Evening star., 1941-04-07
Steel Strike Averted
By Accord Extending
Wage Negotiations
Any Changes in Controet
To Be Retroactive
To April |
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April THE
threat of work stoppage tomorrow
night in the mills of the United
States Steel Corp. passed today
when an agreement was reached
extending the current wage nego-
tiations between the union and the
management.
The C. I. O.s Steel Workers Or
eaniZing Committee, in statement
issued from the conference. said
work will be continued in ali of
United States Steel mills until April
IS under the existing contract.
Any changes in wage and working
conditions agreed on during that
time shall be made retroactive to
April l, original expiration date of
the contract.
Had Ordered Stoppage Tomorrow.
C. I. O. President Philip Murray
Saturday had ordered c. l. o. un-
ionists to- cease work in big steel
mills at midnight tomorrow. claim
ing the company had refused to
agree to another weeks extension
of the wage agreement because the
union insisted on stipulation that
any new pact be retroactive to
April l.
The extension was announced less
than half hour after the National
Steel Corp, one of Big Steels COM
petitors, had granted a wage in
of l1nlIr RI hnllr1U
rate employees. A note informing
the conferees of National Steels
action was sent into the conference
room.
A demand for a 10-cent an hour
raise has been the chief demand of
the union in its negotiations with
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp, biggest
of United States Steels subsidiaries
and ace-setter of the steel industry.
Both Carnegie-Illinois and Ma
tional Steel pay a minimum wage
of 62l2 cents an hour.
Joint Announcement.
A joint announcement by Car
negie-Illinois and the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee on their cur
rent negotiations stated:
There need be no public appre-
hension about a possible suspension
of steel production in any of the
mills or plants of the Carnegie
Illinois Steel Corp, or any of the
other manufacturing subsidiaries OF
the United States Steel Corp. be-
cause of the termination of the
collective bargaining contracts now
in effect, inasmuch as this Joint
conference hereby:
Resolved, that in accordance with
the principles of the resolution
adopted by the joint conference
which continued the existing con-
tracts until April s, 194l, with a re-
troactive provision as of April l,
l94l, if no agreement is reached be-
tween the representatives of the
Steel Corp. by midnight April 8, 1941,
work shall be continued in all mills
and plants of the Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corp. and the other manufac-
turing subsidiaries under the exist
ing contracts, subject to any changes
in the contracts as may result from
this collective bargaining conference
which may be continued until mid
night April IS, 1941, unless agree
ment is reached before that date,
provided that any agreement on or
before that date as to wages, hours
of work or other conditions of en-
ployment shall apply retroactively
from April l, 1941."
Peaceful Picketing.
In the Saturday order S. w. o. C.
had decided on peaceful picketing"
by it's members at SO plants of the
giant corporation, employing 26l,-
600 workers.
The negotiations have been under
way between Mr.. Murray, who also
is S. w. o. C. chairman, and j..
Lester Perry, president of Carnegie
Illinois. At their latest conference
last week, the union indicated its
willingness to compromise at cents,
while the company was agreeable
to make it five cents.