Between
And
SALESMEN U&I ! PIOONULTRY WORKERS 
Of Greater New York 
LOCAL 662
22 Nest l'/th Street
New York City
Watkins S-4590 -4391
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UNITED HEBREW TR.iBLS 
CENTRAL TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL 
AMALG.hiATED HEAT CUTTERS 
AND EUTCE":R WORKMEN OF LA . 
AALRICAJ FED- IRATIOIT OF LABOR
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SALESMEN & POULTRY WORKERS UNION 
OP GREATER NSW YORK, LOCAL 662.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OP LaBOR 
AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of
193 , by and between the SALESMEN & POULTRY WORKER 
UNION OF GREATER NSW YORK, LOCaL 662, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF 
LaBOR, a voluntary, unincorporated association of more than 
seven members, hereinafter re ferred  to as "Union", and
of
hereinafter referred  to as "Employer". *
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Employer is engaged in the r e t a i l  poul­
try  business, requiring the performance of the work of se ll in g , 
plucking, singeing, opening and cleaning of poultry, and r e ­
quiring salesmen and poultry workers to do and perform the 
work aforementioned: and
WHEREaS, the Union consists o f poultry salesmen, 
pluckers and other poultry workers; and
WHEREAS, both the Employer and the Union be lieve  in 
the soundness of the princip le  of c o l le c t iv e  bargaining and are
desirous of entering into this co l le c t iv e  agreement; and
f / ' \
Whereas, the Employer recognizes the said Union as 
the only labor organization in Greater New York and V ic in ity ,  
tru ly  representing the r e t a i l  poultry salesmen, pluckers and 
poultry workers of Greater New York and V ic in ity  and their 
true interests;
NOW, THEREFOR, in consideration of the mutual prom­
ises herein made by each of the parties to the other, i t  is 
hereby agreed as fo llows:
'FIRST: That the Employer w i l l  employ in +he said 
poultry business so le ly  and exclusively  members in good stand­
ing of the said Union and no others, to  do anc no- ^or a l l  the 
work of s e l l in g ,  plucking, singeing, opening ana excaning of
SECOND: That only such members who w i l l  be declared 
by the Union to be of good standing w i l l  be employed by the 
employers) and that upon notice from the said Union that any 
one of its  members employed or who may be employed by the 
employer had ceased to be of good standing or had resigned or 
had been expelled or suspended from the Union, the said employ 
er w i l l  immediately terminate the employment of such a member 
and w i l l  immediately replace him by another member o f good 
standing. In a l l  such cases, written notice by reg istered mail 
by the Union to the Employer shall be conclusive proof of due 
suspension, expulsion, resignation or of bad standing of a mem­
ber, and the regu lar ity  thereof shall not be subject^to ques­
tion by the Employer.
THIRD: That the said Employer w i l l  apply only to 
the said Union fo r  a l l  such salesmen, pluckers and other poul­
try  workers as may be required in the business o f the said 
Employer, and, when engaging such help or labor, the said Em­
ployer promises and agrees not to employ any such worker, or 
workers, who w i l l  not present properly authenticated Union 
working cards, issued by the said Union or its  duly authorized 
agent*
I FOURTH: The Union promises and agrees that i t  w i l l furnish the Employer with a l l  salesmen, pluckers and other poultry workers that the said Employer may require, and that its  members w i l l  perform the ir  work in a good and fa ith fu l  manner. FIFTH: (a )  That the Employer, upon accepting any
salesmen, pluckers or other poultry workers fo r  prospective 
"steady" employment, w i l l  employ such workers fo r  a t r i a l  per­
iod of not less than three consecutive days, i f  such t r i a l  
period w i l l  begin with the Monday o f any week, or fo r  a t r i a l  
period o f two consecutive da s i f  such t r i a l  period w i l l  be­
gin with the Thursday of any week; and that, in any such cases, 
the Employer w i l l  pay for  any such t r i a l  period not less than 
at the rate of one ha lf week o f the regular salary o f such 
employee, as provided herein (the t r i a l  period of Thursday and 
Friday shall be equal to a h a lf  week); and that, a fte r  employ­
ing such person fo r  a period o f two weeks or longer, such per­
son shall be regarded as a permanent employee and shall not 
be discharged by said Employer during the term of th is agree­
ment,
(b ) In the event that disputest d ifferences, 
disagreements or d i f f i c u l t ie s  should arise between the Employ­
er and any member o f the Union employed by the said Employer,- 
the Employer and the ^nion hereby agree to adjust the same be­
tween themselves and that the Employer w i l l  not dismiss or 
discharge any such employee without the consent of the Union; 
and where the Union w i l l  consent to withdraw such an employee 
from the said Employer, the la t t e r  hereby agrees that the 
employment of such an employee shall terminate only upon two 
weeks’ prior written  notice to the Union by reg istered  mail;
|cut in no case shall the Employer give such a notice of in ­
tended) termination of employment of an employee within two 
weeks immediately preceding or fo llow ing a major Jewish holiday
(Purim and Chanukah shall not be regarded major holidays).
