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union-management agreements on these properties may be
discussed and be made the basis of further agreement. . . .
In addition to the usual results of collective consideration,
it is the further object of this arrangement to secure for all
interested parties the advantages of collective effort and
accomplishment. To the owners this will mean a fair return
on their property; to the public an adequate and efficient sys-
tem of transportation; and to employees, in addition to wages
sufficient for the necessities of life, comfort and savings,
an opportunity to participate in increased earnings made
possible by their increased effort and productive efficiencies.
Mitten Management and Amalgamated Association are
agreed that the same 50-50 participation shall be effective
between “management and union” as now exists between
‘management and men,” and the sense of this agreement is
that both shall supply the same degree of cooperation and
both similarly shall participate in the results secured there-
from.
The considerations leading to the agreement and the
important objects had in mind by both parties are clearly
set forth by W. D. Mahon, President of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, in
an article which appeared in The American Federationist
for June, 1928, some of the most important passages of
which are quoted below :2
The Mitten Company has properties now organized with
their employees on a cooperative basis. The Amalgamated
Association has many unions throughout the United States
and Canada that have their working contracts with the vari-
ous street railway companies. We therefore appreciated
tach other’s position and decided to move with caution and
care, not disturbing at the present time either of our present
organizations. We are planning for the future. The Mitten
Management is acquiring and taking over street railway
"1 Article entitled “An Agreement for Cooperation,” by W. D. Mahon. in
American Federationist, June. 1928; pp. 665-666.
