Evening star., 1921-03-08
WAGES Of 100000
:. CUT BY PACKERS
Railroads, ShipyardS and
Builders in Many Sections
; of u. S. Slash Pay Rolls.
PLAN VOICE FOR WORKERS
Meat Companies Join Other Cor
porations in Measures Giving En-
ploYes Share in Management.

CHICAGO, March S.-Wage de-
creases of approximately I22 per
cent affecting more than 100000 EN-
ployes of the packing industry IN All
parts of the country. were ofhclaliy
announced today. The reductions are
effective March IA.
At the same time there VIII be a re
vision of working hours, time ana
one-half for overtime being paid only
after ten hours labor in any one day
or after fifty-four hours in any one
week Double time will be paid for
Sundays and holidays.
The new wage scale reduces the
wage rate of all hourly paid employees
5 cents per hour. The piecework rates
are reduced 1212 per cent. At present
the lowest rate paid labor is 53 cents
an hour. Under the new scale this
would be cut to As cents. The higher
paid employees will be reduced pro-
portionately. The minimum wage
guarantee for forty hours pay per
week will be continued.
1t was also announced that the
packers are now working out plans
to establish relations between the
workers and the management of the
various plants with view to giving
the employees a voice in all matters of
mutual interest. Declaring that the
industry has grave problems to face in
the months and years ahead, the pack
ers expressed the belief that the time
has come when employees and employ
ers should join in discussing and de-
Gliding the conduct of the business.
and said that an announcement of the
details of the plan would be made in
the near future.
Slack Period Causes Cut.
NEW YORK. March S.--A 10 per
cent wage reduction will be put into
effect in the larger shipyards in the
port of New York April l. it has been
Announced. a slack period and high
production costs We're given as the
reasons. About 10000 workers will
be affected by the wage cut. which is
to be enforced by twcntyfour ship
yards.
!R. X. Workers Pay Cut One-Third.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. March S.
Wage reductions approximating 33 Il
per cent for all unskilled labor. ef-
'fective April 16. have been announced
tby the Southern Pacific, Western
Pacific. Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe and Northwestern Pacific railroad
systems. Headquarters of the roads
estimated that 1900 men. or 90 per
cent of the total company employees.
would be affected.
To Discuss Wage Adjustment.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-Oficials of the
Missouri Pacific railroad have announced
they would meet representatives of
their unskilled laborers here March
IS to discuss adjustment of wages"
1t is intended to have the new scale
effective within thirty days, and about
$4,000 employees will be affected.
General Reduction in Northwest.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. March S.-A gen.
eral reduction of wages for mainte-
nance of way employees in the north
west IS contemplated. J. n. Rapelje,
general manager of the Northern Pa
cfic, said. Officials and representa-
tives of the men will confer in st.
Paul probably April I. Railroad Off
ciaIs estimated $4,000 employees are
affected in the northwest.
Carpenters Reject Proposal.
CHICAGO. March S.-The proposal
of the Associated Builders of Chicago
that bricklayers, carpenters and COM