SIXTH: In view of the preva iling  unemployment and
the desire on the part of the Union to divide the available 
work in the industry amongst a l l  its  members, i t  is hereby 
agreed that the Union w i l l  furnish and the Employer w i l l  ac­
cept substitute workers to take the place of the steady employ­
ees at such intervals and for  such periods as the Union shall 
deem necessary under the circcmstances and conditions then pre­
va i l in g .  I f  i t  shall appear that the Employer w i l l  not employ 
at le s t  one steady employee, the Employer hereby agrees to 
give employment at least for the period o f one day to one em­
ployee once during every month.
SEVENTH: (a ) The agreed minimum scale o f wages for
pluckers shall be twenty-two dollars per week fo r  week workers; 
and f iv e  dollars per day (Thursdays, Seven dollars p r day) 
fo r  day workersj and that, in addition thereto, the pi ckers 
shall have the r igh t to charge to purchasers of poultry, add­
it io n a l  compensation at the rate o f f iv e  cents :. n? plucking of 
each chicken and ten cents fo r  cue plucking of -adi duck, and 
the Employer promises and agrees to display a sign^ in a prom­
inent place of the premises, with the fo llow ing words promin­
ently printed thereon: ''Please pay fo r  Plucking", and the 
said pluckers shall have the right to request prospective cus­
tomers to pay fo r  said pluc. ing at the rate aforementioned, and 
the Employer agrees, upon possible inquiries from customers, 
to inform them that the pluckers are en t it led  to charge fo r  
plucking as aforementioned. (The aforementioned scale of wages 
is d is t in c t ly  conditioned on the display of such a s ign ). In 
the a lternative , the Employer agrees to pay pluckers a f la t  
salary of £37.00 per week fo r  week workers and *7.00 per day 
(Thursdays £12.00 per day) fo r  day workers.
(b) The minimum scale of wages for ta le s ­
men shall be £57,00 per week fo r  week workers; and £7.00 per 
day (Thursdays, £10.00 per day) for day workers.
(c )  In the event that the said Employer 
shall bo desirous of employing any part time workers preced­
ing a Jewish holiday, such employment of such part time work­
ers shall bo fo r  not less than two consecutive days immediately 
preceding such a holiday, and the rate of wages fo r  said part 
time workers, fo r  such two days, shall be equivalent to ono 
and ono-half times of the aggregate wages for  Thursdays and 
Fridays, on the per diom basis as provided heroin,
(d) Should the said Employer, at ny time, 
i when not employing at least one permanent employee, desire any
part time workers fo r  the la t te r  part o f any week, the s-id 
Employer agrees to employ such part time workers fo r  not less 
than a period of two days, to  w it: Thursday and Friday, and
the rate o f wages to such part time workers shall be on the 
per diem basis as above provided.
(e )  That the employment o f any employee for  any 
part or fract ion  o f a regular day shall e n t i t le  the employee 
to f u l l  pay as i f  he had worked a fu l l  day.
( f )  Employees shall be paid at the end of each
week.
EIGHTH: (a )  Forty-eight hours of work shall con­
s titu te  a week’ s v;ork, the same to be divided as fo llows: 
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.Mj 
Thursdays, from 7:00 A.Mr to 5:00 P.M; Fridays, from Vi 30 A.M. 
to 4:30 P.M.; Saturday evenings, not more than four hours.
