Evening star., 1950-06-19
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financial returns from the shorter
work week through overtime.
Both sides figured the short
ened hours would necesSitate en-
ployment of from $50 to 200 new
personnel. The new arrangement
for alternate 40 and 48 hour week
nominally will go into effect Au-
gust /. During that month, how
ever, the companies will be train
ing new men and the union agreed
to continue the full 48-hour
schedule.
After September / the employees
will be repaid the days off that
accumulated during August under
the new plan.
The strikes end finally came
yesterday after another exhaust
ing 14-hour session at the hotel.
1t was achieved largely through
the efforts of three-man panel
from the Federal Mediation Con-
ciliation Service. headed by Clyde
M. Mills, special assistant to the
director. Mr.. Mills entered the
deadlock Friday with suggestions
that broke "1og- jam" centering
around the 7-day operation prin-
ciple. Others working night and
day for the Government were
Commissioner Henry G. Baker, jr.,
and Regional Director Martin ].
O'Connell.
Sometime Saturday the en-
ployers agreed to continue their
full-week operations. This had
been the unions most adamantI
demand. since it insisted that a
six-day operating week would
result in loss of customers and
commissions.
Formal Agreement to Be Signed.
An agreement on all points
actually was reached by 2 am.
Sunday, but announcement was
withheld pending union member
ship ratification. That was ac-
complished by pm. yesterday,
and two hours later the settle
ment was announced. A formal
agreement will be drawn up by
attorneys today and probably
signed tomorrow.
Industry wheels already had
begun turning before the public
learned it was to get their milk
again without rides into the
country or long waits at the few
available outlets.
The Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association put out
radio and telephone calls to it's
more than 1,700 members. Milk
which had been pouring into
plants as far as 400 miles away
was quickly diverted back into it's
normal channels. The association
had most of its usual 10000 gall
Ions a day coming in again.
All dairies had their plant |
workers processing and bottling
milk througout the night, trying
to catch up with normal opera
tions.
Wholesale Trucks Busy.
BY morning. all had their |
wholesale trucks rolling to stores,
restaurants, hospitals and other
institutions.
For some, home delivery picked
up little slower. but almost all
expected to be in high gear by
noon today. serving one-half their
customers. Fully normal opera
tionS were assured for tomorrow.
Home delivery milkmen, who
work two routes on alternate days,
were delivering to customers not
visited on the day the strike be-
gan
Safeway Stores, supplied by it's
dairy subsidiary. Lucerne, had
every bit of available milk on its
way to the stores before Q am.
The $50 District area stores will
receive about half of normal sup
ply today.
Charges to Be Dropped.
Richfield Dairy, an all-wholesale
plant which had been serving Dis
trict government institutions dur
ing the strike. turned that business
back to regular contractors. Nearly
80 per cent of this is handled by
Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase
Dairy.
AS stipulations to the final agree
ment, the union agreed not to
press further charges that it was
locked out of six of the dairies.
Earlier charges on this complaint
were thrown out by General Coun-
sci Robert N. Denham of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
On it's side. the employer COM
mittee agreed not to press threat
ened charges against drivers of
one dairy that they had permitted
a small quantity Of milk to spoil
at the strikes outset.
The other dairies back in oper- |
alton today were Embassy, Alex |