Evening star., 1941-08-28

New Subway Dispute
Seen in NewYork0ve|
Wage Adjustment
Union Head Says Roise
Isn't Enough and Will
Urge Its Rejection
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A new threat of trouble in New
York City's transit system appeared
today as comparative calm reigned
elsewhere on the labor front.
In Detroit, however, the Great
Lakes Steel Corp. plant shut down
after what Federal Labor Conciliator
James F. Dewey termed an un-
authorized strike. Eight thousand
men became idle. Mr.. Dewey said
an undetermined number of workers
belonging to the C. !. o. Steel
Workers Organizing Committee
walked out in dispute over wages.
The S. w. o. c. has a contract with
the corporation.
New York's Board of Transporta-
ton yesterday voted wage increases
totaling $5999, ,l28 starting Monday,
but Michael j. Quill, president of the
C. I. o. Transport Workers Union,
said the increase Is not enough and
that he will urge 25, 1000 union men,
bers not to accept them in meet
ings tonight and tomorrow.
4iC bOa1oy al Ok1C ~ CoCAlAC Va
union leaders. also provided a a.
hour work week for the city's unified
transit system.
Mr.. Quill charged that the boards
action, besides providing insufficient
funds, violates an agreement by
which q transit strike was averted
in June. I'VE cannot give any guar
antee as to what will happen on
the subway from now on" he added.
Mr.. Quill said he had been as
sured by Mayor La Guardia that
union representatives would be
called into conference before any
wage announcement was made.
Some workers would get as little as
2 cents an hour more under the new
schedules, he said.
Union Sought 81 Increases.
When workers originally voted to
strike. the union sought a general
Sl-a-day increase in wages and
from s24 96 to $50 a week in 16
claSSificationS.
| The new increases raise the transit
system payroll from $50. .787 $50 to
S65. .786,278 a year, a gross Of 10 per
cent
A total of 2400 employees who have
been working from so to 10 hours a
week were voted a 48-hour week.
Before the courts are cases eX-
pected to determine the city's right
to renew contracts with the union
which it took over with the unifica-
ton of the lines. The city contends
that since transit workers are under
civil service it cannot renew union
contracts.
Other labor developments:
In San Francisco, Mayor Angelo
Rossi sought to bring negotiators
together in a last-minute attempt to
avert a strike against the city's 80
biggest hotels, called for tonight by
the A. F. L. Culinary Workers and
Bartenders Union. After six inef-
fectual meetings held at the Mayor S
behest. the union gave formal notice
of strike last night.
! The two sides were at an impasse
on several points. chief iof which
was the. unions demand for 100 per
cent closed shop and hiring hall.
No agreement had been reached on
wages or the work-Week.
In .Warren, Ohio, the c.. I. o.
tUp1tx W&kfrS Organizing Com
nit zee of tteDfl4o Public Service Co
Yotedsto strike Wednesday.
The workers asked the Govern
ment to take over the power plant
until the dispute, which involves
higher pay and exclusive bargaining
rights, is settled.
The union originally called a
strike of about 165 workers in the
production and construction de-
partment last week, but postponed
it at the request of John R. Steel
man, head of the United State:
Cancellation Service.
In Burbank, Calf. Walt Disney
Productions, Inc, notified its en-
ployes that its studios, closed August
Is after the company and the A. F
l.. Screen Cartoon Guild disagreed
on lay-offs during the slack season
will not be reopened until September
Is. Previously the reopening had
been set for Tuesday.