Evening star., 1941-10-02
Ship Construction
On Gulf Hampered
By Two WaIkoufs
Threat Made to Call
Out 10000 c. |. O.
Workers in AIobomu
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Ship construction on the Cult
coast was hampered today by two
walkouts, one Of which threatened
TO spread among c. I. o. craftsmen
al over Alabama.
Steve Martin, business agent Of
the Industrial Union OF Marine and
Shipbuilding Workers Of America
&C. I. o., announced that members
OF the union at Mobile had voted
to call an oficial strike and start
picketing two yards of the Alabama
Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. there
unless demands were met. He said
$500 men had walked of by last
night.
Further, Mr.. Martin said, G. I. o.
headquarters At Birmingham had
agreed to call out 162, 900 afiliated
members throughout Alabama If
Gov. Frank M. Dixon should attempt
10 send State Guards to Mobile. The
union spokesman said the walkout
was In protest to alleged violation of
the unions contract with the COM
pany and because Of the firms
refusal to raise wages when the
time came to raise wages"
A company offlcial said the trouble
started when Mr.. Martin wanted
to fire a man who was soliciting
A. r. l.. memberships.
Welders Remain Idle.
Several hundred A. r. L. welders
remained away from work yesterday
ut the ingalls, shipbuilding plant at
Pascagoula, Miss, reportedly in q
disagreement over wage scales. How
ever, neither company nor union
officials would make q statement on
the specific differences. The yard
builds all-steel-welded vessels, and
operations were expected to be
crippled II the welders remain away
from work long.
Six hundred men employed on the
night shift of the waverly terminal
plant Of Breeze Corps, Inc, at
Elizabeth, N. j., walked out last
midnight. They were members Of
the c. I. o. United Auto Workers,
and said they struck In protest
against failure TO settle wage nego-
Gations for q new contract.
The union asked . minimum Of IS
cents an hour, with 10 to IS cent
increases for various classical ations.
The present scales were undis-
closed.
The Breeze firm has 3ls 900 900
worth Of airplane amor contracts.
-Four other plants were unaffected.
4 previous two-day strike In Sep
tember ended when the employees
agreed to return to work pending
settlement.
Briggs Dispute Settled.
Settlement yesterday of a dispute
at the Briggs body plant at Detroit
made it possible today for the
Chrysier Corp. TO reopen its Plym-
outh division, which depends on
Briggs for bodies. The strike was
ended in an unusual manner-with
the approval OF the C. I. O. Workers
Union, Is leaders Of the strike we're
diseaarged.. The dispute involved
the seniority Of workmen.
Further complications developed
at the Plum Brook Army ordnance
plant, near Sandusky, Ohio, where
A. r. l.. clerks went on strike yes
terday demanding overtime pay for
work in excess of 20 hours. Albert
Nebergel, clerks union business
agent, said welders, steamhtters and
iron workers refused to 60 through
the clerks picket line.
The clerks, employed by Z. B.
Badger q Sons Co., general con-
tractors ut the plant, were said by
an Army oficial to be receiving from
SIS to 500 weekly.
Mr.. Nebergel claimed ats union
clerks failed to report for work,
making 1000 workmen idle. He said
that while A. r. L. truck drivers did
report for work they were sent home
because of lack of work. Capt.
Frank Ray. Army constructing quar-
GCIhlAStCls odAo ocAoaic NCAS
affected little.
Ofdcials OF the C. I. o. and the
irving Airchute Co. will meet in
Buffalo, N. Y, today to sign a new
contract which averted . strike at
the concern, one OF the eountTys
largest parachute producers.
An agreement providing wage in
sreases was reached last night. The
nnion membership approved the
settlement.
Striking anthracite miners in
Hennsylvania arranged picketing Of
district nine operations in an effort
to spread their work stoppage, while
reports told Of some progress"
toward ending the rank-and-file
dispute.
Agreement Reached.
The United States Cancellation
Service announced an agreement
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