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other demand was for unionization
of unorganiz shops.
A National Labor Relations Board
complaint charging unfair labor
practices was filed yesterday against
Air Associates, Inc. Bendix, n. j.,
manufacturers of airplane acces-
sories, A work stoppage has kept
more than 200 of the TOO employees
idle since July IL. The union
charged "a of their members had
been discriminatory discharged and
similar allegations were made in the
N. L. R B. complaint.
Wednesday the C. I. O.-United
Automobile Workers at the plant
accepted a plan worked out by the
National Defense Mediation Board
for ending the work stoppage, and
the company was given few Gays
to consider the plan.
Vultee Pay Raise Asked.
The C. I. O.-United Automobile
Workers Union presented demand
for increase of base pay from 55 to
IS cents an hour at, the Vultee air.
craft plant in Los Angeles.
Wages at Vultee were increased
from so to SIS cents an hour for
workers with three months expert
ence after C. I. o. strike last
October
Wage increases for hourly rated
employees and certain Salaried
brackets, effective in all company
plants August 3. were approved by
the Board of Directors of North
American Aviation, Inc, meeting at
Dallas.
President J. H. Kindelberger said
the rate would give hourly rated
employees earning less than 81 20 an
hour an increase of 10 cents an
hour, and that the schedule pro-
vided:
A minimum hiring rate of 60 cents
per hour; automatic increases for
new production employees of cents
per hour at the end of each four
weeks until rs cents per hour is
reached; immediate adjustments for
employees already hired at lower
rates: bonuses of cents per hour
for second and third shift employees;
weeks paid vacation or the equiva-
lent in pay for each employe with
the company one year or more. and
a general increase of SIG per month
for salaried employees making less
than 5000 per month.
Pilots Get Increase.
Other top labor developments in
cluded:
Kansas City BY arbitration,
Stratoliner pilots of the Trans-con-
tinental and Western Airline won
pay increases of 80 cents an hour
for daylight flying and s120 an
hour after dark. The old day scale
had ranged from $3.50 to $500 an
hour and the night rate from s720
to $3.50. The increases were retro
active to July 8, 1910.
EAST ALTON, Ill.-A. F. L. chem
ical workers and the Western Cart
ridge Co. received recommendation
from the National Defense Mediat ton
Board for settlement of a dispute
affecting about $50 workers. Terms
Of the plan included union mainte-
nance and immediate per cent
wage increases, with the question
of further increases to be sub
mitted to arbitration. The present
minimum officials said, is So cents
an hour: the average, slightly more
than II cents.
The Mediation Board recommend
ed an increase of 5 cents an hour
for female employees of the Marlin
Rockwell Corp, Plainville, Conn.
Male employees previously were
granted l0-cent increase and fe-
male employees had been given
cents. The wage scales varied wide
ly, and no average rate was compiled
by the board. The firm makes ball
bearings for aircraft, automotive
and machine use.
At Huntington, w. Va. a second
refusal by officials of the strike
bound American Car &, Foundry Co.