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raper rails To PublishFive Mechanical Workers StrikeCLIFTON FORGE, V*., Oct. 47. —(#)—A strike of mechanical department workers at the Clifton Forge Dally Review went intd.its second day this morning with no immediate prospects of a settlement.The five-man mechanical staff walked out yesterday in a dispute over wages, causing the afternoon daily to miss its first edition in 46 years of publication.Both management and striker representatives said no sessions had been scheduled to talk Over the issue. The strikers, who do not belong to any union, have de-| manded a 15-ceot hourly across-jthe-board pay boost. A spokesman | for the striking workers said the | company has offered a -10-cent hourly Increase.Earl Shea, business manager of the paper, termed the 15-cent demand too high. He said it is “beyond our ability to pay/’Top wage in the mechanical department at present is $1.15 pex ' i hour.Strikers said that in the absence * of any organized discussion wit! the newspaper management, the} planned to “sit tight” and awai developments.Editorial and advertising de partment employes reported fo: work yesterday as scheduled bu the paper was unable to pubiisl when the five mechanical depart 2 • ment men left the plant.: | J. A. Abey, of Reading, I i i the owner of the paper.
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Sat, Oct 27, 1951
Page 17
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