The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-14
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duction workers for lib days long
had been stymied on the union
demand for a 10 IL cent hourly
increase and the arrangements re-
fusal to 60 higher than 10 IL cents.
The union, in its statement, said
the corporation had agreed to
grant the general increase to all
miscellaneous units of employees,
represented by the UAW-CIO, in
Guiding office and clerical workers,
technicians, plant protection en-
ployes and other such groups.
Contracts Reinstated
The settlement, the union state
ment added, also provides for re-
instatement of the contract which
General Motors terminated early
in the strike. Reinstated, it added,
were "all the gains won by ma
tional war. labor board directives
which the corporation proposed to
eliminate"
Also won, the union asserted, was
it's demand with respect to para
graph So, of the contract. Under
the proposed contract" it said,
employees with the greatest SEN
iority will be given preference on
transfers when other factors are
equal. Seniority employees will have
the right to make application for
openings in their departments"
Union Statement
The statement. signed by JAW
President R. J. Thomas, Walter
P. Reuther and Secretary Treasur'
er George F. Adde's, asserted:
1.-THE strike settlement agreed to
Wednesday by the General Motors
Corp. surpasses the economic and
non-econonic terms recommended
by President Truman and the fact
finding boards. Xxx 1t gives GIN
workers the largest wage increases
in the industry and an improved
and strengthened contract.
Thomas, Ruether and Adde's said
they and the GIN negotiating com
mittee will recommend acceptance
of the settlement agreement by
the unions GIN council, called to
meet here on Friday.
Termination of the strike, they
said, will be contingent upon the
conference (counciD approval anc
ratification by the local union mem
bership.''
GIN Doesn't Comment
Reuther expressed the opinion
the workers could start back te
their Jobs within week following
ratification of the settlement pro-
posal. General Motors made no
comment.
The union originally had demand
ed 80 per cent wage rate in
crease, but reduced this to TIE
per cent (19 IL cents) an hour fol
lowing the recommendations Of the
presidential fact-finding board. The
10 IL cents an. hour gives the work
ers an overall increase Of 1875 pei
cent and makes the GIN average
throughout the nation $1.30 IL.
The recently negotiated wage
agreements with the Ford Motor
Co. and Chrysler corp. Grafton gave
Ford workers an 10 cents an hour
increase and Chrysler employees II
IL cents, making thei- respective
hourly averages $1.39 and $1.32 IL
} Billion Loss
In it's overall impact on the cal
industry the loss in wages, output
sales commissions, etc, has beer
figured at well over s. 900, 0Oo, 600
Anderson was asked to what NJ
ascribed the break in the apparent
ly deadlocked negotiations.
There was a desire on the par
Of the union to end the strike" NJ
replied. 1T had been running 10
long time for them as well as 10
u.s."
He said he could not explain tn
settlement of the nuch-discusse'
Paragraph SO of the old contrac'
which relates to promotions aii'
transfers.
cts Just too long and tectnica.
but can tell you that senioi!sy -
plies on promotions" ne sa1n. .+er
It was just 2:45 p. m. :
Standard time when 1ane ,ed
Dewey, special federal labor fs r
/ ator, emerged from the CONF t,,a Gr
room on the fifth floor o. 4.,sner
! building to announce ses sarenct