The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-27

O-N~~-~-S wages.
 An administration "sellout to La- Dor" has brought the country to the worst economic anarchy" since the Buchanan administration, said MT. Wason.
 Employees of the H. O. Canfleld Company, Bridgeport, returned to work today after a three-week strike. The strike was terminated on the basis. of an interim agreement between the management and the A.F FL.- United Construction Work CTS.
 Under the agreement, negotiated by Philip J. Rooms, agent for the State Board of Mediation and Ar bitration, contract terms will be de- cided at further management union conferences. Whatever wage increase is granted will be made re- troactive to May 10.
 AF.L unions in New Haven are carrying on 8 strong campaign against a proposal that the auxil- iary police be given legal status under a new city ordnance.
 The New Haven police union, A.FL., is backed in its fight against the ordnance by the New Haven Central Labor Council and A.F.L. locals in the Elm City. Vincent McGovern, president of the council, declared at 2 public hearing last week that the auxil- iary police unit was set up only for wartime emergencies and that for peace time protection the public needed "experts" in law enforcement. Other speakers labelled the ordnance as vicious Iy anti-labor," 'reacti0nary," and the fOrerunner of "a possible one man GestapO."
 The proposal is backed by PO- lice Chief Henry P. Clark, the police board, and the auxiliary policemen.
 The strike against the Anaconda Wire and Cable Company plant at Hastings -on- Hudson, New York, has ended following signing of a new contract between the company and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, C.I.O. Union employees had been away from their jobs for IA weeks.
 The contract provides for a pay raise of 18 1-2 cents an hour to be retroactive to Jan. l. Other provi- sions call for maintenance of union membership and equal pay for wo- men doing the same work as men.
 Blanket approval of wage in- creases up to IS l-2 cents an hour has been given the nOn-ferrOus metal mining industry has been granted by the Wage StabilizatiOn Board. Industry members dis agreed with the opinion of the WSB's ajOrity that the industry is so closely allied with the steel, aluminium and iron industries that the IS 1-2 cent boost allowed in those fields can apply.
 The order affects companies engaged in the mining, smelting and refining of copper, zinc and lead. Companies granting the in- crease may apply for price relief because of the added cost. By vote of 372 to 262, employees of the Dictaphone Corporation, Bridgeport, have chosen the United | Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, C.I.O., as their bargaining agent. The percentage of eligible ! employees voting was extremely high | with 646 votes ballots cast out of a possible total of 716.
 A strike against the American Hardware Company, New Britain has been averted by a vote of union employees to accept conn., pany offer of IS cent hourly in- crease. The vote in which mem bers of the United Electrical Workers, C.I.O., took part, was announced as ? to 1 in favor of taking the offer and rejecting the strike proposal. FIFE AND DRUM CORPS DANCE |