The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-17
News From National
War Labor Board

Board has announced that smaller pay
envelopes resulting from the pay-as-
you-go income tax bill will not be
recognized as a basis for granting a
wage or salary increase. The tax goes
into effect July 1, when employers are
required to deduct 2OR from wages
and salaries after exemptions are
made for dependents.
The resolution was announced by
Chairman Lewis Nj. Gill in response to
a number of telephone calls on the sub
ject received by the regional Office.
1t stated:
'The Regional War Labor Board has
received number of inquiries as to
whether the forthcoming ''pay-as-yOu-
go Withholding the tax furnishes the
basis for a wage increase.
The Board will not recognize the
effect of this tax on the workers in
come as a basis for approval of Il wage
or salary increase"
Mr.. Gill, as regional director of
WLB before the regional boards were
established, issued Il ruling in con-
nection with the so Victory Tax last
January. At that time, Mr.. Gill stated
that absorption of the so tax by en-
ployers was equivalent to Il SO wage
or salary increase and would have to
have WLB approval.
The same would apply if any gener-
Gus employer wanted to pay the 2Ofo
tax for his workers, if such an EN-
ployer could be found.
The Regional WLB announced tenta-
tive brackets of minimum and maxi
mum tested rates" for % occupations
in the Louisville area. Brackets for
other cities will follow.
AS defined by the National War La
Dor Board, a wage bracket is "a range
from minimum to maximum of stable,
tested rates for given occupation in
a given labor market area"
Chairman Lewis Nj. Gill explained
that the minimum of the bracket for
each occupation is the rate above
which the War Labor Board, except
in rare and unusual cases, may not APP
prove wage increases unless of course,
they are in accordance with the Little
| Steel formula. This does not mean that
employers have to raise their rates up
to the minimum of the bracket.
"All rates within the brackets" he
said ARE to be regarded as stabilized,
not subject TO change, except under the
Little Steel formula
The WLB may also approve rates up
to 80 cents an hour to correct sub
standards of living.
The Louisville brackets were based
on recommendations made by the wage
stablization panel of the Regional
WLB, which gathered wage data in
Louisville from 12S companies and re-
ceived other data from % applicants
for approval of voluntary wage in
creases who appeared before the panel.
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TO relieve the manpOwer problem in
the canning industry, which is enter
ing its rush season, wage rates about
10 cents an hour over what they We're
last season were approved for the
canning industry in Il ruling issued by
Ray Nj. Suter, director Of wage sta
bilizatOn at the direction of the Re
gional War Labor Board.
The decision affected 6S Ohio can
neries, which are members of the Ohio
Gamers Association.
Mr.. Suter approved wage rates sub
mitted by the companies which were
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unskilled labor and % cents an hour
for Semi-skilled labor. Rates for peel
ers, skilled workers and office workers
were also approved if they did not
exceed the differential over common
labor that previously existed and were
not above the minimum of the tested
rates for the same OccupatiOnal groups
in the particular labor market area.
The Regional WLB this week de-
MED appeals in seven cases in which
the WLB wage StabilizatiOn division
had denied approval of 1912 bonuses,
which represented an increase in
amount or percentage, if based on per
centage, over the previous bonus year.
1t held there were no grounds for re-
versal of the previous decisions.
The Breckenridge Nj ach inc Co.,
Cleveland, was ordered by the Re-
gional WLB to include in its contract
with the United Automobile Workers,
Local 967, CIO, a provision that it will
compensate, at regular hourly rate,
any employee serving as shop steward
or committeeman for time consumed
in handling grievances or matters COW
cred by the contract during working
hours