Evening star., 1945-11-02
1880 Leave Jobs
AT Textile Plants in
; New England States
By the Associated Press.

Fresh labor disputes added thou
sands of workers to the ranks of
idle today, the national total of
men and women of the Job because
of work stoppages jumping from
243,00 to 266,000.
The newest and biggest strike was
the walkout of approximately 16,500
CIO textile workers in 10 plants
in three New England States, Maine,
New Hampshire and Connecticut.
Another 5000 workers in the San
Francisco Bay area we're made idle
because of the strike of AFL and
CIO machinists, making the total
idle in the region $4,000.
Some 10000 textile workers in nine
plants in Maine left their jobs in a
controversy over wages, which vary
according to the type of work per-
formed. They have asked for raise
Of 10 cents an hour. Eight mills in
Connecticut, employing $500, and
two mills in New Hampshire, en-
ploying 1000, struck in a dispute
over demands for a closed or union
shop. No wage issue was involved
in their demands.
No Settlement in Sight.
There was little indication of a
settlement of the San Francisco Bay
area machinist's strike, as an addi-
tional 5000 workers were made idle
because of shutdown of industries.
Some $4,000 workers in about 200
plants are affected by the walkout,
which started last Monday over de-
mands for a 80 per cent wage
increase.
Retail store milk supplies were re-
ported shrinking because of the clos
ing of a carton-producing plant.
A union spokesman said reports of
carton shortage had been exag-
gerated, but milk industry spokes-
men denied there was an adequate
backlog.
In Detroit, the Graham-Paige
Motors Corp. plant announced
termination of it's contract with the
CIO United Automobile Workers
asserting that strikes had closed
the company plant "35 per cent OF
the time"
The latest dispute has prevented
moving of machinery into the Will
low Run bomber plant, formally
taken over yesterday by the Kaiser
Frazer Corp. for car production.
Seniority Safeguards Demanded.
Graham-Paige's 179 production
men-remnant of wartime force
of 3,000-were joined in the strike
yesterday by lit plant protection
men. Spokesman for both groups
said they were demanding protec-
tion of their seniority when they
are transferred to Willow Run.
Operations were resumed at the
port of Houston, Tex, closed for 13
days by strike of AFL longshore-
men that kept total of 5000 work.
ers off the job. Negotiations on
pay adjustments for carloaders and
warehousemen will be continued.
In Salt Lake City, go of the major
food stores were closed in a contro-
versy over wages between manage
ment and 400 AFL meat cutters and
food handlers. They quit work
Thursday after the union said a
disagreement on wage scales pre-
vented the signing of a new con-
tract. They are seeking $55 for 4s
hours for journeymen meat cut.
ters, compared to current scales
of 5000 for 81 hours.
1,500 Walk Out in Cleveland.
> The employers committee main.
tanned that its offer of $52.50 for Al
hours exceeded the cost Living in.
creases. There appeared little hopt
for an early break in the deadlock
A walkout of 140 independent
unibn workers at the Graphit,
Bronze Co. in Cleveland kept 1,50t
from work. Spokesman of the Me.
chanics' Educational Society, indie.
pendent unSon, said the strikers hac
been denoted without a shop com.
mittee being consulted, while the
company said the walkout was ir
violation of a contract.
AFL Hckets resumed marching
around the block-square Marshal
Field & Co. Department Store ir
Chicago as'1 900 AFL nonselling EN-.
ployes continued their strike fol
higher wages. The company sale
the union on strike had a member.
ship of about 300 of the stores EN-.
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