Evening star., 1941-06-26

ENfN tSOffbtftJ Wv w ofttHof n
lU1ge increase from 81 TO S1.f5
per hour and double time for
Overtime Uere asked. ShipydrdS.
ercept Bethlehem, offered Slip
and time and halt. Strike issue
at Bethlehem, Where bulk of tCork
UdS under Wdy, later became one
Of union recognition. Union and
Nary officials made Seueral futile
efforts to end strike.
By the Associated Press.
A. F. L. machinists announced to-
day the end of their 47-day strike at
II San Francisco Bay shipyards.
Important defense orders aggre-
eating $500 100000 have been delayed
BY the valkout Of 1900 A. F. l..
machinists and of 500 affiliated with
the C. I. o.
At a meeting in San Francisco
last night the A. F L. men voted to
return to work Monday, negotiating
their contracts later. Meanwhile,
they were assured of protection
under terms of a master contract
negotiated by the A. r L. Metal
Trades Council with all 80 major
Pacific Coast shipyards The strik-
ing machinistS, after their wslkout.
mad withdrawn from the trades
council, but they received assurance
from the Office of Production Man.
agement of protection under terms
Of the master contract.
Meanwhile. the c. I. o. strikers
prepared to meet tonight TO recon-
slider their position. James Smith,
business agent for the c. I. o. local,
sat in on the A. F. L. meeting and
said he would have definite rec
ommendation to make TO the mem
bers Of his union. Recently Mr..
Smith has opposed baCk-to-Vork
plans
Wages we're one of the big issues
in the strike The machinl5ts. who
had been getting 81 an hour and
double time for overtime, struck for
sl.15 and continuation of the doubls
overtime. The master contract pro-
vides for Slip and time and one
half for extra hours.
Gypsum Workers Strike.
In Newark the c. I. O. Gypsum
Workers Organizing Committee said
1000 employees of the United States
Gypsum Co. had struck in II plants
throughout the country to enforce
demands for a national contract and
wage benefits The walkout started
with the day shift.
The workers we're asking a gen.
eral increase OF 10 cents an hour
in the present wage scale of 621,
to 95 cents. Improved vacation
schedules and arbitration of dis
putes are also demanded.
The workers approved a strike
June II and delayed action until
a settlement suggested by the United
States Cancellation Service vas re-
Jected by the company's main office
at Chicago. the union said.
To help speed up defense, the
A. F. L. United Brotherhood of Car
penterS and Joiners has surrendered
Its Seven-hour day for all construc-
tlon projects for the Army and NAVY
in the New York area. 1t now
works an eight-hour day, 40-hour
week, without overtime.
Sperry Gyroscope Conference Set.
Efforts TO avert strike at the
Sperry GyroScope Co.. Inc. in
Brooklyn went forward today when
the management and an inde-
pendent union. the Brotherhood of
Scientific Instrument Workers OF
America. scheduled another confer
ence. II an agreement is not
reached, a union spokesman de-
clared, strike involving some 5000
employees will be called for July /.
The unions demands include
blanket 20 per cent increase in
wages, which the union said now
ranged from As cents to Sl.30 an
hour. The company has 100000 In
defense orders for bombsights, au-
tomato airplane pilots and other
such instruments of war.
The Canister Co.. at Phillipsburg,
N. j., signed a contract last night
with A. F. l.. union men, ending an
l8-day strike which had tied up
production of fiber containers for
powder and shells for the Army and
Navy. Under the contract, the en-
oloyes will get 5l7 -cent-hourly wage
increase, seniority rights, eight-hour
day and 40-hour week, and time and
one-half for overtime. Before the
strike, the employees received 80 to
40 cents an hour, plus bonuses.
Lumber Workers Asked to Return.
The Defense Mediation Board
yesterday sent a telegram TO strik-
ing lumber workers in the Puget
Sound region requesting them to
return to work and settle their dif-
terences by collective bargaining.
The strike originally involved Ia
900 workmen, but all except about
800 we're reported to have gone
back to work. Those who went
back received wage increases Of ia
cents an hour and paid vacations
pending an economic survey of the
industry by a commission. Union
leaders had held out for 10-cent
increase over the old scale OF 6711
cents an hour.
The Mediation Board was handed
another labor dispute yesterday for
settlement-the 25-day-old strike
of 1,700 A. r. L. truck drivers which
has hampered transportation of de-
tense shipments by highway be-
tween Pittsburgh and other Eastern
industrial centerS. Last night the
union men declared their intention
of staying out until they obtain a
wage increase of 10 cents an hour.
Lewis Confident.
John L. Lewis. president of the
G. I. o. United Mine Workers. indi-
Gated he was confident that South
ern soft coal operators would sign a
proposed new two-year contract
with the union by July 7, and tl1us
make 1t unnecessary for the unisn
to carry out its threat to clos. down
the Southern mines after that date.