TABLE XX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF LOCKOUTS, BY YEARS. Against demand for change of pay day.. Against demand for increase of wages. Against demand for reduction of hours Against members of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel 9 8 1 1 13 1 9 Against demand for discharge of members of Cigar Makers' International Union. Against demand for increase of wages.. Against members of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Against union men 39 36 3 Against violation of agreement.. To enforce employment of molders' helpers and abolish union rules. Against employees leaving work before close of working hours on pay day.. Against demand of Chinese cigar makers against employment of white labor TABLE XX.—CAUSES, ETC., OF LOCKOUTS, BY YEARS—Continued. 1885-Concluded. Cause or object. Against demand for reinstatement of discharged employees.. Against members of the Knights of Labor.. Against rule of molders' union limiting production. Against rule of stonecutters' association. To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands... Against refusal of employees to use material furnished by establishment whose employees were on strike.. 1 Against union men To compel buttonhole makers to join Boss Tailors' Union, 218 5 213 To prevent reduction of hours To resist strike against obnoxious foreman in another establishment. a Not including 121 establishments in which lockout was still pending December 31, 1886. TABLE XX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF LOCKOUTS, BY YEARS-Continued. Against threatened strike against truck system and to enforce re duction of wages To compel employees to furnish union labels. To compel union men to work with nonunion men Against union men Against union men and union rules. To compel adoption of proposed scale To compel employees to work on boycotted patterns.. To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands and to break up labor unions... To compel union to raise boycott against certain firms.. To compel weavers to pay for broken bobbins 1 To discipline employees for being absent without leave.. To enforce abolition of Saturday half holiday. 11 To enforce change in apprenticeship rules Against union men and union rules. Against threatened strike for adoption of union scale. Against threatened strike for increase of wages and reinstatement of discharged employees.... Against union apprenticeship rules Against union men To compel employees to work on boycotted material 1 1 2 33 64 1 To compel union to raise boycott against certain firms To enforce increase of hours. To enforce new scale and free-shop system.. 3 To enforce reduction of wages. To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands.. 2 2 To enforce reduction of wages in other establishments in which strike was pending..... 1 TABLE XX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF LOCKOUTS, BY YEARS-Continued. Against demand for adoption of new scale and discharge of nonunion employees.... Against demand for adoption of union rules and union scale Against demand for discharge of nonunion employees and increase of wages 1 To compel employees to work on boycotted patterns. 2 1 1 To compel employees to work overtime To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands.. To discipline employees for being absent without leave.. To enforce change from weekly to monthly payment.. To enforce change in method of doing work or reduction of wages.. Total... 1891. Against demand for adoption of union rules and union scale.. Against demand for discharge of nonunion employees. Against demand for discharge of nonunion employees and increase of wages Against demand for increase of wages.... Against demand for reduction of hours Against members of certain union Against threatened strike..... Against threatened strike against reduction of wages To compel acceptance of company's weight and signing of proposed contract 1 1 To compel employees to buy machines and return finished work to another part of city. 1 To compel employees to stop paying assistance to strikers in another establishment To compel employees to teach apprentices and to withdraw from union.. 1 1 To compel employees to work overtime. 1 1 To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands. Against contracting with irresponsible heads of gangs of lumber shovers Against demand for adoption of union scale Against demand for discharge of nonunion employees.. 20 821 20 221 TABLE XX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF LOCKOUTS, BY YEARS-Continued. Against demand for increase of wages and reinstatement of dis charged employees. 5 Against demand for reduction of hours. 33 Against employees found to be strikers from another shop. Against threatened strike against reduction of wages.. Against threatened strike for increase of wages Against threatened strike to enforce agreement as to wages Against union men and union rules. To compel adoption of proposed scale To compel employees to join certain union.. To compel employees to sign agreement to work only for members of masters' association... To compel employees to work on boycotted material. 13 111155668 200 29 200 To compel granite cutters to do quarrying. To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands. To compel union to raise boycott.. 1 To enforce abolition of Saturday half holiday and force employees to work Sundays and overtime.. To enforce reduction of piece price on introduction of machinery. To enforce reduction of wages and against demand for reduction of hours To enforce reduction of wages and right to employ a larger number of apprentices Against demand for adoption of new scale and discharge of nonunion employees... Against threatened strike for increase of wages and reduction of hours To compel cigar makers to change shape of cigar without change of price 1 1 1 To compel employees to furnish union labels 2 To compel employees to operate machinery.. 1 To compel employees to work on boycotted patterns To compel strikers in other establishments to relinquish demands To compel union men to allow nonunion men to operate machines To enforce increase of hours and abolition of limit to output per day. a Not including 20 establishments in which lockout was still pending July 1, 1894. |