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l 2.3 179? Wage Chronology Bituminous Coal Mine Operators and United Mine Workers of America, October 1933-November 1974 Bulletin 1799 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics 1973 Dayton & Montgomery publicLibrary SEP 4 docum ent Co. 1374 collection W age Chronology Bituminous Coal Mine Operators and United Mine Workers of America, October 1933-November 1974 Bulletin 1799 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Peter J. Brennan, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Julius Shiskin, Commissioner 1973 For sale by the S u perinte ndent of D ocum ents, U.S. G o vern m en t Printing Office, W ashington, D .C . 20402 - price 70 cents M icrofiche edition available from National Te ch n ica l Information S ervice, Springfield, Va. 22151, at $1.45 a set. M ake checks for m icrofiche payable to N T IS . P reface This bulletin is one o f a series prepared by the Bureau o f Labor Statistics that traces changes in wage scales and related benefits negotiated by individual employers or combinations o f employers with a union or group o f unions. Benefits unilaterally introduced by an employer generally are included. The information is obtained largely from collective bargaining agreements and related documents voluntarily filed with the Bureau. Descriptions o f the course o f collective bargaining are derived from the news media and confirmed and supplemented by the parties to the agreement. Wage Chronologies deal only with selected features o f collective bargaining or wage determination. They are intended primarily as a tool for research, analysis, and wage administration. References to job security, grievance procedures, methods o f piece-rate adjustment, and similar matters are omitted. This wage chronology summarizes changes in wage rates and related compensation practices in bituminous coal mines in the Appalachian area since 1933 and nationally since 1943 that have been negotiated with the United Mine Workers o f America. This bulletin replaces Wage Chronology: Bituminous Coal Mines, 1933-68, published as BLS Bulletin 1558, and Supplement to Bulletin 1558 which covered the period 1968-70. Materials previously published have been supplemented in this bulletin by contract changes negotiated for the 1971-74 period. The earlier texts generally are included as they were originally published. Increases in wages or supplementary compensation scheduled for introduction after August 15, 1971 are affected by current wage stabilization policies. Changes are shown in this chronology as approved by the regulatory authorities or, in the absence o f a ruling, as negotiated by the parties. The analysis for the 1968-74 period was prepared in the Division o f Trends in Employee Compensation by John J. Lacombe II. in Contents Page Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... Summary o f Contract negotiations July 1948-September 1952 ...................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................ September 1952—September 1955 ................................................................................................................... September 1955—October 1956 ...................................................................................................................... October 1956-December 1958 December 1958-April 1964 ............................................................................................................................ April 1964—April 1966 .................................................................. April 1966-October 1968 ............................................................................................................................... October 1968—November 1971 November 1971—November 1974 Tables: la. General wage changes, 1933-70 lb. General wage changes, 1971-73 2a. Earnings in selected occupations in bituminous coal 2b. mines, Appalachian area, 1933-70 ....................................................................................................... Earnings by labor grade and type o f operation in bituminous coalmines, 1971-73 ............................................................................................................................ 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 ___ 9 15 16 20 2c. Job classifications (and selected job titles) by labor grade, November 12,1971 ............................................................................................................................ 22 3. Supplementary compensation practices .................................................................................................. Overtime pay .................................................................................................................................. 23 23 Pay for travel t i m e ............................................................................................................................ Shift premium p a y ............................................................................................................................ Holiday p a y ..................................................................................................................................... Paid v a c a t io n s .................................................................................................................................. Christmas b o n u s ............................................................................................................................... Reporting a llo w a n ce......................................................................................................................... Work tools, equipment, and supplies .............................................................................................. 23 24 24 24 26 26 26 Jury duty ........................................................................................................................................ Bereavement pay ............................................................................................................................ 27 27 Health and welfare b e n e f i t s ............................................................................................................. 27 Wage chronologies available 33 Introduction continuous mining machine was introduced. Over half The current National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement between the United Mine Workers o f America (56 percent) o f underground coal is now mined with the (UMW-Ind.) and the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Asso ciation (B C O A )1 is an outgrowth o f the Appalachian agreements, the first o f which was concluded in 1933. continuous mining machine. Far more dramatic increases in productivity have been brought about by surface production which in Although this contract covers over 80,000 workers volves strip (or open-pit) and auger mining-strip mine nationally, the industry is concentrated in the output per man is more than double that in underground Appalachian region,2 which accounts for 70 percent o f mines. Strip mining involves the use o f large machines the soft coal produced in the United States. Total production o f bituminous coal in the United (e.g., power shovels, bulldozers) to remove the earth’s crust and expose the coal seams. Auger mining comple States amounted to 597 million tons in 1970 compared ments stripping by using machines which drill into coal with an all-time high o f 631 million tons in 1947, seams covered by overburden too thick to remove economically by stripping. Surface production, which accounted for less than 5 percent o f the coal produced according to the U.S. Bureau o f Mines.3 Since 1961, however, annual production has increased steadily, largely as a result o f a continuing growth in the demand in 1930, had increased steadily to about 44 percent o f for coal to generate electric power. Such demand accounts for 65 percent o f total domestic consumption. total coal production in 1970 4 Because o f increased productivity and the decline in demand for coal (before 1962) caused by competition o f other fuels, employment in bituminous mines decreased Recent increases in production have been achieved through the growing use o f more efficient mining methods such as the continuous mining machine, which integrates cutting and loading into a continuous se quence, and surface mining, which has made mining an from a high o f 657,000 production workers in 1923 to 120,000 in 1970.5 Between 1961 and 1970, employ ment dropped by 7 percent.6 The vast majority o f these outdoor industry. coal miners work in union mines. The United Mine As early as 1913, half o f the soft coal produced was mined with coal-cutting machines, but not until the Workers o f America (Ind.) represents all but about 3 percent o f the workers in union mines. A few mines in Illinois have contracts with the Progressive Mine Workers Union (Ind.) and a few in other States have contracts development o f the pit-car loader—a simple conveyor from the mine floor to the top o f the car—in the early 1920’s could the burdensome task o f hand loading o f with the Southern Labor Union (Ind.). The UMW was formed in 1890 by the merger o f two competing coal unions—the National Trades Assembly No. 135 o f the Knights o f Labor and the National coal cars be eliminated. The miner still had to shovel the coal a short distance to the loader, however, until the development o f the mobile loader, which, by 1951, had virtually replaced the pit-car loader. In 1948, the Progressive Union. By 1900, the union was the largest in the country, a position it held for over a quarter o f a century. Members numbered almost 500,000 in 1924. Primarily due to mechanization, the union’s working 1 Additional associations and individual producers are also signers of the agreement. 2 The Appalachian area consists of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky (eastern), Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, and Alabama. 3 See U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mineral Industry> Surveys: Coal-Bituminous and Lignite in 1971, and preprint from the 1965 Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, Coal-Bituminous and Lignite, by W. H. Young and J. J. Gallagher which survey coal production at mines with an annual output of 1,000 tons or more. 4 Ibid. 5 See Employment and Earnings Statistics for the United States, 1909-71 (Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin 1312-8). 6 The total o f production workers was higher in 1970 than in the preceding year, however, due to passage of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which caused a drop in productivity in underground mines, necessitating an increase in employment in these mines. 1 membership now has declined to about 111,000 (includ ing 3,000 anthracite miners). The union was affiliated with the American Federation o f Labor (A F L ) until it tion practices in the Appalachian area since 1933 and in the nation since 1943. The first agreement o f national scope was executed in 1943 as a result o f a memo randum signed by the Secretary o f the Interior and union President John L. Lewis following a prolonged labor-management dispute which led to government operation o f the mines. In 1945, coal operators and the was expelled in May 1938.7 In November 1938, the union affiliated with the new Congress o f Industrial Organizations (C IO ).89 The Mine Workers left the CIO and became independent in 1942. In 1946, it reaffiliated with the CIO only to leave the organization again in 1947. union negotiated an agreement covering all bituminous The history o f collective bargaining in the bituminous States. Significant factors which have affected miners’ coal mines under the union’s jurisdiction in the United coal industry shows evolvement toward industrywide bargaining through a related series o f multi-employer negotiations with the union, mostly through associa tions. The first major multi-employer organization in the income over this period include reductions in the industry was the Appalachian Joint Conference, consist elimination o f incentive pay. Since 1946, pay increases to the dwindling number o f incentive workers have been flat daily amounts; thus, the importance o f tonnage or piece rates has diminished. Also traced are changes in welfare and retirement benefits provided under the number o f hours worked a day and the number o f days worked a week, introduction o f portal-to-portal pay, elimination o f regional wage differentials, and the virtual ing o f individual operators and producers’ associations, which was established in 1933. That year, the Appalachian wage bargain was negotiated between the Joint Conference and the union—the first comprehensive employer-financed fund established in 1946. Although pact for the region. (Some previous agreements had been reached on an interstate basis.) The Joint Conference broke down over North-South competitive rivalries and, in 1941, the southern operators left to form other such benefits are determined by a board o f trustees, employer contributions to the fund are set by collective bargaining. associations such as the Southern Coal Producers’ Association (SCPA). T o consolidate the bargaining Since this chronology begins with the 1933 pact, provisions listed in the tables as being in effect at that time do not necessarily indicate changes from prior efforts o f northern commercial and “ captive” ^ producers, the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association conditions o f employment. Changes in wages and other provisions except for welfare and retirement benefits have resulted from collective bargaining between opera (BC O A) was founded in 1950. The Southern Coal Producers’ Association later became a member o f the BCOA in 1968. Today, the multiplicity o f employers common acceptance o f the national agreement nego tiated with the BCOA, which represents almost all producers. In the anthracite industry, which is concen tors and the union, except for the November 1943 and May 1946 agreements. These agreements were nego tiated between the Federal government and the union after prolonged union-management disputes and result ing work stoppages led to Federal operation o f the trated in Pennsylvania, the union has bargained on an industrywide basis since the turn o f the century, and negotiations have been greatly influenced by settlements in bituminous coal. This chronology covers the period since the 1933 mines. Currently, the basic collective bargaining agreement specifies standard daily wage rates, hours, and other working practices. Wage rates are set forth by labor grades under which all occupations are included. The Appalachian wage bargain and traces the change in basic labor grades were established by the 1971 agreement and wages, work schedules, and supplementary compensa consolidated numerous job titles and classifications. and their associations has been minimized by the Labor grades are grouped under 3 operational categories-underground at deep mines, strip and auger 7 The expulsion came after the Mine Workers and other AFL affiliates formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) to organize workers in mass-production industries and encourage their affiliation with the AFL. The AFL, which consisted mainly of skilled trades unions, charged the CIO unions with “dual unionism.” 