Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-17
TRUCK STRIKE SETTLE

.C|0 Members
Workers in all General Motors
plants are to return to work Mon
| day under an agreement by which
10000 UAW-CIO employees will
receive 10-cent hourly wage in
creaSes.
The corporation is prepared TO
negotiate on pay raises for other
employees, B. D. Kunkle, vice presi-
dent in charge of personnel, stated
in a telegram to presidents of rival
unions. The agreement on wages
reached with the National Defense
Mediation Board to end a strike
threat applies only to the JAW
Go, the threatening union, ne eX-
planned.
OTHER GROUPS
Other unions which have bar
gaining rights with General Motor,
include the AFL, the United Elec-
trical Workers tCIO) and the
Mechanics Educational Society, ar
independent group.
Originally il was understood
that the pay increases would APP
ply to all 100000 hourly-rated GIN
employees without further bargain
ing. The increase to all workers
would have cost S50,000,000 a
year, while the increase to JAW
Go workers is estimated at $685.
100000 annually.
Union members in three plants
where wildcat strikes were called
Thursday have voted TO 60 back
to work and a fourth is voting
tomorrow.
WORK RESUMPTION
Resumption of work in the
struck plants will permit return
in two other GIN divisions.
A total of 41.0O0 were idle for
two days because of the wildcat
strikes. Included were striking
employees at the Buick, Chevrolet
and Fisher Body No. l plant, in
Flint, who voted yesterday to
return; strikers in the Chevrolet
Gray Iron Foundry, Saginaw, who
are voting tomorrow, and en-
ployes in Fisher No. ? plant at
Flint and Yellow Truck, Pontiac,
forced down by interlocking OPP
erations. Union leaders at the
foundry predict a favorable vote
on return to work.
UAW-CIO members in go GIN
plants where strikes were threat
ened will vote early in the week
on ratification of the agreement,
approved yesterday in Washington
by GM and union officials.
Pickets remained at the Buick
plants last night until after the
vote returning the men to work
Monday was announced. PicketS
at the other struck plants had left
earlier.
KUNKLE'S WIRE
Following is the telegram sent
by Kunkle to heads of other unions
with bargaining rights in GM:
I'm order TO correct any mis-
understandings that might have
resulted from publicity in con-
nectiOn with the tiOnaI
defense mediation board recon-
mendatiOns to settle the dispute
with the UAW-CIO, and the
corporations acceptance of these
recommendations, you are adj
vised that:
THE only public statement
the corporation has made in this
matter Is the release for publi-
cation of its letter accepting the
boards recommendations.
These recommendations cover
approximately 100000 employees
represented by the UAW-CIO.
There were certain terms and
conditions surrounding the 10
cents per hour increase recon-
mended by the board and ac-
cepted by the corporation.
you are further advised that
the corporation is prepared TO
negotiate promptly In regard to
this matter with the proper rep
resentativeS of your union that
represent other employees of the
corporation In accordance with
the terms of our agreement
with such unions. where such
negotiations are not already In
progress or already completed"
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