Evening star., 1945-12-18
Ford0ffersRaise
Of 15c an Hour;
Union Rejects II
Company Combines
Pay Proposal With
Security Demand
81 the Associated r-ess.

DETROIT, Dec. ia pay In.
crease of Is cents an hour was
offered the CLOS United Auto
Workers by the Ford Motor Co
today and the union promptly
rejected it.
The company combined its wage
offer with demand on the union
for a company security" arrange
ment. involving fines up to $1,000 TO,
'illegitimate strikes"
Richard T. Leonard, Ford directo,
for the UAW-CIO, announced imme.
diately after reading the company
proposals that Ford's offer was
completely unacceptable to the un-
ion"
Ford said its offer would represent
a 12.4 per cent increase and a total
Of approximately s33,00O,0OO a year.
In its latest figures the company said
it had l09, 900 employees.
The Ford offer compared with a
10 per cent increase offered the
UAW-CIO by General Motors Corp.
This has been estimated at 49,
cents an hour.
Resume Talks Thursday.
While union negotiators announced
their rejection Of the Ford proposal,
they said discussions would be re-
sumed Thursday.
After its rejection of General Mo-
tors 10 per cent offer, the UAW-
CIO went on strike against GIN No.
vember 81 and 175,0O0 GIN produc-
ton workers have since been idle
in the wage stalemate.
The Ford Co. today amplified its
original company security proposal
to the UAW-CIO. Among the chief
proposed points was this one:
That the union would be liable to
the company" for the sum of 81, 1000
for each person found guilty of '.in-
stigating an illegitimate strike" when
such person has an Official or rep
resentative position in the union. +"
but Is not an employe.
In ACKNOWLEDGEMENT disputes In
the auto industry this has been put
by management under the heading
of outside interference" In the
Ford proposal an umpire mutually
agreed on by the parties to the con-
tract would determine guilt or inno-
cence.
Penalty for Strike Leaders.
Ford proposed to the UAW-CIO
that any employe found guilty
Of "instigating, fomenting, actively
supporting or giving leadership" to
an "illegitimate strike" should be
subject to discharge.
Any other employe who takes part
in such strike would be liable to
"liquidated damages" to the COM
parry. For his first offense the dam
ages would be $150 a day, for the
second, $3.50 a day.
This was modification of the
company's original proposal of a S.
a-day fine which would have been
levied against the union. In its pro-
posal today the company would de-
duct the money from the pay check
|of the offender, a method suggested
by the union in earlier discussions.
During the life of the contract as
proposed by Ford the union would
agree not to participate in a strike
over a controversy which: % May
properly be considered under griev-
ance procedure; (2) may relate to
any matters specifically provided
herein as company prerogatives; 90
has as its objective avoidance of the
affect of the decision of an umpire
or Of obtaining a change in or in
addition to this contract
Perogatives Outlined.
Company prerogatives" were out
lined by Ford in its statement to the
union as follows:
l. Company retains the sole right
to hire, lay off, assign, transfer and
promote employees and determine
hours to be worked.
2. In exercising this right, pri-
mary factors will be past perform
ance, qualifications, experience, in
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