8 Formerly the Committee for Industrial Organization under AFL. 9 “Captive” mines are owned by companies in other indus tries (principally steel mills) which produce coal for their own use. mines, and preparation plants and other surface facilities for deep or surface mines. Supplementary agreements negotiated in the various coal districts deal with prob lems peculiar to each coal field and disciplinary rules and procedures to the extent that such provisions do not conflict with the basic agreement. The basic contract is scheduled to remain in effect until a specified date on or after which it may be terminated by 60-day notice o f either party. 2 Summary of contract negotiations July 1948-September 1952 Administrator notified the parties to the agreement o f such approval. The 1948 National Wage Agreement between the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.) and the associa tions representing the bituminous coal operators expired September 1955—October 1956 on June 30,1949. Agreement on a new contract was not reached until March 5, 1950. This contract was to The United Mine Workers o f America (UMW—Ind.) remain in effect until June 30, 1952, but prior termina tion on or after April 1, 1951, by either party on 30 and the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association agreed, on August 20, 1955, to revise their 1950 National Wage days’ notice, was also provided for. On January 18, Agreement, previously amended September 29, 1952. 1951, however, the parties negotiated a wage adjustment and changed the earliest permissible termination date to On August 26, the UMW concluded an identical settle March 31, 1952. and during that same week, with smaller groups o f independent operators. ment with the Southern Coal Producers’ Association, The new amendment to the master contract provided September 1952—September 1955 for a daily wage increase effective September 1, 1955, and an additional increase effective April 1, 1956. An amendment to the 1950 National Wage Agree Other contract changes included time and one-half for all Saturday work, double time for all Sunday work, ment between the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.), Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association, and the affirmation o f employers’ authority to stagger schedules o f weekend maintenance crews and other specified Southern Coal Producers’ Association was signed September 29, 1952. The amendment provided for a daily wage increase for inside and outside dayworkers and for tonnage and piece-rate workers, as well as an increase in the operators’ contribution to the welfare workers, 2 additional days’ vacation, and an increase in vacation pay. N o changes were made in provisions covering hours o f work, shift differentials, seniority, and welfare fund contributions. fund. The amended agreement was to continue for at least a year, with further continuation subject to 60 days’ written termination notice. In accordance with existing government regulations, the parties submitted the new agreement to the Wage Stabilization Board. The Board, on October 18, 1952, found that stabilization policies did not permit the full The amended agreement was to be in effect for at least a year starting September 1, 1955, with further continuation subject to 60 days’ written termination notice. The August 1955 settlements were negotiated without the provision for 60 days’ advance notice o f contract termination or modification being invoked. amount negotiated and, therefore, reduced the $1.90 daily increase by 40 cents. A strike began on October October 1956—December 1958 13, when workers at a few mines walked out; and by October 16, approximately 100,000 workers were idle. A tentative agreement providing for increased wage The strike reached nationwide proportion on October rates and changes in supplementary benefits reached by 20, after the WSB ruling; it ended on October 27. international officers o f the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.) and officials o f the Bituminous Coal Subsequently, the matter was considered by the Eco nomic Stabilization Administration and the Director o f Operators’ Association was announced on October 3, Defense Mobilization. On December 3, 1952, the Presi dent o f the United 1956, to delegates to the 42d constitutional convention o f the union. The amendment to the 1950 agreement States directed the Economic Stabilization Administrator to approve the full amount containing o f the general wage increase; on the next day, the October 4 by the union and Bituminous Coal Operators’ 3 the new contract terms was signed on Association and the Southern Coal Producers’ Associa by the union were protested by some workers in a series o f sporadic wildcat strikes, but by mid-April, almost all miners had returned to work. Identical agreements were signed by most o f the other associations and individual unionized operators. Under terms o f a 2-year contract, effective April 2, tion; other groups, including the Illinois Coal Operators’ Association, the Indiana Coal Operators’ and Coal Producers’ Association, as well as individual coal com panies, signed subsequently. The agreement became effective October 1, 1956, and was the fourth amendment to the basic National 1964, all workers received a $l-a-day wage increase on Wage Agreement o f 1950; either party could terminate it on or after September 30, 1957, by 60 days’ written that date and an additional $1 increase on January 1, 1965. notice. Daily wage increases, effective October 1, 1956, and April 1, 1957, were provided for in amounts lished throughout the industry. Formerly, various holi Uniform observance o f 7 unpaid holidays was estab days had been designated at the district level. Annual vacation pay was increased to $225 and, to assure continued production and to extend employment oppor tunities, provision was made for two annual vacation shutdown periods o f 14 days each rather than one, with identical to those under the August 1955 amendment; in addition, improvements were made in holiday and paid vacation provisions. December 1958—April 1964 each mine operator to choose one period. The agreement continued the operators’ contribution The fifth amendment to the National Bituminous o f 40 cents a ton to the UMWA welfare and retirement fund, effective since October 1, 1952, and introduced the following new provision: Wage Agreement o f 1950 was signed at Washington, D.C., on December 3, 1958, by representatives o f the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.) and the Bitumi On all bituminous coal procured or acquired by any signatory operator for use or for sale (i.e., all bituminous coal other than that produced by such signatory opera tor), there shall, during the life of this agreement, be paid into such fund by each such operator signatory hereto or by any subsidiary or affiliate of such operator signatory hereto the sum of 80 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds on each ton of such bituminous coal so procured or acquired on which the aforesaid sum of 40 cents per ton had not been paid into said fund prior to such procurement or acquisition.1 nous Coal Operators’ Association. On the following day, the amendment was signed by the president o f the Southern Coal Producers’ Association, and a majority o f other bituminous mine operators followed suit by January 1, 1959. The amended contract, effective December 1, 1958, could be terminated on or after November 30, 1959, by 60 days’ notice from either party. It provided a $1.20-a-day wage increase effective January 1, 1959, and The contract signed on behalf o f the “ captive” operators an increase o f 80 cents a day beginning April 1, 1959. An increase in annual vacation pay was also stipulated. The contract, signed by commercial operators, added a “ protective wage clause” whereby mine operators agreed that all coal mined, purchased, or otherwise did not include this clause. Other adjustments permitted the loading on Sunday, at the double-time rate, o f previously mined and processed coal. One member o f each production crew operating at the face o f the mine was to be designated as helper, to operate loading or continuous mining equip ment when directed, at the operator’s rate. In addition, the agreement eliminated any charge for the use o f a bathhouse or washroom. acquired by them would be produced under terms and conditions o f work as favorable as those provided in the contract. A joint industry contract committee was established to enforce this provision. The contract signed on behalf o f the “ captive” operators did not include this Although there had been no contract changes in clause. wages, hours, or vacation payments since 1958, a decline in welfare and retirement fund revenues as a result o f April 1964—April 1966 lower production had led to reductions in those benefits by trustees o f the fund. Changes in eligibility require A sixth amendment to the National Bituminous Coal ments for pensions and for medical, health, and hospital Wage agreement o f 1950, the first in the soft coal services became effective on July 1, 1960. The monthly industry since December 1958, was signed by the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.) and the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association on March 23, 1964. Discus I Upon a protest filed by the National Independent Coal Operators’ Association, the National Labor Relations Board, on Aug. 7, 1964, ruled the provision invalid under section 8(e) of the Labor-Management Relations Act. This ruling subsequently was overturned. sions leading to the agreement began in December 1963 and concluded with gains in wages and supplemental benefits for some 80,000 miners. The terms negotiated 4 Among the provisions o f the initial settlement in the midwest was an immediate wage increase o f $1.32 a day for certain skilled occupations and, in the second year o f the 30-month agreement, a $l-a-day wage increase for all workers. Also, helpers on continuous mining machines were added to production crews at higher pay; the union was given jurisdiction over maintenance, hauling, and construction work at mine sites; and workers’ seniority was broadened to give laid-off workers the first oppor pension payment was reduced to $75, from $100, in February 1961, but was raised by subsequent action o f the fund trustees to $85 for all current and new pensioners, effective February 1, 1965. The 1965 action also lowered the age requirement for pensions to 55 years, from 60, and, for new retirees, adjusted the 20-year service requirement to include all employment in a classified job in the industry. Workers who left the industry before February 1, 1965, still had to meet the tunity to fill job vacancies at any other mine o f the same company in their district. former requirement o f 20 years o f service in the 30-year period preceding a pension application, or return for at least a year. On August 30, 1965, all beneficiaries o f the In discussions o f the union’s proposals, the mine fund were notified that those over 65 years o f age were required to enroll in the Federal Medicare program since operators were opposed primarily to job protection measures agreed to by the Midwest mining companies fund benefits would not be available for hospital or medical care benefits under the 1965 social security that would increase the size o f production crews, restrict the performance o f maintenance work by outside amendments. contractors, or widen the area o f miners’ seniority. On September 2, 1965, the trustees On April 11, 1966, in the absence o f agreement on increased the pension by restoring the payment to $100, effective October 1, 1965. the union’ s proposals, about half o f the industry’s mines were closed by a walkout until an agreement reached on April 24 was ratified by the workers and signed by the parties on April 27.3 The parties to the earlier settle ment at mines in the Midwest rescinded that agreement April 1966—October 1968 A 15-year period o f general labor peace in the bituminous coal mining industry was interrupted in the on April 27 and on the same date signed an agreement identical to that negotiated by the Bituminous Coal spring o f 1966 when an estimated 45,000 workers left the mines during bargaining on the seventh amendment Operators’ Associations. The new 21 /£-year agreement, retroactive to April 1, o f the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement o f 1950. Contract talks began on January 28 between the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.) and the Bitumi 1966, raised the daily wage rate o f all workers by $1, with an additional 32-cent increase for three highly skilled occupations (inside electricians, mechanics, and nous Coal Operators’ Association, and were concluded by an agreement signed on April 27. These talks were concentrated on the union’s demands for improved nonwage benefits and measures to protect workers against loss o f jobs in the increasingly mechanized third-shift differentials were raised 4 cents, to 8 and 10 cents an hour, respectively. The minimum guarantee for dayworkers who entered the mine was raised to 4 hours’ continuous mining-machine operators). Second- and industy. A wage increase for all workers was also sought. pay, from the former guarantee o f 2 hours. The union cited rising production and improved profits in the industry as justification for its demands. The operators represented by the association, whose mines were predominantly underground, contended that the industry as a whole did not share the improved economic position o f some operators. In their view, the general economic condition o f the industry would not support the union’s demands, as agreed to earlier by Nonwage benefits gained in the settlement included the first provision for pay on holidays on which miners do not work, and the addition o f 1 holiday to the 7 formerly observed as unpaid holidays. Pay for 2 weeks’ vacation was increased to equal 10 times the employee’s daily wage rate. The parties several mines in the Midwest, including a major strip mining company.2 They argued that any increase in cost Another innovation o f the amended agreement permitted a mine operator to continue operations without interrup would adversely affect the industry’s competitive posi tion during the industrywide 14 consecutive days vaca tion particularly in electric utility plants. The union’ s tion periods, as specified for 1967 and 1968, and to estimated that the increase averaged about $70 more, annually, than the previous uniform allowance o f $225. proposal was rejected as too costly in underground schedule vacations for individual employees throughout mining operations, and too restrictive in work jurisdic the year. Additional improvements in the agreement provided tion. 3 The Southern Coal Producers’ Association signed a similar agreement on Apr. 2 7,1966. 