This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... Appendix IV A NONUNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PLAN BY BOriS EMMET, PH.D. (From United States liureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, August, 1918, pp. 180 184.) The collective bargaining plan described in this article is given because it represents an interesting and instructive example of what may be called "nonunion collective bargaining." By this term is meant the collective bargaining between an employer and his own employees without the intervention of any union outside the establishment. The establishment whose collectivebargaining scheme is here described is a Middle Western firm manufacturing women's ready-to-wear clothing and having about 700 employees, chiefly women and girls. The three years' operation of the plan has resulted in putting on a collective basis the wage bargaining of the establishment, as well as hours of labor, discipline, discharges, and adjustment of grievances. Nature Of The Plan Under the scheme there are three separate bodies, known, respectively, as the senate, the cabinet, and the house of representatives. The senate and the cabinet, both of which represent the interests of the firm, were created simultaneously in June, 1914. The organization of the employees, termed the house of representatives, was created one year later. The members of the senate are salaried employees directly connected with the planning of the work of the institution, namely, heads of departments, their assistants, superintendents, and their assistants. Application for memberhip must be submitted in writing to the secretary of the senate after the applicant has secured the indorsement of the firm and of at least one member of the senate. A majority vote of the members present is required for election. Membership ceases...