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A-General Wage Changes

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Oct. 1, 1953 (agreements dated Oct. 6, 1954-New York; 8 cents an hour increase.
Feb. 11, 1954-Baltimore and Boston; Mar. 4, 1954-
Hampton Roads; and Mar. 12, 1954-Philadelphia).
Oct. 1, 1954 (agreements dated Feb. 24, 1955-New York;
Jan. 18, 1955-Boston; Feb. 4, 1955-Philadelphia);
Feb. 1, 1955 (agreement dated Feb. 3, 1955-Hampton
Roads); and

Mar. 7, 1955 (agreement of same date-Baltimore).
Oct. 1, 1955 (agreement dated Feb. 24, 1955-New York;
Mar. 7, 1955-Baltimore; Sept. 28, 1955-Boston; Feb.
3, 1955-Hampton Roads; Feb. 4, 1955-Philadelphia).
Oct. 1, 1956 (agreement dated Dec. 17, 1957-all North
Atlantic ports).

Oct. 1, 1957 (above agreement-all North Atlantic ports).
Oct. 1, 1958 (above agreement-all North Atlantic ports).

Oct. 1, 1959 (memorandum of agreement dated Dec. 3, 1959-all North Atlantic ports).

7 cents an hour increase... 10 cents an hour increase in Hampton Roads.

3 cents an hour increase in Hampton Roads.

6 cents an hour increase.....

18 cents an hour increase.... Damaged cargo and explosive penalty rate increased to double general cargo rate."

7 cents an hour increase..
7 cents an hour increase..

12 cents an hour increase....

Oct. 1, 1960 (above agreement-all North Atlantic ports). 5 cents an hour increase..
Oct. 1, 1961 (above agreement-all North Atlantic ports)- 5 cents an hour increase.

1 This represented the first agreement jointly negotiated and signed by major employer associations in North Atlantic Coast ports with the ILA. The agreement dealt with wages, hours, the amount of contributions for welfare and pension benefits (but not the benefits provided), and the period of the agreement. Since it applied to longshoremen and related labor classifications, stevedoring as well as other waterfront associations and organizations were signatories. The employer groups represented were (a) New York Shipping Association, Inc.; Deepwater Steamship Lines and Contracting Stevedores; Cargo Repairmen Contractors; Checking and Clerking Contrac

Agreement provided for one wage review based on change in BLS Consumer Price Index, with 1-cent-an-hour increase for each 0.6point increase in excess of a 6-point rise in the index between October 1956 and August 1958.

Deferred increases of 7 cents an hour effective Oct. 1 of both 1957 and 1958.

Deferred increase.

Deferred increase. No increase warranted by change in CPI.

Deferred increases of 5 cents an hour effective Oct. 1 of both 1960 and
1961.

Baltimore, bulldozer operators received additional 5 cents an hour.
Deferred increase.
Deferred increase.

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B-Basic Hourly Rates for Longshoremen in Selected North Atlantic Coast Ports, 1953-611

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B-Basic Hourly Rates for Longshoremen in Selected North Atlantic Coast Ports, 1953-611-Continued

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12 Rate for barbasco root, fish meal, and bone meal established for first time. Effective Oct. 1, 1956.

13 Occupation added to rate schedule on date shown.

14 Rates applicable to holdmen. Winchmen, deckmen, and leaders paid an additional 5 cents an hour.

18 Gangway men, winchmen, and tractor operators paid an additional

5 cents an hour; chisel and forklift operators, a 10-cent differential.

16 Rate applicable to men in next hatch when there is no bulkhead or partition.

17 No schedule rate; actually, the "distress rate" for damaged cargo and explosives was paid.

is Grouping of items rearranged to reflect the situation effective Oct. 1, 1956. 19 Penalty rate applies to coal cargoes only when worked at other than coal piers.

20 Barbasco root added Oct. 1, 1956.

1 Rate applicable if cargo was handled by a gang for 2 hours or more a day. Fish meal and bone meal added Sept. 30, 1957.

Effective date

D-Related Wage Practices

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

1957 (agreements dated Mar. 25, 1957New York; Mar. 1, 1957-Baltimore; Nov. 21, 1957-Boston; Mar. 29, 1957Hampton Roads; Mar. 18, 1957Philadelphia).

Provision

Holiday Pay

Established: 2 paid holidays for which workers received 8 hours' pay at straighttime hourly rate.

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Holidays were: New York and Boston-Fourth of July and Labor Day; Baltimore-Good Friday and Memorial Day; Hampton Roads-Good Friday and Jefferson Davis Day; Philadelphia-Christmas Day and Labor Day.

New York, Boston, and Hampton Roads-To qualify, employee must have received pay for 700 or more hours in previous fiscal year and worked 16 hours during holiday week. Holiday pay also provided in New York if employee received 1 week's vacation pay after work record review and worked 16 hours in holiday week. Baltimore-1,000 hours' work in previous fiscal year required to qualify; Philadelphia-700 hours.