2 Not members of the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Associa tion, representing employers under this agreement. 5 disaster. The agreement allowed the loading on a holiday o f previously mined and processed coal at the triple time ratified by the union’s national Scale and Policy Com mittee on the same day that the contract was signed. Negotiations had been underway for several months before the settlement, beginning with informal talks between the presidents o f the union and association. Some o f the union’s initial demands were for increased rate. Helpers, while operating continuous mining and wages; elimination o f wage differentials in two southern reimbursement o f earnings to regular miners for time lost because o f jury duty. Members o f a mine safety committee were to be paid by the company at least their regular rate o f pay when investigating an explosion or loading machines, were to receive the rate for that occupation; at other times, they were to be paid the districts; improved “ portal-to-portal” , reporting pay, holiday, and seniority provisions; increased welfare royalty payments; and the establishment o f graduated cutting- and shearing-machine operator’s rate. Under the new agreement, bathhouses, washrooms, or other vacations. arrangements were to be provided for miners’ use, without charge. There was to be no compulsory retire Terms o f the agreement included a $3-a-day general wage increase, retroactive to October 1, 1968, and ment based solely on age. deferred increases o f $2 a day in both 1969 and 1970. The parties further agreed that i f a court or tribunal Wage differentials existing in Alabama and western o f competent jurisdiction determined, by final decision, that payment to the UMW welfare and retirement fund Kentucky were to be eliminated in four stages during the life o f the contract. The definition o f portal-to-portal o f 80 cents a ton o f coal on which a 40-cent payment time, used to determine an inside employee’s workday, had not been made was invalid or in violation o f Federal was expanded to mean either collar-to-collar or bank-to-bank.4 In addition, a Christmas bonus o f $120 or State law, a new clause would be negotiated at the option o f the union. Such negotiations would not affect was to be provided in 1969, 1970, and 1971, and the vacation schedule was liberalized to provide graduated vacations for employees with 10 years o f service or any other provision o f the agreement. The pension payment was increased by action o f the fund trustees on May 10, 1967, to $115 a month, effective July 1, 1967. On January 19, 1967, increased death benefits for more. To curb unauthorized strikes the bonus would be reduced and holiday pay would not be granted for those absent due to such strikes under specified conditions. active and retired miners’ widows became effective. Also, on that date, hospital and medical care benefits were extended to widows and dependent children during the period that death benefit payments were made. The Other changes included an eased eligibility require ment for reporting-time pay and modifications in the seniority clause to allow companywide seniority within a UMW district. The operators also agreed to sell coal to emergency assistance given families o f miners killed or A new national contract was signed by representatives o f the United Mine Workers o f America (Ind.) and the widows at cost and to supply soap for bathhouses. On June 24, 1969, trustees o f the Welfare and Retirement Fund voted to increase the monthly pension benefit to $150 (from $115), effective August 1, 1969. Pension service requirements were revised, effective April 1, 1971, by action o f the Welfare and Retirement Fund trustees on January 14, 1971. For service on or after April 1, 1971, pension credit was allowed only for work performed for employers who were party to the national UMW contract. Employees who applied for a Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association on October 14, pension on or after April 1,1971, would have to have at 1968, and was made retroactive to October 1. This single least 5 years o f signatory service after May 28,1946, out seriously injured in a mine disaster was discontinued. The agreement as amended, was not subject to termination by any party before September 30, 1968. October 1968—November 1971 document embodied all previously negotiated provisions o f the required 20 years o f classified service with the last as modified or continued and eliminated the need to year o f industry employment before retirement being refer to various agreements and amendments for a statement o f current wage, hour, and working practices. (In prior years, the parties did not incorporate the with a signatory operator. The 5-year signatory require ment was to be increased by 1 year annually beginning in 1977 until 10 years o f signatory service ( o f the 20) results o f contract negotiations in a new and complete were required in 1981. collective bargaining agreement.) The new 3-year pact ended a strike that began with 4 The “collar” is the first supporting framework encountered at the point which is considered the junction of the mine opening and the surface. The “bank” is the top o f the shaft, the surface around the shaft, or the sloping mass of material removed from an open pit. sporadic walk-outs on October 1 and ultimately involved about 80,000 workers. The settlement set the bargaining pattern for the rest o f the soft-coal industry and was 6 plants. Shift differentials for work on second and third shifts were increased to 10 and 15 cents, respectively. The employee’s birthday was added as a ninth paid holiday in 1972, and vacation pay for the basic 2-week vacation period was increased to 11 times the em ployee’s day-wage rate in 1973 and to 12 times his day-wage rate in 1974. Other changes included continua The contract covered approximately 80,000 workers and was not subject to termination by either party before September 3 0 ,1 9 7 !. Termination after such date was subject to 60-day notice. November 1971—November 1974 tion o f the Christmas bonus and the establishment o f an Agreement on a 3-year contract was fetched between annual protective clothing allowance o f $10 in 1972 (to the Bituminous Coal Operators o f America (BC O A) and the United Mine Workers o f America (UM W ) cn be increased to $20 in 1973) and 3 days o f paid bereavement leave. In addition, the employer contribu tion to the health and welfare fund was to be increased November 13, 1971, and the union’s National Scale and Policy Committee ratified the pact the same day. This formally ended a nationwide strike by about 80,000 in five stages to 80 cents per ton o f coal produced for use or sale ($1.20 i f purchased from another operator who had not already paid the royalty). workers that begun when the previous contract expired on September 30, 1971.5 Workers began returning to work shortly after ratification. The parties also reviewed benefits o f the health and welfare Bargaining had begun in mid-August, but little progress was made before the contract expired. Talks October 20. Reportedly, the operators contended that the union’s demands had not been adequately defined was the first priority. New or improved benefits, in order o f priority, would be: The addition o f sickness and and the union contended that the operators had made no contract offers. accident benefits o f $50 a week for up to 52 weeks; continuation o f hospital-medical coverage and pension Tw o days later, the parties resumed talks at the request o f Governor Arch A . Moore o f West Virginia, who acted as mediator until an agreement was reached. The Governor announced after the initial session that the negotiators had “ 90 percent o f the new contract in credit accrual for occupationally disabled miners; imple mentation o f a pro-rata pension allowing a maximum o f $225 for a miner who worked 10 years beyond normal retirement; a pension and continuation o f hospitalmedical coverage for widows (dependents also, in the latter case) o f men who died in the mines; and continuation o f hospital-medical coverage for disabled adult dependent children. These proposed new benefits, however, were not adopted. their pockets.” Settlement was reached on November 13—a day before the start o f Phase II o f the Economic Stabiliza tion Program o f the Federal government under Execu tive Order 11625. Under the stabilization program, the On January 2, 1973, a federal district judge tenta settlement was considered an “ existing contract” and tively approved a proposed settlement o f a suit against trustees o f the UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund which would ease pension eligibility requirements in certain cases. Final approval subsequently was obtained on February 26. The case, pending since 1969, was expected to affect about 17,000 soft coal miners and miners’ widows. To qualify for a pension under the settlement effective January 1, 1973, a miner had to be born before April 1, 1916, have retired before April 1, subject to review by the Pay Board only i f challenged by a “ party o f interest” or by five members or more o f the Board. Since many miners were staying out because o f uncertainty over the validity o f the contract, the operators and the union backed such a review, which was undertaken on November 18. On November 19, the Pay Board announced that it had voted to approve the first-year gains provided by the contract. The agreement provided for a wage increase ranging 1971, have 20 years o f classified service in the industry from $2.56 to $6.35 a day which included amounts due (before January 28, 1953 for occupationally disabled to job reclassification, effective November 12, and two miners), and have 5 years o f that classified service (at deferred increases, ranging from $2.50 to $4.25 a day in least 1972 and $2.40 to $4.25 in 1973. A new labor grade consolidated the numerous job and directed the trustees to provide they were consistent with the financial integrity o f the fund. Maintenance o f previously agreed-upon benefits continued during the strike but ended in an impasse on structure fund benefits according to a schedule o f priorities, as long as some of the 20 years’ classified service for occupationally disabled miners) after May 28, 1946 with titles and operators signatory to the UMW agreement. Addi tionally, an occupationally disabled miner had to apply classifications down to six general categories for under ground and strip mines and to five for preparation for a pension before April 1, 1971, and be denied solely 5 This was the longest bituminous coal strike since the because he had not attained the previous 20 years o f 9-month work stoppage that began in 1949. classified service out o f the 30 years immediately 7 preceding retirement because o f his occupational dis ability. Those who met the new requirements and applied for a pension before April 1, 1971, but were denied, were to receive the standard pension o f $150 a month retroactive one year from the effective date o f the new rules. Otherwise, the $150 a month was effective immediately, with no retroactivity for those 1973. These rules required that the applicant be at least age 55, have 20 years o f classified service in the industry (only signatory service was credited after April 1, 1971), have at least 5 years o f signatory service out o f the 20 years after May 28, 1946 (with an additional year o f signatory service required annually starting in 1977 until 10 signatory years were required in 1981), and have a specified number o f years o f signatory service during the who met the new requirements. The unmarried (as o f January 1, 1973) widow o f a miner at least age 55 at death which occurred before January 1, 1973, who could have satisfied the new rules for regular retirement, 11 iustry based on his years o f classified signatory service since May 28, 1946. was entitled to a widow’s benefit o f $1,000 in a lump sum. An applicant had to file a claim before May 1, 1973 to be enrolled as o f January 1, 1973. Those tive June 1, 1973 for those not otherwise eligible for a pern * iO were forced to cease work in the industry 5 years imm- *ihely preceding his last work in the In May 1973, the trustees eased requirements effec submitting claims after April 30, 1973 were to be because o f a permanent and total mine-connected disability (including injury and occupational disease such enrolled effective the month after receipt o f claim. In mid-January, a Federal court judge ruled that the as pneumoconiosis). Fund could not deny a pension to those whose last job before retirement was in a non-signatory mine. This ruling would provide benefits retroactive to the date o f may be terminated by either party on or after November 12, 1974, after 60-days notice. The following tables are denial. Trustee actions in October 1972 and January 1973 eased regular eligibility rules, effective January 1,1973, for those applying for a pension on or after January 1, up to date through the termination date o f the agree ment, except for health and welfare benefits, which are current only through June 1, 1973, since such benefits may be changed by trustee action at any time. The current contract which covers 80,000 workers 8 Table la. General wage changes,1 1933—70 Normal schedule of work^ Effective date Days per week Daily hours paid fo rTotal Work Amount of wage change Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Lunch^ Outside dayworkers^ Oct. 2, 1933 ........... Apr. 1, 1934 ........... 5 5 8 7 8 7 0 0 Oct. 1, 1935 ........... Apr. 1, 1937 ........... Apr. 1 ,1 9 4 1 ........... 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 Jan. 1943 ................ 5-6 7 7 0 Apr. 1, 1943 ........... 5-6 7 7 0 Nov. 3, 1943 ......... 5-6 S'A 8Va 0 40 cents per 7-hour day increase. 50 cents per day increase. 