Miners Ratify Wage Pact at District Convention
Pottsville May 5 The anthracite miners and United Mine Workers ratified a new wage scale with eight hour day and union recognition. The pact provides raises with retroactivity to March 31, introduces a three and seven percent structure for nine hour and eight hour workers, and sets new daily minimums for miners machine runners and laborers. The agreement omits checkoff and closed shop but requires district and national presidents to sign.
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Silk Workers Get Raise in Easton Area
Six silk companies announce wage hikes and a nine hour workday for thousands of workers in Easton and vicinity, averting potential strikes. Simon Silk, Haytock Cronemeyer, Northampton, and Robbins plants grant 10 percent raises to 1200, 700, 200, and 100 employees respectively, with nine hour days. Catarrh cure ad promo follows.
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