New York-Up to 700 hours' credit toward eligibility in previous
year granted for periods (1) compensated under a Federal or
State occupational disability law, and (2) served in the Armed
Forces if employed in industry a minimum of 700 hours in
year prior to service and honorably discharged.
Holidays observed without pay in all ports were: New Year's
Day, Washington's Birthday, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving
Day, and Christmas Day.

In addition, the following holidays were observed without pay:
New York-Lincoln's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Columbus Day, Election Day; Baltimore-Lincoln's Birth-
day, Columbus Day, Election Day, Easter Sunday, Fourth
of July, Labor Day, Defenders Day; Boston-Good Friday,
Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Patriots Day, Bunker Hill
Day; Hampton Roads-Election Day, Memorial Day, Fourth
of July, Labor Day, Lee's Birthday; Philadelphia-Lincoln's
Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day,
Election Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day.
Holiday was: New York-Good Friday; Baltimore-New Year's
Day; Boston-Washington's Birthday; Philadelphia-Fourth
of July; Hampton Roads-New Year's Day and Washington's
Birthday (Good Friday deleted-observed without pay).
Boston-Up to 700 hours' credit toward eligibility in previous
year granted for periods served in the Armed Forces if em-
ployed in industry a minimum of 700 hours in year prior to
service and honorably discharged.

Holidays were: New York-Lincoln's Birthday and Christmas Day; Boston-Memorial Day and Veterans Day; Philadelphia-New Year's Day and Memorial Day; BaltimoreLincoln's Birthday and Washington's Birthday; Hampton Roads-Election Day and Veterans Day.

Holiday was: New York-Washington's Birthday; BaltimoreThanksgiving Day; Boston-Patriots Day; Hampton RoadsLee's Birthday; Philadelphia-Washington's Birthday. Baltimore-Qualifying hours for paid holidays reduced to 800.

Holiday was: New York-Thanksgiving Day; Baltimore and Boston-Columbus Day; Hampton Roads-Thanksgiving Day; Philadelphia-Good Friday.

Holiday was: New York-Columbus Day; Baltimore-Veterans Day; Boston-New Year's Day; Hampton Roads-Good Friday; Philadelphia-Thanksgiving Day.

Boston-Up to 400 hours', at rate of 20 hours a week, credit toward vacation eligibility provided employee incapacitated 8 or more days by occupational disability and receiving statutory compensation for temporary total disability. Hampton Roads and Philadelphia-Up to 400 hours', at rate of 20 hours a week, credit toward vacation eligibility provided employee disabled by compensable occupational illness or injury.

New York-Vacation pay provided men within 50 hours of eligibility requirements if approved by joint committee after review of work record.

Effective date

D-Related Wage Practices-Continued

Provision

Paid Vacations-Continued

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

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Baltimore-Eligibility requirements reduced to 675 hours for 40 hours of vacation pay, 1,175 for 80 hours.

New York-Up to 700 hours' credit toward eligibility in each of preceding 6 years granted for periods: (1) compensated under an occupational disability law, (2) served in the Armed Forces if employed in the industry at least 200 hours in year prior to service and honorably discharged, and (3) employed as a loader before Feb. 1, 1958, in New York Foreign Trade Zone or at Army base in 1954 while under Civil Service. Baltimore-Eligibility requirements of 1,550 hours in previous year and vacation pay in 2 of 3 previous years.

Boston-Vacation pay provided men within 50 hours of eligibility requirements for 40 and 80 hours' vacation if approved by joint committee after review of work record. Hampton Roads-Vacation pay provided men within 10 hours of eligibility requirements for 40 hours' vacation if approved by joint committee after review of work record. Up to 1,000 hours' credit a year, for 2 years, toward eligibility granted men for military service if eligible for benefits in year prior to induction. Boston-Vacation review extended to employees within 30 hours of eligibility requirements for 120-hour vacation.

Up to 700 hours' credit in any 6-year period prior to claim for 120-hour vacation granted employee for service in Armed Forces if employed in industry a minimum of 700 hours in year prior to service and honorably discharged. Baltimore-Not less than 675 hours' work required in 2 of the 3 preceding fiscal years for 120-hour vacation.

Men reemployed at 1 or 7 p.m. or 1 a.m. (second call) guaranteed 2 hours' pay if (1) ship or hatch was completed in less time, (2) ship was moved to dry dock or another terminal, or (3) weather made work impossible.

Men first hired at 1, 5, 6, or 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, guaranteed 4 hours' pay except for conditions noted above. Men first hired at 1, 5, 6, or 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday guaranteed 4 hours' pay regardless of weather. Philadelphia (1) Men first hired at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday guaranteed 4 hours' pay, (2) men first hired at 5, 6, or 7 p.m., Monday through Sunday, paid to 11 p.m., (3) men employed 8 a.m. to 12 noon who work through meal hour and are ordered back at 2 p.m. guaranteed 3 hours' straighttime pay or 2 hours if weather made work impossible or ship or hatch was completed in less time. New York-Men employed 8 a.m. to 12 noon who work through meal hour and are ordered back at 2 p.m. guaranteed 4 hours' straight-time pay to 6 p.m. at appropriate rates, or 2 hours if weather made work impossible or ship or hatch was completed in less time.