50 cents per day increase. $1 per day increase. Previous 8-hour pay plus increase established as new rates for 7-hour day. The increase of 40 cents was applied to all the Appalachian area except northern West Virginia, where an increase of 64 cents a day was provided to eliminate a 24-cent differential between northern West Virginia and the northern Appalachian area. This increase applied to all the Appalachian area except the SouthS and to all occupations except slate pickers. An increase of $1.40 a day was provided for the South to eliminate a 40-cent North-South differential. Rates for slate pickers were increased by 75 cents per day in the North and by $1.15 in the South. 6-day week authorized by supple mental agreement. Weekly earnings were increased by added workday paid for at premium rates. (See overtime provisions.) An increase of 85 cents a day for slate pickers only was ordered by National War Labor Board directive order o f June 18, 1943. Daily and weekly earnings were increased by lengthened workdays, the added V / hours were paid for at premium rates. (See overtime provisions.) Flat amount added to previous 8% hours’ pay to adjust differentials between earnings of outside and inside workers. Flat amount added to previous 8% hours’ pay. Previous 8'A hours’ pay plus $1.20 established as rates for new 7^-hour day. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. a April. 1, 1945 ......... 5-6 8V4 8 Va $1.07 per day increase. May 22, 1946 ......... 5-6 8Va 8 Va $1.85 per day increase. July 1,1947 ........... 5-6 VA 6% y2 $1.20 per 71/4-hour day in crease. July 1,1948 ........... 5-6 VA 63A y2 $1 per day increase. Mar. 5,1950 ........... 5-6 IVa 6 3/a y2 $70 cents a day increase. F eb .1,1951 ........... 5-6 V/a 6 3/a y2 $1.60 a day increase. Oct. 1,1952 (by amendment of Sept. 29,1952). 5-6 V/a 6 3/a y2 $1.90 a day increase. See footnotes at end o f table. 9 Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. Table la. General wage changes,1 1933-70—Continued Normal schedule of work^ Effective date Days per week Amount of wage change Daily hours paid for Total Work Travel Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Lunch^ Outside dayworkers^-Continued Sept. 1,1955 (by amendment of August 1955). Apr. 1,1956 (by amendment of August 1955). Oct. 1,1956 (by amendment of October 1956). Apr. 1,1957 (by amendment of October 1956). Jan. 1,1959 (amendment dated Dec. 3, 1958). Apr. 1,1959 (amendment dated Dec. 3, 1958). Apr. 2,1964 (amendment dated Mar. 23, 1964). Jan. 1,1965 (amendment dated Mar. 23, 1964). Apr. 1,1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27, 1966). Oct. 1,1968 (agreement dated Oct. 14, 1968). Oct. 1,1969 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968) Oct. 1,1970 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). 5-6 VA 63A Not ap plica ble. y2 $1.20 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 7% hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 63A Not ap plica ble. Vi $0.80 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6 3A Not ap plica ble. Vi $1.20 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 7Vi hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6 3A Not apr plicable. : y2 $0.80 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 7Vi hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6% Not ap plica ble. y2 $1.20 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6 3A Not ap plica ble. Vi $0.80 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6 3A Not ap plica ble. Vi $1 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6% Not ap plica ble. y2 $1 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 7Vi hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6 3A Not ap plica ble. y2 $1 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous VA hours’ pay. 5-6 VA 6% Not ap plica ble. y2 $3 a day increase. 5-6 VA 63A y2 $2 a day increase. 5-6 VA 6 3A Not ap plica ble. Not ap plica ble. Flat amount added to 7Vi hours’ pay. In addition, wage differentials that existed in districts 20 and 23 (Alabama and western Kentucky) were to be eliminated in 4 equal stages, effective Oct. 1, 1968, Oct. 1, 1969, Oct. 1, 1970, and Sept. 30,1971. Flat amount added to 7Vi hours’ pay. y2 $2 a day increase. Flat amount added to 7Vi hours* pay. See footnotes at end o f table. 10 Table la. General wage changes,1 1933-70—Continued Normal schedule of work^ Effective date Days per week Amount of wage change Daily hours paid fo rTotal Travel Work Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Lunch^ Inside dayworkers^ Oct. 2,1933 . . . . April. 1,1934 . . . 5 5 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 0 Oct. 1,1935 ___ 5 7 7 0 0 Apr. 1,1937 ___ 5 7 7 0 0 Apr. 1,1941 . . . . 5 7 7 0 0 Jan.1943 .............. 5-6 7 7 0 0 Apr. 1,1943 . . . . 5-6 7 7 0 0 Nov. 3,1943 . . . . 5-6 m 8 3/4 0 Apr. 1,1945 . . . . 5-6 9 8'K Ya May 22,1946 . . . 5-6 9 83/4 % July 1,1947 . . . . 5-6 8 7Vi V2 July 1,1948 ___ 5-6 8 IV i Vi 40 cents per 7-hour day increase. 50 cents per day increase. 50 cents per day increase. $1 per day increase. This increase applied to all the Appalachian area except the SouthS and to all occupations except greasers, trappers, flaggers, and switch throwers. An increase of $1.40 per day was provided for the South to eliminate a 40-cent North-South differential. Rates for the 4 specified occupations were increased by 75 cents in the North and by $1.15 in the South. 6-day week authorized by supple mental agreement, Weekly earnings were increased by added workday paid for at premium rates. (See overtime provisions.) Increase o f 85 cents per day for greasers, trappers, flaggers, and switch throwers only ordered by National War Labor Board directive order of June 18, 1943. Board also ruled that it would permit an additional increase of 76 cents to these workers if agreed upon in district negotiations. Daily and weekly earnings increased by lengthened workday, by payment for travel time, and by payment of premium rates for productive and travel time after 40 elapsed hours during workweek. (See overtime and travel-time provisions.) Daily and weekly earnings increased by payment of premium rates for all hours over 7 per day and 35 per week and by paid lunch periods. (See overtime provisions.) $1.85 per day increase. Flat amount added to previous 9 hours’ pay. $1.20 per 8-hour Previous 9-hour pay plus $1.20 day increase. established as rates for new 8-hour day. $1 per day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. See footnotes at end o f table. Previous 8 hours’ pay plus increase established as new rates for 7-hour day. The increase o f 40 cents ap plied to all the Appalachian area except northern West Virginia, where an increase of 64 cents was provided to eliminate a 24-cent differential between northern West V irgin ia and the northern Appalachian area. 11 Table la. General wage changes,1 1933-70—Continued Normal schedule of work^ Effective date Days per week Amount of wage change Daily hours paid fo rTotal Work Travel Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Lunch^ Inside dayworkers^-Continued Vi 70 cents a day increase. $1.60 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. VA V4 $1.90 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous hours’ pay. 8 V/2 V2 $1.20 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 V2 $0.80 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $1.20 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $0.80 a day increase Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 Vh Vi $1.20 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $0.80 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 V2 $1 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 V2 $1 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 V2 $1 a day increase. Oct. 1,1968 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $3 a day increase. Oct. 1, 1969 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). Oct. 1,1970 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $2 a day increase. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay for all workers; electricians, mechanics, and contin uous mining-machine operators received an additional 32 cents a day. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. In addition, wage differentials that existed in districts 20 and 23 (Alabama and western Kentucky) were to be eliminated in 4 equal stages, effective Oct. 1, 1968, Oct. 1, 1969, Oct. 1, 1970, and Sept. 30,1971. Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $2 a day increase. Mar. 5 ,1 9 5 0 . . . . 5-6 8 Vh l/2 Feb. 1,1951 ___ 5-6 8 V/2 Oct. 1,1952 (by amendment of Sept. 29,1952). Sept. 1,1955 (by amendment of August 1955). Apr. 1,1956 (by amendment of August 1955). Oct. 1,1956, (by amendment of October 1956), Apr. 1,1957 (by amendment of October 1956). Jan. 1,1959 (amendment dated Dec. 3. 1958). Apr. 1,1959 (amendment dated Dec. 3, 1958). Apr. 2,1964 (amendment dated Mar. 23, 1964). Jan. 1,1965 (amendment dated Mar. 23, 1964). Apr. 1,1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27, 1966). 5-6 8 5-6 See footnotes at end o f table. 12 8 Flat amount added to previous 8 hours’ pay. Table la. General wage changes,1 1933-70—Continued Normal schedule of work Effective date Amount of wage change fo r- Days Daily hours paid for— per week Total Work Travel Lunch^ Machine Pick mining loading Cutting (shortwall) Deadwork; yardage Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Inside tonnage and piece-rate workers 7 o Oct. 2, 1933 . . . . Apr. 1, 1934 . . . . 5 5 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 Oct. 1,1935 .... 5 7 *7 0 0 Apr. 1,1937 . . . . 5 7 7 0 0 Apr. 1 1 9 4 1 ......... 5 7 7 0 0 Jan. 1943 .............. 5-6 7 7 0 0 Nov. 3, 1943 . . . . 5-6 m 8 3/4 0 Apr. 1,1945 . . . . 5-6 9 8% % May 22,1946 . . . 5-6 9 m y4 $1.85 per day increase. July 1,1947 .... 5-6 8 m Vi $1.20 per day increase. July 1, 1948 . . . 5-6 8 Vh y2 $1 per day increase. Mar. 5 ,1 9 5 0 . . . . 5-6 8 V /i % 70 cents a day increase. F e b .1,1951 5-6 8 V/2 y2 $1.60 a day increase. Oct. 1,1952 (by amendment of Sept. 29, 1952). 5-6 8 V/2 y2 $1.90 a day increase. 10 cents per ton increase, 9 cents per ton increase, 9 cents per ton increase, 12 cents per ton increase, 8 cents per ton increase, 8 cents per ton increase, 8 cents per ton increase, 11 cents per ton increase, See footnotes at end o f table. 13 1 cent per ton increase, 1 cent per ton increase, 1 cent per ton increase, 1 cent per ton increase, 9 percent increase. 10 percent increase. 10 percent increase. 15 per- 6-day week authorized by supple cent mental agreement. increase. Weekly earnings were increased by added workday paid for premium rates. (See overtime provisions.) Daily and weekly earnings increased by lengthened workday, by payment for travel time, and by payment of premium rates for productive and travel time after 40 elapsed hours during work-weeks. (See overtime and travel-time provisions.) Daily and weekly earnings increased by addition of 1/9 of day’s tonnage or piece-rate earnings, to compensate for daily overtime and travel-time. (See overtime and travel-time provisions.) Flat amount added to 9 hours’ pay as previously computed. Flat amount added to day’s pay as previously computed. This increase, plus previous $1.85 daily increase, made a total o f $3.05 added to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings plus 1/9 of such daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Flat amount added to day’s pay as previously computed, making a total of $4.05 added to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings plus 1/9 o f such daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Flat amount added to day’s pay as previously computed, making a total of $4.75 added to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings plus 1/9 o f such daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to incentive earnings increased to $6.35 a day. Addition to daily tonnage earnings increased to total of $8.25 plus 1/9 of such tonnage earnings. 1933-70-Continued 7 6 5 4 3 Table la. General wage changes,12 Normal schedule o f work 2 Effective date Days per week Total 5-6 8 Amount of wage change Daily hours paid fo r Travel Work Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Lunch^ Inside tonnage and piece-rate workers?-Continued Sept. 1,1955 (by amendment of August 1955). Apr. 1, 1956 (by amendment of August 1955). Oct. 1,1956 (by amendment of October 1956). Apr. 1, 1957 (by amendment of October 1956). Jan. 1,1959 (amendment dated Dec. 3, 1958). Apr. 1, 1959 (amendment dated Dec. 3,1958). Apr. 2,1964 (amendment dated Mar. 23,1964). Jan. 1,1965 (amendment dated Mar. 23,1964). Apr. 1,1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27,1966). V/2 y2 $1.20 a day increase. plus 5-6 8 V/2 y2 $0.80 a day increase. 5-6 8 V/2 y2 $1.20 a day increase. 5-6 8 7V4 y2 $0.80 a day increase. 5-6 8 m Vi $1.20 a day increase. 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $0.80 a day increase. 5-6 8 V/2 Vi $1 a day increase. 5-6 8 V/2 y2 $1 a day increase. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to total of $9.45 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to total of $10.25 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to a total of $11.45 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to a total of $12.25 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to a total of $13.45 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to a total of $14.25 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to a total of $15.25 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Addition to daily tonnage or piece-rate earnings increased to a total of $16.25 plus 1/9 of such tonnage or piece-rate earnings. Basic tonnage rates eliminated except for hand loaders whose tonnage rate will be negotiated locally, subject to the approval of the international union. These rates will no longer be reported, since they account for a comparatively small number of workers. 1 General wage changes are construed as upward or downward adjustments affecting an entire area, establishment, bargaining unit, or plant at one time. They do not include adjustments in individual rates (promotions, merit increases, etc*) and minor adjustments in wage structure having no immediate effect on the general wage level. Changes listed are the major adjustments in wage rates made during the period covered. Because of fluctuations in earnings occasioned by changes in type of work and employment during the period covered, the total of the general changes listed will not necessarily coincide with the change in average hourly earnings over the period. See table 2a for resulting wage rates for selected occupations. This table is succeeded by table lb. 2 The schedule of mine operation provided in the master agreement does not represent a guaranty of the stipulated hours or days of work. 3 Since April 1, 1945, contracts have provided that the lunch period be staggered without any interruption or suspension of operations throughout the day. 4 Data pertain to bit sharpeners, car droppers, trimmers, car repairmen, dumpers, sand dryers, car cleaners, slate pickers, and other able-bodied labor, and do not necessarily cover other outside day workers. The tabulation does not take into account variations provided by district agreements. 