Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1920 — SHOE WORKERS MAKE PACT [ARTICLE]

SHOE WORKERS MAKE PACT

Union With Membership, of 20,000 Signs Agreement With Employers at Haverhill, Mass. Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 15—A peace agreement was signed by representatives of the Jlaverhill Shoe Manufacturers’ -association and the Shoe Workers’ Protective union. The union includes in Its membership of 20.000 the majoritv of the shoe workers of this city, and 90 per cent of the shoe factories are represehted by the association. •■The agreement runs to I>“e. 31, 1922. Strikes and lockouts are piohlbited end all disputes are to bo submitted to arbitration. Only about 80 per cent, of the shoe factories here are in operation.