the studio taking him off maintenance work and assigning in his place IBEW local 40 man. The individual, Peyton Webb, was not discharged but wag reassigned to other production work. Nothing ever came of his protests, but when