5 Includes mines in Maryland, Virginia, southern and upper Potomac district of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and northern Tennessee. 6 Data pertain to motormen, rock drillers, drivers, brakemen, spraggers, trackmen, wiremen, bonders, timbermen, bottom cagers, coal drillers, snappers, trackmen helpers, wiremen helpers, greasers, trappers, flaggers, switch throwers, mobile-loading-equipment operators, and other inside labor not classified. The tabulation does not take into account variations provided by district agreements. 7 Data pertain only to pick mining, machine loading, cutting (short-wall), and dead-work (yardage), and also do not take into account variations provided by district agreements. 14 Table lb. General wage changes,1 1971-73 Normal schedule of work^ Effective date Days per week Amount of wage change Daily hours paid fo rTotal Work Travel Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Lunch^ Underground at deep mines Nov. 12,1971 (agreement of same date). 5-6 8 VA V2 Nov. 12,1972 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). Nov. 12,1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). 5-6 8 VA V2 5-6 8 V/2 Vi Increase ranging from $3 to $6.35 a day which included amounts due to job reclass ification. Increase ranging from $2.75 to $4.25 a day. Increase ranging from $2.50 to $4.25 a day. Flat amount added to 8 hours’ pay. Flat amount added to 8 hours’ pay. Flat amount added to 8 hours’ pay. Strip and auger mines Nov. 12, 1971 (agreement of same date). 5-6 VA 63A Not applic able Vi Nov. 12 1972 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). Nov. 12,1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). 5-6 VA 6% Not applic able Vi 5-6 VA 6% Not applic able Vi Nov. 12,1971 (agreement of same date). 5-6 VA 63A Not applic able y2 Nov. 12,1972 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). Nov. 12,1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). 5-6 VA 6 3A Not applic able Vi 5-6 VA 63A Not applic able y2 Increase ranging from $2.56 to $5.85 a day which included amounts due to job reclass ification. Increase ranging from $2.50 to $4 a day. Increase ranging from $2.40 to $4 a day. Flat amount added to VA hours’ pay. Flat amount added to VA hours’ pay. Flat amount added to VA hours’ pay. Preparation plants and other facilities for deep or surface mines Increase ranging from $2.82 to $4.50 a day which included amount due to job reclass ification. Increase ranging from $2.60 to $3.50 a day. Flat amount added to 7V4 hours’ pay. Increase ranging from $2.60 to $3.50 a day. Flat amount added to VA hours’ pay. Flat amount added to VA hours’ pay. 1 General wage changes are construed as upward or downward adjustments affecting an entire area, establishment, bargaining unit, or plant at one time. They do not include adjustments in individual rates (promotions, merit increases, etc.) and minor adjustments in wage structure having no immediate effect on the general wage level. Changes listed are the major adjustments in wage rates made during the period covered. Because of fluctuations in earnings occasioned by changes in type o f work and employment during the period, the total of the general changes listed will not necessarily coincide with the change in average hourly earnings over this time. This table reflects the consolidation by the 1971 agreement of numerous job titles and classifications into groupings according to type of operation (workers previously were categorized as either inside or outside dayworkers). See table 2b for resulting wage rates by labor grade and type of operation and see table 2c for classifications within each grouping. 2 The schedule of mine operations in the master agreement does not guarantee stipulated hours or days of work. 3 Since April 1, 1945, contracts have provided that the lunch period be staggered without any interruption or suspension of operations throughout the day. 15 Table 2a. Earnings1 in selected occupations in bituminous coal mines, Appalachian area,2 1933-70 Effective date Occupational group Oct. 2, 1933 Apr. 1, 1934 Oct. 1, 1935 Apr. 1, 1937 Apr. 1, 1941 Jan. 1943 Nov. 3, 1943 Apr. 1, 1945 May 22, 1946 July 1, 1947 July 1, 1948 Mar. 5, 1950 Inside dayworkers Motormen, rock drillers, and rubber-tired shuttle car operators: Full-time daily pay.......................... $ 4.76 $ 5.16 $ 5.66 $ 6.16 $ 7.16 $ 7.16 $ 8.69 $ 10.19 $ 12.04 $ 13.24 $ 14.24 $ 14.94 Full-time weekly pay: 23.80 25.80 28.30 30.80 35.80 35.80 45.34 5-day w eek................................. 71.20 50.95 60.20 66.20 74.70 46.54 6-day w eek................................. 64.72 58.35 76.47 86.06 92.56 97.11 Straight-time hourly rate................. 1.023 .595 .737 .809 .880 1.023 .993 1.019 1.204 1.655 1.868 1.780 Drivers, brakemen, spraggers, trackmen, wiremen, bonders, timbermen, bottom cagers, coal drillers, and snappers: Full-time daily p a y ............................ 4.60 5.00 5.50 6.00 7.00 7.00 8.50 10.00 11.85 13.05 14.05 14.75 Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week..................................... 23.00 25.00 27.50 30.00 35.00 35.00 44.31 50.00 59.25 65.25 70.25 73.75 6-day week.................................... 45.50 57.06 63.50 84.83 91.33 75.25 95.88 Straight-time hourly rate..................... .714 .575 .785 .857 1.00 1.00 .971 1.00 1.185 1.631 1.756 1.844 Pumpers, trackmen helpers, wiremen helpers, timbermen helpers, and other inside labor not classified: Full-time daily p a y ............................ 4.36 4.76 5.26 5.76 8.21 6.76 6.76 9.71 11.56 12.76 13.76 14.46 Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week..................................... 21.80 23.80 26.30 28.80 33.80 33.80 42.79 48.55 57.80 63.80 68.80 72.30 6-day week..................................... 43.94 55.12 61.64 82.94 89.44 73.39 93.99 Straight-time hourly rate..................... .545 .680 .751 .823 .966 .938 .966 .971 1.156 1.595 1.720 1.808 Drillers and shooters on mechanical section and roof bolters: Full-time daily pay ............................ Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ..................................... 6-day week..................................... Straight-time hourly rate..................... Mobile loading machine operators and cutting and shearing machine operators and helpers Full-time daily p a y ............................ 5.80 6.20 6.90 7.60 9.00 15.48 16.48 9.00 10.93 12.43 14.28 17.18 Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week.................................... 29.00 31.00 34.50 38.00 45.00 45.00 56.98 62.15 71.40 77.40 82.40 85.90 6-day week..................................... 58.50 73.37 79.08 90.83 100.62 107.12 111.67 Straight-time hourly rate..................... .725 .886 .986 1.086 1.286 1.286 1.249 1.243 1.428 1.935 2.148 2.060 Outside dayworkers Bit sharpeners, car droppers, trimmers, car repairmen, and dumpers: Full-time daily p a y ............................ Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week.................................... 6-day week..................................... Straight-time hourly rate..................... Sand dryers, car cleaners, and other able-bodied labor: Full-time daily p a y ............................ Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week.................................... 6-day week.................................... Straight-time hourly rate..................... 3.84 4.24 4.74 5.24 6.24 6.24 7.91 8.98 10.83 12.03 13.03 13.73 19.20 .480 21.20 .606 23.70 .677 26.20 .749 31.20 .891 31.20 40.56 .891 33.55 50.58 .891 44.90 57.41 1.012 54.15 69.25 1.220 60.15 78.20 1.659 65.15 84.70 1.797 68.65 89.25 1.894 3.60 4.00 4.50 5.00 6.00 6.00 7.61 8.68 10.53 11.73 12.73 13.43 18.00 20.00 22.50 25.00 30.00 30.00 39.00 .857 38.05 48.66 .857 43.40 55.50 .978 ‘52.65 67.33 1.186 58.65 76.25 1.618 63.65 82.75 1.756 67.15 87.30 1.853 - - .450 - .571 - .643 - .714 See footnotes at end of table. 16 .857 Table 2a. Earnings1 in selected occupations in bituminous coal mines, Appalachian area,2 1933-70—Continued Effective date Occupational group Feb.l, 1951 Oct. 1, 1952 Sept. 1, 1955 Apr. 1, 1956 Oct. 1, 1956 Apr. 1, 1957 Jan. 1, 1959 Apr. 1, 1959 Apr. 2, 1964 Jan. 1, 1965 Apr. 1, 1966 $ 16.54 $ 18.44 $ 19.64 $ 20.44 $ 21.64 $ 22.44 $ 23.64 $ 24.44 $ 25.44 $ 26.44 $ 27.44 Inside dayworkers Motormen, rock drillers, and rubber-tired shuttle car operators: Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... Drivers, brakemen, spraggers, trackmen, wiremen, bonders, timbermen, bottom cagers, coal drillers, and snappers: Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek ................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... Pumpers, trackmen helpers wiremen helpers, timbermen helpers, and other inside labor not classified: Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... Drillers and shooters on mechanical section and roof bolters: Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... Mobile loading machine operators and cutting and shearing machine operators and helpers:^ Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... 82.70 107.51 2.068 92.20 119.86 2.305 98.20 127.66 2.455 102.20 132.86 2.555 108.20 140.66 2.705 112.20 145.86 2.805 118.20 153.66 2.955 122.20 158.86 3.055 127.20 165.36 3.180 132.20 171.86 3.305 137.20 178.36 3.43 16.35 18.25 19.45 20.25 21.45 22.25 23.45 24.25 25.25 26.25 27.25 81.75 106.28 2.044 91.25 118.63 2.281 97.25 126.43 2.431 101.25 131.63 2.531 107.25 139.42 2.681 111.25 144.62 2.781 117.25 152.42 2.931 121.25 157.62 3.031 126.25 164.12 3.156 131.25 170.62 3.281 136.25 177.13 3.406 16.06 17.96 19.16 19.96 21.16 21.96 23.16 23.96 24.96 25.96 26.96 80.30 104.39 2.008 89.80 116.74 2.45 95.80 124.54 2.395 99.80 129.74 2.495 105.80 137.54 2.645 109.80 142.74 2.745 115.80 150.54 2.895 119.80 155.74 2.995 124.80 162.24 3.120 129.80 168.74 3.245 134.80 175.24 3.37 24.66 25.46 26.46 27.46 28.46 - - - - - - 123.30 160.29 3.083 127.30 165.49 3.183 132.30 171.99 3.308 137.30 178.49 3.433 142.30 184.99 3.558 18.78 20.68 21.88 22.68 23.88 24.68 25.88 26.68 27.68 28.68 29.68 93.90 122.07 2.348 103.40 134.42 2.585 109.40 142.22 2.735 113.40 147.42 2.835 119.40 155.22 2.985 123.40 160.42 3.085 129.40 168.22 3.235 133.40 173.42 3.335 138.40 179.92 3.460 143.40 186.42 3.585 148.40 192.92 3.71 15.33 17.23 18.43 19.23 20.43 21.23 22.43 23.23 24.23 25.23 26.23 76.65 99.65 2.115 86.15 112.00 2.377 92.15 119.80 2.542 96.15 125.00 2.652 102.15 132.80 2.818 106.15 138.00 2.928 112.15 145.80 3.094 116.15 151.00 3.204 121.15 157.50 3.342 126.15 164.00 3.480 131.15 170.50 3.618 15.03 16.93 18.13 18.93 20.13 20.93 22.13 22.93 23.93 24.93 25.93 75.15 97.70 2.073 84.65 110.05 2.335 90.65 117.85 2.500 94.65 123.04 2.611 100.65 130.84 2.776 104.65 136.04 2.887 110.65 143.84 3.052 114.65 149.04 3.163 119.65 155.54 3.301 124.65 162.04 3.439 129.65 168.55 3.577 Outside dayworkers Bit sharpeners, car droppers, trimmers, car repairmen, and dumpers: Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... Sand dryers, car cleaners, and other able-bodied labor: Full-time daily p a y .......................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day w eek................................. 6-day w eek................................. Straight-time hourly rate................... See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 2a. Earnings1 in selected occupations in bituminous coal mines, Appalachian area,2 1933-70—Continued Effective date Occupational group Oct. 1,1968 Oct. 1, 1969 Oct. 1,1970 Inside Dayworkers Motormen, rock drillers, and rubber-tired shuttle car operator: Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week .................. ..................................................................................... Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Drivers, brakemen, spraggers, trackmen, wiremen, bonders, timbermen, bottom cagers, coal drillers, and snappers: Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Pumpers, trackmen helpers, wiremen helpers, timbermen helpers, and other inside labor not classified: Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Drillers and shooters on mechanical section and roof bolters (except roof bolters on continuous mining machines): Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Mobile loading machine operators and cutting and shearing machine operators and helpers: Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ........................................................ . .......................... Electrician, mechanic and continuous mining machine operator. Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 18 $ 30.44 $ 32.44 $ 34.44 152.20 197.86 3.805 162.20 210.86 4.055 172.20 223.86 4.305 30.25 32.25 34.25 151.25 196.63 3.781 161.25 209.63 4.031 171.25 222.63 4.281 29.96 31.96 33.96 149.80 194.74 3.745 159.80 207.74 3.995 169.80 220.74 4.245 31.46 33.46 35.46 157.30 204.49 3.933 167.30 217.49 4.183 177.30 230.49 4.433 32.68 34.68 36.68 163.40 212.42 4.085 173.40 225.42 4.335 183.40 238.42 4.585 33.00 35.00 37.00 165.00 214.50 4.125 175.00 227.50 4.375 185.00 240.50 4.625 Table 2a. Earnings1 in selected occupations in bituminous coal mines, Appalachian area,2 1933-70— Continued Effective date Occupational group Oct. 1,1969 Oct. 1,1970 29.23 31.23 33.23 146.15 190.00 4.032 156.15 203.00 4.308 166.15 216.00 4.583 28.93 30.93 32.93 144.65 188.05 3.990 154.65 201.05 4.266 164.65 214.05 4.542 Oct. 1, 1968 Outside Dayworkers Bit sharpeners, car droppers, trimmers, car repairmen, and dumpers: Full-time daily pay .............................................................................................. Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ....................................................................................................... 6-day week ....................................................................................................... Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Sand dryers, car cleaners, and other able-bodied labor: Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ....................................................................................................... 6-day week ....................................................................................................... Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... ■1 Full-time daily and weekly earnings reflect gross pay for normal hours in effect at the time (table la), including straight-time and premium pay for scheduled overtime hours. Straight-time hourly earnings exclude premium pay for overtime. Shift premium pay is excluded from all figures, as well as miners’ expenses for tools, explosives, etc. Full-time daily earnings reflect weekday pay (Monday through Friday) except between Nov. 3, 1943, and Apr. 1, 1945, when premium rates were paid for part of work on the fifth day. Full-time weekly earnings for a 6-day week are shown only for the period following the formal agreement authorizing a 6-day week (optional). These pay scales were computed for national agreements and do not take account of district variations. 2 Regional differentials are not shown for years in effect. West Virginia differential was eliminated by 1934 agreement and southern differential ended with 1941 contract. The 1968 agreement eliminated the differentials in Alabama and western Kentucky in four stages; the final stage occurred on Sept. 30,1971. ^ Wage increases for mobile loading equipment operators exceeded those for other outside day workers from Oct. 2 ,1933 through Apr. 1,1941. Thereafter, all inside dayworkers for whom data are shown received the same general wage increases. From 1948 to 1966, this classification had included operators of continuous mining machines. Effective Apr. 1,1966, operators of continuous mining machines received an additional $0.32 bringing their daily earnings to $30. The 1966 agreement eliminated the $1.22 a day differential which had existed between helpers on mobile loading machines and those on cutting and shearing machines. Previously, the latter group had received the higher rate. 4 Classifications were increased to $30 a day, effective April 1,1966. 19 Table 2b. Earnings1 by labor grade2 and type of operation in bituminous coal mines, 1971-73. Effective date Nov. 12,1971 Labor Grade Nov. 12,1972 Nov. 12,1973 Type of operation Underground workers in deep mines 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a t e ...................................................................................... $ 37.00 185.00 240.50 4.625 198.75 258.38 4.969 211.25 274.63 5.281 Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... 37.25 40.00 42.75 186.25 242.13 4.656 200.00 260.00 5.000 213.75 277.88 5.344 Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ............................. ........................................................ Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay : 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... 37.45 $ 39.75 40.45 $ 42.25 43.25 187.25 243.43 4.681 202.25 262.93 5.056 216.25 281.13 5.406 38.75 41.75 44.75 193.75 251.88 4.844 208.75 271.38 5.219 223.75 290.88 5.594 40.25 43.75 47.25 201.25 261.63 5.031 218.75 284.38 5.469 236.25 307.13 5.906 41.50 45.75 50.00 207.50 269.75 5.188 228.75 297.38 5.719 250.00 325.00 6.250 Workers in strip and auger mines 1- 2- 3- Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 20 36.35 38.85 41.25 181.75 236.28 5.014 194.25 252.53 5.359 206.25 268.13 5.690 36.50 39.00 41.50 182.50 237.25 5.034 195.00 253.50 5.379 207.50 269.75 5.724 37.00 39.50 42.00 185.00 240.50 5.103 197.50 256.75 5.448 210.00 273.00 5.793 Table 2b. Earnings* by labor grade2 and type of operation in bituminous coal mines, 1971-73—Continued Effective date Labor grade Nov. 12, 1971 Nov. 12, 1972 Nov. 12, 1973 Workers in strip and auger mines-Continued 4- 5- 6- Full-time daily pay .............................................................................................. Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week .......................................................................................... ............. 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a t e ...................................................................................... 37.90 40.90 43.75 189.50 246.35 5.228 204.50 265.85 5.641 218.75 284.38 6.034 Full-time daily pay ......... : ................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... $ 39.00 195.00 253.50 5.379 212.50 276.25 5.862 230.00 299.00 6.345 Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week . . ; ................................................................................................. 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... 42.00 46.00 50.00 210.00 273.00 5.793 230.00 299.00 6.345 250.00 325.00 6.897 $ 42.50 $ 46.00 Workers at surface facilities for deep or surface mines 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ......... *........................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a te ...................................................................................... Full-time daily pay ............................................................................................... Full-time weekly pay: 5-day week ........................................................................................................ 6-day week ........................................................................................................ Straight-time hourly r a t e ...................................................................................... 35.80 38.40 41.00 179.00 232.70 4.938 192.00 249.60 5.297 205.00 266.50 5.655 36.05 38.65 41.25 180.25 234.33 4.972 193.25 251.23 5.331 206.25 268.13 5.690 36.55 39.15 41.75 182.75 237.58 5.041 195.75 254.48 5.400 208.75 271.38 5.759 37.30 40.40 43.50 186.50 242.45 5.145 202.00 262.60 5.572 217.50 282.75 6.000 38.00 41.50 45.00 190.00 247.00 5.241 207.50 269.75 5.724 225.00 292.50 6.207 * Full-time daily and weekly earnings reflect gross pay for normal hours in effect at the time (table lb ), including straight-time and premium pay for scheduled overtime hours. Straight-time hourly earnings exclude premium pay for overtime. Shift premium pay, as well as miners’ expenses for tools, explosives, etc., are excluded from all figures. Full-time daily earnings reflect weekday pay (Monday through Friday). 2 See table 2c for job classifications (and selected job titles) included in labor grades. Tables 2b and 2c reflect the consolidation by the 1971 agreement of the numerous job titles and classifications. (Before Nov. 12, 1971, earnings were shown by selected job classifications instead of by labor grade). 21 Table 2c. Job classifications (and selected job titles)1by labor grade, November 12, 1971 Labor grade Job classifications (and selected job titles) Underground workers in deep mines 1 .................................................. Unskilled laborers (including timbermen helpers, trackmen helpers, wiremen helpers). 2 ....................................... Beltmen; bonders; brakemen (including snappers);2 bratticemen; general inside labor (including bottom cagers); electricians’ helpers; mechanics’ helpers; masons; pumpers; timbermen; trackmen; wiremen. 3 ....................................... Motormen; shuttle car operators (including rubber tire shuttle car)^ 4 ............................................ Coal drillers; shooters (including drillers and shooters on mechanical section); masons, construction; facemen; dumpers. 5 .................................................. Cutting machine operators (including cutting and shearing machine operators and helpers); loading machine operators (including mobile rock loading machine); dispatchers; roof bolters (including roof bolter on continuous mining machine arid rock drillers); general inside repairmen and welders; designated machine operator helpers. 6 .................................................. Continuous mining machine operators; longwall machine operators; electricians; mechanics; firebosses; first class welders. precision Workers in strip and auger mines 1 .................................................. Unskilled laborers (including car cleaners). 2 ....................................... Car droppers; car dumpers (including dumpers); car trimmers; samplers; truck drivers, service; utilitymen. 3 ....................................... Tipple attendant; electricians’ helpers; mechanics’ helpers; machinists’ helpers; repairmen’s helpers. 4 ............................................ Mobile equipment operators; stationary equipment operators; repairmen (including car repairmen); welders; drillers and shooters; groundmen. 5 .................................................. Electricians; machinists; mechanics; first class welders; shovel and dragline oilers. 6 .................................................. Coal loading shovel operators; overburden stripping machine operators; master electricians. Workers at surface facilities for deep or surface mines 1 .................................................. Unskilled laborers (including sand dryers and car cleaners). 2 ....................................... Car droppers; car dumpers (including dumpers); car trimmers (including trimmers); samplers; bit sharpeners; truck drivers, service; equipment operators, service; preparation plant, utility men; surface utility men. 3 ....................................... Tipple attendant; dock men; electricians’ helpers; machinists’ helpers; mechanics’ helpers; repairmen’s helpers. 4 .................................................. Mobile equipment operators; stationary equipment operators; railroad car loader operators; repairmen (including car repairmen); welders. 5 .................................................. Electricians; machinists; mechanics; first class welders; preparation plant central control operators. 1 This table shows major job classification headings under which all job titles are grouped. Some job titles also are shown (underscored in parentheses) which are selected occupations shown in table 2a. Other selected occupations also shown in table 2a are now major job classification headings (underscored) with identical job titles under such headings. 2 The 1971 agreement incorporated the previous job designation of spragger into the brakeman classification. 3 The 1971 agreement incorporated the previous job designation of driver into this classification. 22 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices Provisions Effective date Outside dayworkers Inside dayworkers Inside tonnage and piece-rate workers Overtime pay* Oct. 2,1933 ............ Apr. 1,1937 ........... No provision for overtime pre mium pay. Time and one-half for hours over 7 per day and 35 per week. Jan. 19432 .............. No change. Nov. 3,1943 ......... Time and one-half for hours over 7 per day and 35 per week at straight-time rates. Double time for 7th consecutive day. Apr. 1,1945 ........... No change. May 22,1946 ......... Added: Time and one-half for work on 6th consecutive day. Time and one-half for hours in excess of 7% per day and 36% per week and for 6th consecu tive day. Double time for 7th consecutive day. Added: Time and one-half for work performed on Saturday; double time for work on Sunday. July 1,1947 ........... Sept. 1,1955 (by amendment of August 1955). No provision for overtime pre mium pay. Time and one-half for hours over 7 per day and 35 per week (at the face). No change. Time and one-half for productive time after 40 hours (produc tive and travel time combined) within first 5 days of work week and for all productive time on 6th day worked. Time and one-half for travel time after 40 elapsed hours during workweek. Double time for 7th consecutive day. lim e and one-half for 8th hour of 9-hour day and $1.50 to all workers for 9th hour. Time and one-half after 35 hours (portal-to-portal) worked at straight-tim e rates within week. Double time for 7th consecutive day. Added: Time and one-half for work on 6th consecutive day. lim e and one-half for hours in excess of 8 per day and 40 per week (portal-to-portal) and for 6th consecutive day. Double time for 7th consecutive day. Added: Time and one-half for work performed on Saturday; double time for work on Sunday. No provision for overtime premium pay. No provision for overtime premium pay. Time and one-half for work per formed after 35 hours per week (at face). lim e and one-half (applied to average productive earnings and special travel rate, separately) for hours over 40 per week (productive and travel time combined). Double time for 7 th consecutive day. Gross daily earnings increased by 1/9 to compensate for travel time and for overtime after 7 hours. Time and one-half after 35 hours (portal-to-portal) worked at straight-time rates within week. Double time for 7th consecutive day. Added : Time and one-half for work on 6th consecutive day. Time and one-half for hours over 8 per day and 40 per week (portal-to-portal) and for 6th consecutive day. Double time for 7th consecutive day. Added: Time and one-half or rate and one-half for work per formed on Saturday; double time or double rate for work on Sunday. Pay for travel time Oct. 2 ,1933 ............ Nov. 3,1 943 ......... <5 Apr. 1,1945 3 ......... No travel time. No travel time. No travel time. Travel time not paid for. 45 minutes of travel time per day, paid for at 2/3 o f regular rate. Subject to overtime provi sions. Travel time considered as working time and paid for accordingly. Subject to o v erti me provisions. See footnotes at end o f table. 23 Travel time not paid for. 45 minutes of travel time per day, paid for at 2/3 of hourly earn in gs. Subject to overtime provisions. Travel time considered as working time and paid for by increas ingly daily production earnings (including overtime premium pay on 6th day by 1/9). Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provisions Shift premium pay Oct. 2, 1933 ............................. Apr. 1,1945 ............................. Apr. 1, 1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27,1966). Apr. 1, 1966 (memorandum o f understanding dated Aug. 29,1966). Nov. 12, 1971 (agreement of same date). No provision for shift premiums. 