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wages which range from 50 to rs
cents. Current average wages have
not been disclosed.
At Cleveland Federal Concilia-
tor Paul F. Broderick recommended
that the Defense Mediation Board
step into negotiations at the de-
fense-busy Aluminium Co. of Amer
lea plants, where strike has been
called for midnight. He made his
report to Washington after Is hours
of steady conferences failed to
bring a settlement of demands by
the die-casting workers &C. I. o.
for wage boost.
The Walkout would affect $500
workers in five plants.
The union is demanding a Scent
boost in minimums and a general
An -cent-an-hour raise. The pres
ent minimums are 70 cents. An g.
cent increase was granted two
months ago.
Steel WalkOut In Detroit.
Defense officials meanwhile watched
apprehensively two new Develop
ments in the steel industry, the sud-
den walkout of 5000 men at the
Great Lakes Steel Co. at Detroit last
night and a threatened general
strike at midnight Thursday of driv-
ers of steel trucks in Ohio, Indiana
and Michigan.
The Detroit stoppage, described as
spontaneous" affair by an official
of the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee &C. I. o., was accom-
panied by charges that the corpora
ton was "stalling" on current con-
tract negotiations. Company officials
made no immediate statement.
The union demands included a
wage increase of 7 cents an hour, on
top of the l0-cent increase recently
granted by the industry generally;
two weeks paid vacation, and time
and a half for Saturdays, double
time for Sundays and holidays. The
present basic wage was not an
nounced.
The threat Of a tri-State strike by
teamster unionists "a. F. L. was
disclosed by Chairman Thomas j.
Donahue of the Michigan State
Labor Board.
Mr.. Donahue said Gov. Murray
D. Van Wagner had received tele-
gram from James Hoffa, teamsters'
business representative, notifying
him that a general strike had been
scheduled for midnight June be-
cause of alleged failure of companies
in the three States to live up to
contracts.
G. NJ. Extends Pay Raise.
The l0-cent-an-hour wage in
crease recently agreed on between
General Motors Corp. and the
United Automobile Workers &C. 1.
o. is being extended to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor's United
Automobile Workers and to the
United Electrical, Radio and Ma
chine Workers &C. I. o., it was
learned in Detroit today.
AS in the case of the c. I. o.
agreement that averted a Nation
wide General Motors strike, the new
increases are to be made retroac-
tive to April %.
General Motors has also increased
| salaried employees compensation,
being granted $15-a-month raise,
with individual adjustments for
| those in the higher brackets.
The working force of 225 at the
| Andrew Terry Co, Terryville. Conn.
which produces iron castings under
defense contracts, quit work today
and asked wage boosts of 10 per cent
for piece workers and 10 cents an
hour for all others.
The State Board of Mediation
and Arbitration was expected to seek
labor management conference.
Rail Groups Shape Demands.
In Chicago, officers and commit
tees of IA railroad labor organiza-
tions having 100000 members as
sembled today to prepare a wage
increase demand for submission to
the Nations major carriers June 10.
Members of these unions are the
incorporating employeetelegra-
pliers, boiler makers, blacksmiths
and others.
Also on June 10 the five big
operating" unionS-engineers, loco
motive flremen and enginemen,
conductors, switchmen and train
men-will serve formal notice on
the railroads of their demand for a
80 per cent increase in basic pay
of $50 900 members
At San Diego, Calf, the A. F. L
International Association of Ma.
chinists, Aircraft Local 1125, decided
to vote next Tuesday on possible
strike at Consolidated Aircraft Corp
which holds s700, 100000 in defense
orders.
Negotiations between the union
which represents $4,000 of the $4,000
company employees, have been in
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