The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-08-08
SHIPYARD MEN
RECEIVE WAGE INCREASE
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
Scale Complies With Other Yards In Gulf Coast Area.
However Local Agreements Stil In State
OF Arbitration.

Al FA&AEu44As GNthkx STD n2em8
others tnrouxnoas ne Gull Coast
Area have receEvec better thar q
i0 percent Increase IA theH Wages
Tnh information uan contained In
q press reieAse b Stdney HlIlulAn.
associate director % ne Office q
Production Manager yesterday Tne
IncreA&e VII be effective ~ 0 Aug
ust /
The oPM offictais Ansnoux1eed
tfaat the - khEpAagidlnK standard
had been ratified BY TIC American
FEDERATION 81 Labor nu August ).
ard prryfouAly BY the CIo On June
=.
The OFM announced That the
n<w rate would 60 into effect with
the beginning OF the first regular
CAS- sniff Friday. AuNukt l. Pay
w4l be adjusted accordingly Ia the
Ingalls, Shipyard at PAacAgoulA
The Increase means that labor
waA receive pay ~ tise rate Of -
centz PER hour: those with six
months Or nor experiences. 81 cents
per hour The rnk Of standard
mechanics viii be ti0T per hour.
Corresponding adjustments for Al
ether men VIII result IN nx4 average
Increase q about 10 percent Or
slightly ever.
Time and . half Is 20 be paid
for over time on new construction
and double time for repair work
except On large naval conversion
4aAa r4w4a arA Aare - ~fH -
paid for WORK on Saturdays Double
time wiii be paid for work on sun
days and certain holidays. An al
iowAnce Of 20 cents per hour Is
made for woEk on second and third
shifts.
Provision also has been made u
the agreement for adjustments Of
complaints and grievances with pro-
vision for arbitration
The agreement also would PRO
hlbit strikes. lockoutS and produc-
ton limitations for two years. It
would set up training programs for
apprentices and provide arbitration
methods for handing disputes. Pro-
vision has been made for adjusting
wage scales at the end Of one year.
Is months. two years, based On
changes IN the cost Of living a.
determined by the Department Of
United States labor.
The agreement when made ef-
fecIiye with supplementary agree
ments would contain the following
clauses
II the cost of living affected varied
more than five percent basic wages
could Be modified and adjustments
made 81 six months Intervals.
The zone agreement Of itself Is
insufficient 70 stabilize the ship
building industry on the Gulf Coast
John p Prey, president Of the metal
trades department Of the A. p. Of L.
said So-cailed supplementary
agreements 70 establish employer
employee relationship IN individual
yards are necessary for sterilization.
Until nov most Of the yards have
failed 70 agree 70 supplementary
agreements. and until those agree
nsents are reached, trade unions
must be IN q position TO protect
themselves"
The agreement Is designed to
prevent the migration OF labor. II
had previously been ratified by the
shipbutldtng industry. the Navy.
narkHne Commission. Office OF
Production Arrangements and the
CIO.
The c wage scale as set I'D
under the new agreement viii mean
. substantial increase in the pay
rolls Of the local yard It viii re-
sui To . great Increase and stimu-
lataon Of business conditions locally.
Clauses and Conditions
Walter s Lowry. OF Pascagoula
who represented the Boiler Makers
Local 6s7 a. the Gulf Coast Metal
Trades District Council held In
Tampa. Fla. last week, at which the
negotiations carried cut. cited
certain clauses In the agreements
which we're as follows:
MOVED. That the CUT Coast
Metal Trades District Council. nov
IN session. comply with recon-
mendat1ons Of the Office Procuc-
lion Management and approved the
Zone Agreement covering ship-
building and repair on the CUT
Coast. with the UNDERSTANDING that
ne night Is reserved Ia resuect TO
Clause 7 Of the Zoz9e Agreement 70
protect the membership from en-
paoTer non-union hostility OF arbs-
trarinesS
Section ! states that there shau
Dc no hckouH On the part q the
employer nor suspension Of work
nT pcEetIng o the conpauys
plant on Ue part Of the employees.
ms agreement L 3 guaranty that
usFe VII - neither strikes nor
IoekouA.
This reservation saau become
permanently imperative vnen Tar
and supplementary agreements
Sal have been ELECTED. but
: 4 Understood that ahoufd
any Snipyard IN The meantime Place
. non-unl0a condition into effect
slcn easA VII b referred 70 IL
appropriate Federal Aeeneses Tor
z1tBulezE before surtfler zcuon.
the right . uhieh i above reserved
zhal b taken b. ne uniou
Il = further understood ancon-
4aaaally nat sage rates already
Negotiated for employees oue4 taan
standard skllied mechanics Il &C.
coFd4nce uzzh ser=aau 4 AZ lie zssne
Agreement shan become effective
& ne zne time a1en the rata
Im standard SKILLED mechanics 20
lnto effect