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Railway Wage Award To Hit Freight Rates Debated
Railroads prepare to pass a 18 percent wage boost to shippers as 1.8 million workers weigh a referendum on the United States Railway Labor Board’s 290 million dollar award. The plan, retroactive to May 1, includes back pay and raises for engineers firemen yard workers and clerks as unions consider a men’s vote tomorrow led by W. G. Lee.
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W. G. Lee
Cleveland
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
H. M. Barton
United States Railway Labor Board
E. T. Whiter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Signal Department