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 497 assigned to place these units and al^o to take on bats on wall paper, which work local 946 men claimed was not stt erection, the two 946 men assigned in the mill to making the beam and posts, refused to work, declaring it to be hot. The men were requested to leave the lot after they had been told that they would be paid off to the time of dismissal. SI. June 3, 1947 — Temporary stage extension A platform of luzuber to temporarily extend a stage floor out the doorway was struck by local 724 laborers on instruction of the studio. lA Local 80, grips, claimed the work but were argued out of it by the studio representative on the grounds that it was not purely a platform, but was au extension of the stage floor which might or might not have been permanent or temporary. 32. July 1947 — Boom truck swamper lA Local SO, grips, claim tying of guidelines from heavy units and pieces handled by boom trucks. They claimed this work from local 724 laborers who were setting telegraph poles for construction purposes. They do not claim it from local 44, lA greensmen, when trees and heavy shrubs are being moved, but claim it from 727, lA laborers, when parts of sets are being moved. Republic's practice has been and is in spite of disputes, to assign a man as swamper out of the gang that is doing the work. It is known that local 399, teamsters, might have a claim to some of this work although it has never been pressed. 33. July 1947 — Truck swamper Rapublic loads and unloads stages, coaches, carriages, etc., on trucks and trailers by means of a power winch and cable operated by a truck driver. A swamper from local 390, teamsters, assists the truck driver and guides the vehicle while loading and unloading. Local 44, property men (lA), has attempted to claim this work with the result swiug-gang men or special effects men have been assigned to the loading and unloading operations even on nearby locations, but since the work is done with a winch and the teamsters' swamper, the local 44 men are supernumeraries and are actually being paid stand-by time. Recent orders to discontinue assignment of local 44 men have brought no complaints from the union. 34. July 1947 — Strilcinff dead sets A set comprised of flats as walls and beams and rafters attached thereto was struck by local 724 laborers. Grips claimed striking of the walls including loosening them from the rafters and beams and laying them down on the floor. From the practical standpoint, the beams and rafters had to be struck first before the walls could be removed. Republic's practice was to have laborers remove the trimming, from the walls to be struck before the flats were laid on the floor. There was no work stoppage, but probably a half hour was lost in slow-down by a few men arguing about the affair. Several days later the studio was advised that local 80 withdrew its claim. 35. Summer of 1940 — Front bar There were several arguments regarding jurisdiction over front bars and back bars. None serious at Republic. However, one morning the labor-relations representative was called down to look at a front bar on a stage. The bar had been worked over by local 44 property men who were making a strong claim for all work of such units. The bar in question had been taken out of stock and it had been necessary to repair it. The local 44 crew had placed a piece of masonite upside down on the top of the bar and had replaced the molding in a most unworkmanlike manner. It was discovered in the early morning before the set photographed and carpenters 946 were immediately assigned to repair the faulty workmanship. They finished the job without delaying the picture. PART m. DISPtTTES BETWEEN BASIC AGREEMENT T7NIONS 36. May 31, 1946— Pot washers Herb Sorrell phoned to advise he claimed jurisdiction over pot washing per his letter of May 24, 1946, to Pat Casey and was sending to Republic a man named Callahan to go to work as a pot washer to replace Utterberg a 724 man then on the job. Utterberg was a returned veteran whom Republic had first assigned to carpenter apprentice work, but due to his war injuries he was unable to handle the work and was assigned to pot washing in the paint department. At the time he was 67383—48 — vol. 1 33