Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03
|Mi||ion Raise
Plaques DSR as
Strike |mpends

? Although DSR bus and street
car operators are dissatisfied TO
the point Of calling a strike vote
meeting. the DSR management is
definitely worried as 10 its ability
10 meet the Sl,000,000 in wage
raises granted workers by an arbi-
tration board, General Manager
William S. Bullock said today.
The employees, members of Divi-
sion ~ Of the Street Car Mems
Union fAFL), will meet at Labor
Temple tomorrow night 10 vote on
filing 3O-day strike notice with
the DSR management.
THE men are mad enough To
strike" Stephen Singler, BUSH
ness agent, said. but we are
going To hold them TO a 30-day
cooling off period"
FOUR IFS LISTED
Meanwhile. Bullock prophesied
the DSR would need better luck
than II enjoyed last year IL il would
remain solvent rs the result of the
five cent an hour raise. Among
the ifs controlling the DSR des-
tiny listed by Bullock are:
Weather conditions.
Tho manpower problem
3-1he success or faiMfr Of
1200 Go maintenance men ID
$50 AFL office workers in q
DSR IN getting raises.
4-High revenues.
\ although mortal man can do
nothing To control II. weather
conditions play an important
part In our operation costs"
Bullock said last winters
unusually severe weather cost
us an additional $3.50. 900 for
salt. sand, cinders and street
car and bus repairs brought on
by continued snow and Ice. We
hope To save that this year II
weather permits.
MANPOWER AN ELEMENT
another important point Is
the manpower problem. With n
shortage Of drivers. IL IL neces-
sary to work our people = great
amount of overtime which IL
extremely costly. We have
averaged more than 10000
hours Of overtime month for
the last six months. II we can
secure additional drivers, We
can save ourselves some Of this
penalty.
IF our present high revenues
continue, we will have n fair
chance ~ shouidering this add
tional wage burden. However,
~ revenues should drop, there
are certain fiNed charges In the
operation -nf this -deps n meat
which will not drop with them.
\ substantial drop in income
could leave IL In plenty OF
trouble.
a lot also depends on the
award given I'm the pending ar
filtration with the Go mainte-
nance workers. Although our
AL office workers will un-
doubtedly make demands. there
are scarcely enough 81 them 10
seriously affect the depart
ment's economy"
AGREE on ARBITRATION
Go employees ~ the DSR
members Of the State. County and
uniClpal Workers have agreed
- arbltrate their $500 600 demand
for increased wages. They have
named Mort Furay. regional sii-
FACTOR ~ their union. 20 represent
them on the arbitration board.
Clarence + Page. assistant
corporation counsel. Who repre-
sented tho DSR in the Division
rs arbitration, will also represent
tho management IN the Go dis
pute Page and Furay must agree
10 third arbitrator
The AFL arbitration award
handed down Saturday by The
Rev. Fr Albert n. poetkcr. 6. j..
executive dean Of the University
of Detroit provides five cents an
hour additional Overtime pay in
addition 10 the general five-cent
'alSc besides extra bonuses for
Iplit shifts.
The award is retroactive 10
April !. the date the Division 26
contract expired Tho retroactive
)ay alone will cost 5000. Bull
oCk estimated
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