Evening star., 1946-01-27
Settlement Not
Expected to Boost
New-Cur Prices
En- the Associated Press.


United Automobile Workers Un-
ion settled its wage disputes to-
day with the Ford Motor Co. ano
the Chrysler Corp. at approx
mately half the originally de-
manded 80 per cent increase.
Close on the heels of an agree
ment between Ford and the UAW-
C1O providing for an increase of
ls cents an hour, or ISL per cent
Chrysler and the union announced
their dispute had been settled on
the basis of raise of 1914 cents
an hour, or 16.2 per cent.
Approximately 100000 Ford work.
ers participate in the increase
which brings their average wage to
sl.3E an hour; $4,000 production
and hourly-rated employees share
In the rise in Chrysler wages, which
will average s1321z an hour.
The increases add approximately
$4,000, 900 annually to the Ford
payroll and s1S,OO0,0O0 a year to
Chrysler wages.
No Effect on Prices Expected.
The increases granted by Ford
and Chrysler are not expected to
have any effect on new auto prices
recently set by the OPA.
A Ford spokesman said no re-
quests for upward adjustment of
auto prices would be sought, while
Chrysfer officials declined formal
comment.
The new wage scale leaves Ford,s
average hourly wage AZ cents an
hour higher than Chrysler's, while
under the old pay levels Ford paid
cents an hour more.
Union spokesmen pointed out that
the newly formed Kaiser-Frazer
auto company agreed on January 9
TO pay its workers the S1.19 hourly
average rate now in effect at Ford
In addition the company is to add
Whatever wage increases the UAW-
ClO obtained from General Motors.
The kaiSer-Frazer contract also
stlpulates that a bonus of SIS per
auto produced is to be set aside in
a fund for distribution to workers
on per capita basis.
GIN Officials Silent.
Announcement of the Ford
Chrysler settlement brought no i'm
mediate comment from General Mo
tors officials, whose 175,0O0 produc-
ton workers have been on strike
November 81.
In Washington, r. j. Thomas and
Walter P. Reuther, UAW-CIO presi-
dent and vice president, respectively.
announced the union would expect
more from GIN than was obtained
N the Ford settlement. "GM will
lave to go higher" Mr.. Thomas
aid, because its present rates are
over than Fords."
The General Motors average now
5 S113.
(Mr. Reuther said: 1--WE will not
title with GIN for less than 1917
yents."D
Both the Ford and Chrysler agree
ments HuSt be submitted to the
workers for ratification, effective
Late of the Ford agreement was left
D further discussions. The Chrys-
Ter contract, effective today, will run
Until February Is. 1e47.
Joint Statement Issued.
The new contract, a joint Chrys-
ler-union statement said, "recog-
nizes the interest of both the union
and management in peaceful set
tlement of differences through COL
lective bargaining and also in high
productivity"
"We negotiated in friendly and
constructive spirit and both the
union and the company earnestly
intend to see to it that in our day
to-day relations these purposes are
Kept foremost in mind"
In the same spirit we agree that
there should be no vilification of
the other by either the union or
the company"
The Chrysler wage negotiations
dated back to last September 25
Both sides made concessions, Chrys-
Ter spokesmen said, which will i'm
prove employe management rela-
tions, better the procedures for ham
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