(b ) During each work-day, the employees 
shall be allowed one hour fo r  lunch.
NINTH: (a ) The employer agrees to pay his employ­
ees fo r  a l l  Jewish holidays; on the other hand, the Union 
agrees that on each of the two consecutive days immediately 
preceding such a holiday, the permanent employees sha ll work 
as. late as the Employer’ s business may reasonably require.
(b ) On the 4th day o f July and on Labor 
Day, the employees shall not be required to work la te r  than 
twelve o 'c lock  neon, and on the 1st day of May, the employees 
shall not be required to work at a l l .
(c ) Should, at any time, during the oper­
ation of th is agreement, a Code of Fair Competition be adopted 
in the industry aforementioned, providing fo r  maximum hours
of employment lower fhan those provided for herein, then such 
iximum hours o f employment as so fixed  by such Code shall bo 
fland become the maximum hours for  the unexpired term of this 
agreement»
TENTH: The Employer agrees to display a Union sign
in the window o f each one of his establishments, announ exng 
hat he conducts a Union shop. For the use o f e \c’ : r" 'uch
nion signs, the Employer agrees to  pay to the U i- . , sum
of tfc.OO per annum during the term of th is greemo h, ...o.v over,
the Employer hereby agrees that the said signs shall remain 
the property of the said Union and that the la t te r  shall have 
the r igh t to withdraw such sign or signs at any time during 
s tr ike , or in the event that the Employer snail refuse to 
carry out any part o f this agreement.
ELEVENTH: The Employer expyossly-agnees that neither
w i l l  any partner nor partners nor r e la t iv e s ,  immediate or d is ­
tant, be permitted to do any of the work aforementioned in the 
business of the said Employer except members of the said Union; 
and that the addition of a partner or partners or any re la tives  
or other persons whatsoever to the firm of the said Employer 
w i l l  not cause the la t te r  to terminate the employment of any 
member of the said Union, However, i t  is hereby expressly 
agreed by the parties hereto that the -Employer himself or not 
more than one individual person in the stead of the said em­
ployer may engage in the performance of any of the work a fore­
mentioned, irrespective  of the number of stores or shops owned 
or controlled, or that may in the future be owned or controlled 
by the said employer, and regardless o f the form of the firm, 
under which the said employer may operate the said business, 
whether i t  be in the form of an individual proprietorship, a 
partnership, association, jo in t stock company, corporation 
or otherwise4
TVIELPTH; The Employer agrees that this contract slial 
be binding upon and apply to the shop or shops now owned by the 
said Employer or any shop or shops that the said Employer shall 
in the future; acquire, e ither as an individual, member of a 
copartnership; or as a contro lling  stockholder of a corporation 
and i t  is further agreed that i f  the Employer shall move said 
shop or shops from its  or their  present location or locations, 
th is contract shall be binding on the newly located shop or 
shops with the same force and e f fe c t .
THIRTEENTH: The Employer expressly agrees that in 
the event that the said business w i l l  consist of more than 
one store or shop, the Employer w i l l  not transfer or sh ift  
any employees from one of such stores or shops to any other, 
without the consent of the Union.
FOURTEENTH: The Employer agrees that an authorized 
representative of the Union w i l l  be permitted to v i s i t  the 
premises of the said Employer at any time that the said Union 
w i l l  find i t  necessary to do so,
FIFTEENTH: This agreement shall became operative on 
the day of the signing hereof and shall continue in force un­
t i l  the 15th day of December 1935, and the .same shall automat­
ic a l ly  renew i t s e l f  from year to year thereafter, unless th irty  
days’ prior to the expiration of th is agreement, or any date 
of renewal thereof, notice in w riting  by registered mail shall 
be given by any of the parties hereto to the other, of inten­
tion to terminate or modify th is agreement-.
m  WITNESS VJIIEREOF, the parties hereto have here-- 
unto set th e ir  hands and seals the day and year f i r s t  above
written*
In Presence o f: SALESMEN & POULTRY ’TORKARS 
Ur! ION OR GREATER MET YORK, 
LOCAL 652
B-u'-
Employer *
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