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EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1947, T0 JUNE 30, 1948 '
- EXECUTED'AT WASHINGTON, D. 0., JULY 8, 1947 ’
' THIS AGREEMENT, made this 7th day of July, 1947, by and between the coal operators and asso-
ciations signatory hereto hereinafter referred to as Operators, parties of the ﬁrst part, and the Inter-
national Union, United Mine Workers of America, hereinafter referred to as Mine Workers, on behalf
of each member thereof, party of the second part, covering all of the bituminous coal mines owned or ‘
. operated by said first parties, amends, modiﬁes and supplements previous agreements as herein provided.
This Agreement (subject to the amendments, modiﬁcations and supplements as hereinafter provided)
carries forward and preserves the terms and conditions of ' the Appalachian Joint Wage Agreement
(dated June 19, 1941), effective April 1, 1941, to March 31, 1943, the Supplemental Six-Day Work Week
Agreement, the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (dated April 11, 1945), effective April 1, '
1945, and all the various District Agreements executed between the United Mine Workers of America i
and the various Operators and Coal Associations (based upon the aforesaid basic agreements) as they 5
existed on March 31, 1946, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and as amended, . 1
modiﬁed and supplemented by this Agreement as herein set out. _ :
WITNESSETH: It is agreed that this contract is for the exclusive joint use and beneﬁt of the con
tracting parties, as deﬁned and set forth in this Agreement. It is agreed that the United Mine Workers :‘
‘ of America is recognized herein as the exclusive bargaining agency representing the employees of the i‘
. parties of the first part. It is further agreed that as a condition of employment all employees shall be, 1'
or become, members of the United Mine Workers of America, except in those exempted classiﬁcations of 1:
employment as hereinafter provided in this Agreement. This provision does not change the rules or ;
practices of the industry pertaining to management. The Mine Workers intend no intrusion upon the i
rights of management as heretofore practiced and understood. It is the intent and purpose of the par— ‘
ties hereto that this Agreement will promote and improve industrial and economic relationship in the Q
bituminous coal industry and to set- forth herein the basic agreements covering rates of pay, hours of ‘
» work and conditions of employment to be observed between the parties, and shall cover the employment j
of persons employed in the bituminous coal mines covered by this Agreement during such time as such _
persons are able and willing to work. '
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. EXEMPTIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT 1’
It is the intention of this Agreement to reserve to management and except from this Agreement an ‘i l
adequate force of supervisory employees to effectively conduct the safe and efﬁcient operation of the , i1“
mines and at the same time, to provide against the abuse of such exemptions by excepting more such em- l i
ployees than are reasonably required for that purpose. I};
, Coal Inspectors and Weigh Bosses at mines where men are paid by the ten, Watchmen, Clerks, Engi- ”1
‘ neering and Technical forces of the Operator, working at or from a District or local mine office, are i‘;
exempted from this Agreement. . . _
All other employees Working in or about the mines shall be included in this Agreement except essen- {1
tial supervisors in fact such as: Mine Foremen, Assistant Mine Foremen who, in the usual performance 1*,
of their duties, may make examinations for gas as prescribed by law, and such other supervisors as are i
in charge of any class of labor inside or outside of the mines and who perform no production work. 1‘:
V The Union will not seek to organize or ask recognition for such excepted supervisory employees dur- l
- ing the life of this contract. . . » i 3
The Operators shall not use this provision to exempt from the provisions of this Agreement as super- _ ii
visors, more men than are necessary for the safe and efﬁcient operation of the mine, taking into consid- ll;
eration the area covered by the workings, roof conditions, drainage conditions, explosion hazards, and
the ability of supervisors, due to thickness of the seam, to make the essential number of visits to the N
working faces as required by law and safety regulations. ~ it:
- Disputes arising under this section shall be referred to a Joint Board of Review consisting of two ;',
. representatives of the Union and two representatives of the Operators whose decision shall be ﬁnal and I
binding on the parties. . ' ‘
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