Evening star., 1948-05-26
Settlement
|Co|orsChrys|er
'Par|eys Today
Industry Believes
| JAW Strike Moy Be
| Ended Quickly
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY the AsSoeioted Press
DETROIT, May 26.-Terms of
the General Motors Corps his
tory-making wage agreement
with it's employees were studied
today by negotiators seeking to-
day to end the 15-day Chrysler
strike.
Representative of Chrysler Corp.
and the United Auto Workers re-
turn to the bargaining table today
for the first time since $4,000 pro-
duction workers walked out May IL.
Gov Kim Sigler of Michigan
asked the resumption of wage talks
and arranged the session, but he
sent no representative.
The JAWS Chrysler negotiating
team-officially demanding 30
cent hourly wage increase-has Civ
en- no indication whether 1t would
accept an l1-cent raise geared to
the cost of living such as the one
that ended strike threat at Gen.
eral Motors.
Industry Sees Pattern Set.
Nor has the corporation COM
mented on possibilities of raising its
best previous offer of 6 cents an
hour to a figure matching the Gen.
eral Motors commitment in two
year contract approved yesterday.
But throughout the auto industry
lit was believed the GM-UAW set
tlement would provide a pattern
for future wage negotiations.
1t was expected to bring the
Chrysler strike to quick conclu-
sion and have a definite effect on
coming wage talks between the
union and the Ford Motor Co.,
which has suggested pay cut.
Average hourly wages in the in
dustry's big three-General Motors.
Chrysler and Ford-are about Sl.50.
The GIN boost raises the figure in
it's plants to S16l per hour, at least
until September. Then wages will
be reviewed and possibly revised
with reference to the cost of liv-
ing, under the new contract provi-
sions.
18-HOur Session.
The General Motors agreement
was accepted by the company and
UAW leaders early yesterday morn
ign after an l8-hour session.
1t will 60 before UAW-CIO repre-
sentatives from 80 GIN plants on
Friday, the date the old contract
runs out. Then the unions 225, 900
GIN production workers will receive
it with a recommendation of &C
ceptance or rejection.
If they vote approval. the new
contract will take effect as OF
May 20.
Briefly, the new GIN wage formula
provides:
/. The 1l-cent hourly wage in
crease.
2. A quarterly review of wages
and the cost of living with pos
sible downward revision by as much
as cents per hour September II
the Federal Bureau of Labor
Statistics charts show living costs
have decreased then.
Another Raise Next Year.
The cut cannot be more than 5
cents during the two-year life of
the contract. But no limit was
placed on upward revision. Workers
will get cent more per hour for
every LA points the bureaus con-
sumer price index goes up.
3. An additional Scent increase
guaranteed in any event at the end
of this year.
| Thus GIN worker would be
raised Immediately from $1.50 per
hour to $16l. Next September l
that wage might be cut as low as
$1.56 per hour, but it would be
raised next May to at least $l.59.
In addition, the union traded it's
demand for union shop for GINS
agreement to dues checkof, plan
by which the company collects union
dues from any employe giving his
authorization.
The UAW sheived temporarily its
program for pension plan. 1t
will continue its discussions on pen
sions with General Motors, but any
agreement reached would remain
outside the contract until 1850.