2d shift, 4 cents an hour; 3d shift, 6 cents an hour. Increased to: 2d sh ift-8 cents an hour; 3d sh ift-10 cents an hour. For each hour employed, portal-to-portal. Added: Shift premium considered as part of regular rate for computing overtime and premium rates. Added: Shift premium considered part of regular rate for computing holiday and vacation pay. Increased: To 10 cents and 15 cents for work on 2d and 3d shifts, respectively. Holiday pay Oct. 2, 1933 No provisions for work on holidays. Jan. J943 .................................. Time and one-half for work on specified holidays. Changed to: Double time or double rates for work on holiday specified in district agreements. Established: 7 national unpaid holidays; workers continued to receive double time for work on holidays. Oct. 1, 1956 (by amendment of October 1956). Apr. 2, 1964 (amendment dated Mar. 23,1964). Apr. 1, 1966 (amendment dated Apr. 26, 1966, and memoranda of understand ing dated Aug. 29 and Oct. 11, 1966). Established: 8 paid holidays at straight-time; triple time for work on those days, Oct. 1, 1968 (agreement dated Oct. 14, 1968). Jan. 1, 1972 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Added: 1 paid holiday (total 9). Holidays to be observed are those recognized in district agreements. Holidays to be observed are those recognized in district agreements. Holidays were: New Year’s Day, April 1, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanks giving, and Christmas. Holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday were observed on the preced ing or following day, respectively. Formerly, holidays were established by district agreements. Holidays were the 7 formerly unpaid holidays, plus Veterans Day. Pay to include shift differential, as paid on last day worked prior to holiday. Employee must have worked his last scheduled day before and first scheduled day following the holiday, or had good cause for absence from work. Employee forced to cease work because of injury or personal illness was to be paid for all holidays, when due, that occurred in the following 364-day period if medical proof of disability was estab lished. After that period, he was eligible only for paid holidays that occurred after his return to regular employment. Changed: Holidays falling on Saturday was not to be observed on the preceding Friday, as formerly. Changed: Employee paid for unworked holiday if he was not absent from work because of an un authorized work stoppage on last scheduled day before and first scheduled day after the holiday. Holiday was to be employee’s birthday. If his birthday was on February 29 or one of the other 8 paid holidays, he could elect another day as his individual holiday. Paid vacations Oct. 2,1933 Apr. 1,1941 No provisions for paid vacations. Employees with 1 year or more of service 10 consecutive calendar days. Vacation pay, $20. See footnotes at end o f table. 24 Annual mid-year vacation period, during which coal production ceases. No vacation pay for employees with less than a year’s service. (The 1941 vacation period was curtailed to 5 days, that for 1942 to 3 days, with full vacation pay.) Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provisions Paid vacations-Continued Apr. 1, 1943 ............................. Vacation pay increased to $50. Apr. 1, 1945 ............................. Vacation pay increased to $75. May 1946 .................................. Vacation pay increased to $100. Sept. 1, 1955 (by amendment of August 1955). Vacation period increased from 10 to 12 consecutive calendar days. Vacation pay increased from $100 to $140. Increased vacation pay from $140 to $180 and vacation period from 12 to 14 calendar days.4 Increased vacation pay from $180 to $200. Oct. 1, 1956 (by amendment of October 1956). Jan. 1, 1959 (by amendment dated Dec. 3, 1958). Apr. 2, 1964 (amendment dated Mar. 23,1964). Increased: Vacation pay to $225 from $ 200 . Apr. 1, 1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27, 1966, and memorandum of under standing dated Aug. 29, 1966). Increased: Pay to day-wage rate, 10 times employee’s Oct. 1, 1968 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). Added: Additional days of vacation com puted as follows: Additional days per Length o f continuous service year 10 but less than 11 y e a r s ........................... 1 11 but less than 12 y e a r s ........................... 2 12 but less than 13 y e a r s ........................... 3 13 but less than 14 y e a r s ........................... 4 14 but less than 15 y e a r s ........................... 5 15 but less than 16 y e a r s ........................... 6 16 but less than 17 y e a r s ........................... 7 17 but less than 18 y e a r s ........................... 8 18 but less than 19 y e a r s ........................... 9 19 years or o v e r ..........................................10 Nov. 12, 1971 (agreement of same date). See footnotes at end o f table. 25 1943 and 1944 vacations suspended, but full vaca tion payment made. 1945 vacation suspended, but full vacation payment made. For employees with 1 year’s service between specifled dates. Those entering or leaving employment during qualifying period paid prorated amounts. Changed: From l industrywide vacation period to 2 separate periods, each operator to select a period. Changed: Employees who entered or returned to their jobs from the Armed Forces during the qualifying period received the full amount of vacation pay. Payment computed on basis of straight-time earn ings, plus any shift differential paid on the last day worked, in the last closed and calculated pay period worked prior to the Vacation Pay date. Added: Operator could elect to continue operations during the 1967 and 1968 industrywide vacation periods of 14 consecutive days and schedule individual employees’ vacations throughout the year. Continuous service was defined as employment which was not broken by voluntary quitting, discharge, retirement, or a permanent and total disability under Federal and/or State laws which provide compensation therefore. Continuous em ployment for determining graduated vacation was based on number of years employee worked for the company as of May 31 of year in which graduated vacation was due. Added: Employees who rotated on all 3 shifts or on first and second shifts only, were allowed aver aged shift differentials o f 6 cents and 4 cents an hour, respectively, in computing vacation pay. Continued: Operator could elect to continue opera tions during industrywide vacation periods of 14 consecutive days and schedule individual em ployee’s vacation throughout the year. Increased: Employees who rotated on all 3 shifts or on first and second shifts only were allowed averaged shift differentials of 8 1/3 cents and 5 cents an hour, respectively, in computing vaca tion pay. Added: Continuous employment was not inter rupted or broken by layoff; by transfer between mines of same employer; or by sale, lease, sublease, or assignment of any mine to which the National Bituminous Coal Wage agreement was applicable for employees who were continued in employment or re-employed by the successor company. Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Paid vacations-Continued Added: Employee who was forced to cease work due to illness or injury was paid full graduated vacation payment for calendar year in which he ceased work and full graduated vacation payment for calendar year he returned to work. Apr. 1,1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Apr. 1,1974 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Increased: Pay for the basic vacation o f 14 consecutive days to 11 employee’s day-wage rate. Increased: Pay for the basic vacation of 14 consecutive days to 12 employee’s day-wage rate. period times period times Christmas bonus Oct. 1,1968 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). Established: Christmas bonus o f $120 in 1969, 1970, and 1971, for employees with 1 year o f service before Dec. 1 of year in which bonus to be paid. Nov. 12, 1971 (agreement of same date). Christmas bonus of $120 each year was continued. Bonus reduced for each calendar month during the immediately preceding Dec. 1 through Nov. 30 qualifying period in which employee did not work scheduled days during that month, unless due to good cause. Pro rata bonus payments were made for months on payroll for those given employment or laid off during Dec. 1 to Nov. 30 qualifying period. Added: Prorata bonus payments for months on payroll were extended to those who retired, received leave o f absence to serve as a union representative, entered or returned from the Armed Forces, or left employment because of sickness or injury during the qualifying period. Reporting' allowance Oct. 2 ,1933 .............................. Apr. 1, 1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27, 1966). Oct. 1,1968 (agreement dated Oct. 14,1968). Dayworkers going into mine in morning receive minimum of 2 hours’ pay. Increased to: Minimum of 4 hours’ pay for workers who enter the mine. Changed: Minimum of 4 hours’ pay for workers who report for work at usual starting time, unless notified not to report for work by management. Inside dayworkers could be given other work if the regular work could not be furnished. Added: Reporting pay not applicable if employee refused work assigned by employee. Work tools, equipment, and supplies Oct. 2,1933 Apr. 1,1943 Nov. 12, 1972 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Nov. 12, 1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Necessary tools, blacksmithing, and safety equipment and devices, including electric cap lamps and carbide lamps, to be finished by operators, except when operator elects to pay worker 6 cents per day for furnishing own carbide lamp and carbide. Added: $10 per year allowance provided for protective hats, clothing, shoes, and gog gles. Increased: Protective clothing allowance to $20 per year. See footnotes at end o f table. 26 Matters affecting cost of explosives, blacksmithing, and electric cap lamps referred to district confer ences. Provision was contained in directive order of National War Labor Board dated June 18, 1943, and appeared in Nov. 3, 1943, contract for first time. Matters affecting cost of explosives referred to district conferences. Safety equipment and devices, including electric cap lamps continued to be provided by employer. Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provisions Jury duty Apr. 1, 1966 (amendment dated Apr. 27,1966). Established: Regular employee to receive difference between jury fees and earn ings lost while on jury duty. Bereavement pay Nov. 12, 1971 (agreement of same date). Established: Up to 3 days of paid leave for employee who attended funeral of mem ber of immediate family. Immediate member of family included wife, mother, fa th er, m other-in-law , father-in-law, son, daughter, brother, and sister. Health and welfare benefits Oct. 2,1933 .............................. June 1,1946 ........................... July 1,1947 .............................. July 1,1948 .............................. Mar. 5 ,1 9 5 0 .............................. No provision for health and welfare benefits A welfare and retirement fund was estab lished to provide benefit payments to miners and their dependents or survivors for sickness, disability, death, or retire ment, and for related purposes. Financed through contributions by operators of 5 cents for each ton o f coal produced for use or sale. A medical and hospital fund was established for medical, hospital, and related pur poses. Financed by wage deductions then being made. The 2 funds were to be used to complement each other Operators’ contributions to welfare and retirement fund increased to 10 cents per ton of coal produced for use or sale. Medical and hospital fund was combined with welfare and retirement fund. Operators’ contributions to welfare and retirement fund increased to 20 cents per ton o f coal produced for use or sale. Operators’ contributions to welfare and pension fund increased by 10 cents, to 30 cents per ton produced for use or sale. See footnotes at end o f table. 27 The plan provides: Pensions-$100 a month to workers retiring after May 28, 1946, at 60 or older with 20 years of service and employed in the bituminous coal industry for at least 1 year immediately pre ceding retirement. Death benefits- $1,000. Medical health and hospital service-provide for rehabilitation of disabled miners and hospitaliza tion and in-hospital medical care to miners, their dependents, and widows and dependent children of deceased miners. Hospital service to adult dependents o f living members limited to 60 days a year. Rehabilitation cash benefits and maintenance aid5 -miners totally disabled or undergoing rehabilita tion measures for 6 months or longer receive $30 a month, if single, and $10 additional for wife and each child. Widows and survivors benefits^-Widows over 50, with no children, receive $30 a month; widows at any age, with one child, $40 a month, and $10 for each additional child. An orphan receives $20 a month with $10 a month additional for each orphan in the same household. Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Health and welfare bene fits-Coritinued Oct. 1,1952 Operators’ contribution increased by 10 cents, to 40 cents per ton produced for use or sale. Correction: Rehabilitation and maintenance aid cash benefits: Discontinued: $30 a month for totally disabled miner and an additional $10 for wife and each dependent child under 18, or those incapacitated and living with miner, regardless of age. Hospital and medical care benefits: Continued: Provided hospitalization, physician’s services and drugs in hospital, specialists on in-patient or out-patient basis, physical rehabilita tion services, and certain drugs for longcontinued use. Benefits applicable to eligible dependent wives, unmarried children to age 18 or, if physically or mentally incapacitated, to age 21, and parents of miner or his wife if they have lived with miner for at least a year, and to widows and survivors for 12 months after death of miner. Changed: Eligibility for hospital and medical care benefits terminated if miner was self-employed or in any way connected with the ownership, operation, or management of a mine; eligibility of unemployed miner extended for 1 year after date of last regular employment with employer party to agreement. Death benefit: Continued: Funeral expense—$350; widows’ and survivors’ benefit-$650 in 11 monthly payments of $50 and $100 in the 12th month. Changed: Death benefits not applicable if deceased miner was self-employed or in any way con nected with the ownership, operation, or manage ment of a mine at time of death; deceased miner at date of death must not have been unemployed for more than 1 year after date of last employ ment with employer party to agreement. Pensions: Changed: No service to be credited for pension purposes for any period of self-employment or connection with the ownership, operation, or management of a mine. Reduced: Pension benefit to $75 a month. Continued: Employee eligible for pension if he retired after May 29, 1946, at age 60 or older with (1) 20 years’ employment in a classified job in industry in the 30 years preceding application, (2) regular employment in a classified job In industry immediately before May 29, 1946, and (3) permanent retirement from industry after May 2 9 ,1 9 4 6 , following regular employment in a classified job with an employer party to the national agreement. Added-for commercial mines only: Contribution to welfare and retirement fund of 80 cents for each ton of coal purchased from another operator for use or resale on which a royalty had not been paid.6 Jan. 15,1954 (action of Board of Trustees dated Jan. 14, 1954). July 1, 1960 (action of Board of Trustees dated June 28, 1960). Feb. 1, 1961 (action of Board of Trustees dated Dec. 30, 1960). Apr. 2, 1964 (amendment dated Mar. 23,1964). See footnotes at end o f table. 