Boston-Men first hired at 8 a.m. or 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, guaranteed 2 hours' pay if ship or hatch was completed in less time or ship was moved to dry dock or another terminal regardless of weather.

4 hours' pay guaranteed for second call to work at 1 p.m. unless ship or hatch was completed in less time.

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2 hours' pay guaranteed for second call to work when ship or hatch was completed in less than 2 hours' time. New York-6 hours' pay guaranteed to men called to dock or undock vessels between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. Boston-Men employed and ordered out the following day but unable to work because of weather or breakdown guaranteed

Effective date

D-Related Wage Practices-Continued

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Mar. 29, 1957 (agreement of same dateHampton Roads); and

Nov. 21, 1957 (agreement of same dateBoston).

July 1, 1960 (arbitration award dated Nov. 22, 1960).

Provision

Call-In Pay-Continued

Containerization Fund

New York-Fund established to which employers were to contribute the following royalty payments per gross ton of containerized cargo: (1) conventional ships, 35 cents; (2) partially automated ships with not more than 2 hatches and not more than 40 percent of packaged cargo area fitted for handling containers, 70 cents; (3) automated or containerized ships with more than 2 hatches or more than 40 percent of the packaged cargo area fitted for handling containers, $1.

4 hours' pay if ordered out again the next following day and unable to work; paid 2 hours' pay for forenoon and 2 hours if returned in afternoon.

Hampton Roads-2 hours' pay guaranteed for second call to work when ship or hatch was completed in less time or vessel was shifted to dry dock or another terminal.

Philadelphia-2 hours' pay guaranteed for second call to work at 7 p.m. or 1 a.m. if ship or hatch was completed in less time or weather made work impossible, and at 7 p.m. if vessel was shifted to dry dock or another terminal.

Baltimore-5 hours' pay guaranteed if ordered to work at 7 a.m.

Fund to be used to indemnify employees for loss of work resulting from containerization.

Method of distributing fund among employees to be determined by negotiation.

Royalties limited to "boxed" general cargo moving in overseas export and import trade and in trade between New York and Puerto Rico.

Baltimore and Boston-The parties have accepted the arbitration award in general; specific details are to be determined by further negotiation in each port.

Hampton Roads and Philadelphia-Current contracts did not provide for the establishment of a containerization fund.

Pension Plan

[Revised back to institution of plan]

Oct. 1, 1934.

Jan. 1, 1950 (agreements dated Oct. 1, 1949-New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Hampton Roads). Jan. 1, 1951..

Nov. 1, 1951 (action of trustees of same date).

Aug. 1, 1952 (action of trustees, date not available New York; action of trustees, Nov. 21, 1952-Baltimore).

Oct. 1, 1952 (action of trustees, June 18, 1952).

Apr. 29, 1953 (amendment of same date).

No provision.....

Pension plan established; financed by employer contribution of 5 cents per man-hour worked.

Pension plan effective providing: Eligibility-Continuous employment from Jan. 1, 1937, with average of 800 hours of work a year, required of employees retiring before Jan. 1, 1962.

Basic benefits-Monthly pension of $35 in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, $30 in Baltimore, and $25 in Hampton Roads, exclusive of Federal old-age benefits, to employees aged 65 or over with 25 years' continuous service in industry and average of 800 hours worked per year.

Disability benefits-Basic benefits reduced by statutory payments to employees totally and permanently disabled on the job at age 45 or over with 15 years' continuous service in industry and average of 800 hours worked per year.

Increased to: Basic benefits-Hampton Roads, $32.

Increased to: Basic benefits-New York, $50; Baltimore, $45.

Increased to: Basic benefits-Philadelphia, $45.

Continuity of employment broken when employee worked fewer than 400 hours a year for more than 2 years, except that employees unable to work for the following reasons were given credit for the periods stipulated: nonoccupational illness or injury-up to 3 years; temporary-total occupational injury800 hours a year; military service after May 1, 1940, and reemployment in industry-1,000 hours a year.

Not applicable to employees disabled by criminal activity, habitual drunkenness, self-inflicted injury, or addiction to narcotics, or while in military service. Continuous employment from Jan. 1, 1937, with average of 800 hours of work a year, required of employees applying for disability benefits prior to Jan. 1, 1952.

Benefits terminated on reemployment in industry for (a) term of employment or (b) 1 year, whichever is greater.

New York-Added: Disability benefits applicable to employees (1) permanently and totally disabled on or after Jan. 1, 1944, but before Jan. 1, 1950, by injury incurred on the job and (2)

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