28 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Health and welfare bene fits-Continued Feb. 1, 1965 (action of Board of Trustees dated Jan. 4, 1965). Oct. 1, 1965 (action of Board of Trustees dated Sept. 2, 1965). July 1, 1966 (Board of Trustees letter to annuitants dated Aug. 30, 1965). Jan.19,1967 Pensions: Increased to $85 a month (was $75). Changed: Eligibility-to 55 years o f age (was 60). All employment in a classified job in the industry was credited toward the 20-year service require ment. Workers who left the industry before Feb. 1, 1965, required to meet the former provision that the 20 years’ service be within the 30-year period immediately preceding retirement, or to return for at least a year, until age and service requirement was met. Pensions: Increased to $100 a month (from $85). .................... Increased: Death benefits-to $5,000 for widow of working miner; $2,000 for widow or retired miner. July 1, 1967 (action of Board of Trustees dated May 10, 1967). Aug. 1, 1969 (action of Board of Trustees dated June 24, 1969). Apr. 1, 1971 (action of Board of Trustees dated Jan. 14, 1971). .................. Pensions: Increased to $150 a month. Changed: Service performed on or after Apr. 1, 1971 to be credited for pension purposes only it was performed for employers under the national UMW contract. Changed: Employee who applied for pension be tween Apr. 1, 1971 and Dec. 31, 1976 must have worked for employers under UMW contract for at least 5 years after May 28, 1946 with the last year of employment before retirement in the employ of employer signatory to contract. Begin ning in January 1977, an additional year of service under the contract was to be required each year until 1981, at which time it would be necessary to have 10 years of contract service as part of the required 20 years of service in the industry. See footnotes at end o f table. Added: Enrollment in the Federal Medicare program made mandatory for annuitants over 65 years of age; fund benefits would not be available for hospital or medical care where available under the 1965 social security amendments. Benefit applicable in event of death on or after Jan. 1, 1967, o f miner regularly employed in a classified job, and while unemployed for 1 year after such employment. For eligible survivors of working miners-funeral expense benefit of $350, and monthly payments of $75 until, after 59 months, a final payment of $225 is made for the 60th month; for eligible survivors of retired miners who were unemployed at time of deathfuneral expense benefit of $350, and monthly payments of $75 for 22 months. Hospital and medical care benefits available to active and retired miners’ unmarried widows, unmarried dependent children up to age 22, and to un married dependent grandchildren up to age 22, if orphaned and living with miner or pensioner. Eliminated: Mine disaster benefits. Pensions: Increased to $115 a month. 29 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Health and welfare benefits-Con tinued Nov. 12, 1971 (agreement o f same date). Nov. 12, 1972 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Jan. 1, 1973 (final court approval of settlement be tw een parties obtained Feb. 26,1973). Jan. 1, 1973 (actions of Board of Trustees dated Oct. 18, 1972 and Jan. 9,1973). Increased: Operator’s contribution by 20 cents, to 60 cents per ton of coal produced for use or sale ($1 per ton purchased from another operator for use or resale on which a royalty had not been paid). Increased: Operator’s contribution by 5 cents, to 65 cents per ton of coal produced for use or sale ($1.05 per ton purchased from another operator for use or resale on which a royalty had not been paid). Pension eligibility rules established for certain employees as a result of Blankenship-Lamb settlement which allowed an employee born before Apr. 1, 1916 and retired before Apr. 1, 1971, to receive the standard, $150 a month pension if he could meet all o f the prerequisites o f either (1) or (2) below which were: (1) He had (a) 20 years o f classified service in the industry, and (b) 5 years classified service in the industry after May 28, 1946 with operators signatory to the UMW contract; or (2) He had (a) 20 years o f classified service in the industry before Jan. 28, 1953, (b) some of that classified service was after May 28, 1946 for operators signatory to the UMW contract, (c) applied for a pension before Apr. 1, 1971, (d) been denied a pension solely because he did not meet the “20 out of 30 years” requirement then in effect, and (e) been unable to meet the “20 out of 30” requirement because of a serious and permanent mine-connected dis ability preventing work in the mines. Changed: Regular eligibility rules for a pension for applicant filing on or after Jan. 1, 1973, were revised to require that applicant (a) be at least age 55, (b) have 20 years* classified service in the indus try (classified service after Apr. 1, 1971 credited only if performed for signatory operator), (c) have at least 5 years o f the required 20 years’ service after May 28, 1946 with signatory operators (starting in 1977 the 5 years’ requirement was to be increased annually by 1 year until 10 years required in 1981), and (d) have the following years o f classified signatory service during the 5-year period immed iately preceding his last work in the industry: See footnotes at end o f table. 30 Miners who could meet the new eligibility requirements were to receive $1,800 (1 year’s retroactive pension) if they had made application for a pension before Apr. 1, 1971 and the pension was denied. Otherwise an immediate pension with no retroactivity. The settlement did not affect any retired or working miner who was receiving pension and/or health benefits from fund. A widow unmarried as of Jan. 1, 1973 was entitled to a lump sum widows benefit if she had not already received survivor’s benefit from fund and her husband was bom before Apr. 1, 1916, at least age 55 at death, which occurred before Jan. 1, 1973, retired from industry before Apr. 1, 1971, and had 20 years classified service in industry, and 5 years classified service after May 28, 1946 for operator signatory to the UMW contract. An applicant had to file a claim before May 1, 1973 to be enrolled on Jan. 1, 1973. Those submitting claims after Apr. 30,1973 were enrolled effective the month after receipt of claim. Not applicable to those covered by the above Blankenship-Lamb settlement. Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Health and welfare benefits-Continued June 1, 1973 (action of Board of Trustees dated May 24, 1973). May 12, 1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12,1971). Nov. 12, 1973 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). Nov. 12, 1974 (agreement dated Nov. 12, 1971). Required years o f Years o f credited signatory service in the 5-year signatory service period since May 2 8 ,1 9 4 6 3 5 through 9 2 10 through 14 15 through 19 1 20 or more 0 Added: Supplemental eligibility rules for those not otherwise eligible for a pension who were forced to cease work in the industry because of permanent and total mine-connected disability. To be eligible for a pension, the miner had to (a) be at least age 55, (b) have 20 years’ classified service in the industry, (c) at time of disability, meet all other eligibility re quirements (except age and any require ment of classified signatory service immediately prior to retirement in effect before Jan. 1, 1973), and (d) have a disability that resulted directly from classified signatory service after May 28, 1946. A disability from injury had to occur after May 28, 1946 during classi fied signatory service. For a disability from occupational disease (pneumo coniosis) he had either to have 10 years’ classified signatory service after May 29, 1946 during the 20 years preceding disability or to have worked in classified signatory service at least one-half of the time between May 29,1946 and the date of such disability. Increased: Operators’ contribution by 5 cents, to 70 cents per ton of coal produced for use or sale ($1.10 per ton purchased from another operator for use or resale on which a royalty had not been paid). Increased: Operators’ contribution by 5 cents, to 75 cents per ton of coal produced for use or sale ($1.15 per ton purchased from another operator for use or resale on which a royalty had not been paid). Increased: Operators’ contribution by 5 cents, to 80 cents per ton of coal produced for use or sale ($1.20 per ton purchased from another operator for use or resale on which a royalty had not been paid). See footnotes on next page. 31 Not applicable to progressive diseases (such as arthritis) and other diseases not endemic to coal miners. FOOTNOTES 1 Applies only to workers having standard schedule of hours reported in tables la and lb . Pyramiding of overtime pay not required under the provisions. 2 Supplemental agreement authorizing 6-day week was carried over by subsequent agreements. The 6-day week was optional. 3 Retroactive claims for portal-to-portal pay were adjusted by payment of $40 to each eligible worker employed from Apr. 1, to June 20, 1943, and a prorata amount for less than continuous employment during this period. 4 The contract also provided for $40 added vacation pay for 1956 and for observance of December 24, 26, and 31, 1956, as vacation days. These days were not observed as a vacation period in 1957; $180 was paid in vacation benefits in 1957. 5 Effective November 1950, and as amended Mar. 8, 1951. 6 See summary of contract negotiations for detail of this provision. 32 Wage chronologies The following wage chronologies are currently being maintained. Bulletins or reports for which a price is indicated are available from the Superintendent o f Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or from the Regional offices o f the Bureau o f Labor Statistics which are listed on the inside back cover. (Order by check or money order; do not send cash or stamps.) Those publications for which no price is indicated are not available from the Superintendent o f Documents, but may be obtained without charge, as long as a supply is available, from the Bureau o f Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212, or from the Bureau’ s regional offices. Items indicated as out o f print may be available in leading public, college, or university libraries, or the Bureau’s regional offices. Before July 1965, the Monthly Labor Review published wage chronologies and supplements which were later released as reports. Wage chronologies published later are available only as bulletins (and their supplements). A summary o f general wage changes and new or changed working practices will be added as new contracts are negotiated. Aluminum Company o f America— 1939- 67, BLS Bulletin 1559 (30 cents). 1968- 70, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1559 (free). American Viscose (a division o f FMC Corp.)— 1945-67, BLS Bulletin 1560 (20 cents). The Anaconda Co.— 1941-58, BLS Report 197 (free).1 Anthracite Mining Industry— 1930-66, BLS Bulletin 1494 (20 cents).1 Armour and Company— 1941-72, BLS Bulletin 1682 (50 cents). A.T. & T .—Long Lines Department— 1940- 64, BLS Bulletin 1443 (40 cents).1 1965-70, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1443 (free). Atlantic Richfield Company— 1941- 72, BLS Bulletin 1771 (75 cents). Berkshire Hathaway Inc.— 1943-69, BLS Bulletin 1541 (25 cents). 1969- 71, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1541 (free). Bethlehem Atlantic Shipyards— 1941-68, BLS Bulletin 1607 (35 cents). 1969-72, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1607 (free). The Boeing Co. (Washington Plants)— 1936-67, BLS Bulletin 1565 (25 cents). Carolina Coach Co.— 1947-63, BLS Report 259 (free)1 Chrysler Corporation— 1939-66, BLS Bulletin 1515 (30 cents).1 Commonwealth Edison Co. o f Chicago— 1945-63, BLS Report 205 (20 cents).1 1964-69, Supplement to BLS Report 205 (free). Dan River Mills— 1943-73, BLS Bulletin 1767 (35 cents). 33 Federal Classification A ct Employees— 1924-68, BLS Bulletin 1604 (70 cents). Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron Plants)— 1937-73, BLS Bulletin 1762 (50 cents). Ford Motor Com pany1941-73, BLS Bulletin 1787 ($1.00). General Motors Corp.— 1939-66, BLS Bulletin 1532 (30 cents).1 International Harvester Company— 1946-70, BLS Bulletin 1678 (65 cents). 1970-73, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1678 (free). International Paper Co. (Southern Kraft Div.)— 1937-73. BLS Bulletin 1788 (55 cents). International Shoe Co. (a division o f Interco, Inc.)— 1945-74, BLS Bulletin 1718 (30 cents). Lockheed-California Company (a division o f Lockheed Aircraft Corp.)— 1937-67, BLS Bulletin 1522 (35 cents). Martin-Marietta Corp.— 1944- 64, BLS Bulletin 1449 (25 cents).1 1965-68, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1449 (free). Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and United Shoe Workers o f America (A F L -C IO )— 194575, BLS Bulletin 17952 New York City Laundries— 1945-64, BLS Bulletin 1453 (20 cents).1 1965- 72, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1605 (free). North American Rockwell Corp.— 1941-67, BLS Bulletin 1564 (25 cents). 1967- 70, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1564 (free). North Atlantic Longshoremen— 1934-71, BLS Bulletin 1736 (50 cents). Pacific Coast Shipbuilding— 1941- 67, BLS Bulletin 1605 (35 cents). Pacific Gas and Electric Co.— 1943-72, BLS Bulletin 1761 (50 cents). Pacific Longshore Industry— 1934-70, BLS Bulletin 1568 (35 cents). Railroads—Nonoperating Employees— 1920-62, BLS Report 208 (25 cents).1 Swift & Co.— 1942- 73, BLS Bulletin 1773 (85 cents). United States Steel Corporation— 1937-67, BLS Bulletin 1603 (40 cents).1 1966- 70, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1603 (free). Western Greyhound Lines— 1945-67, BLS Bulletin 1595 (45 cents). 1968- 72, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1595 (free). Western Union Telegraph Co.— 1943- 67, BLS Bulletin 1545 (35 cents). 1968-71, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1545 (free). ^ u t o f print. S ee D ire c to r y o f Wage C hronologies, 1948-72, for M o n th ly L a b o r R e v ie w in which reports and supplements issued before July 1965 appeared. 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