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Union, Plant Officials Agree on Closed Shop, 10 Cent Wage Increase New London — The 7-weeks-old strike at the Hamilton and Sons Canning company ended here last night with the signing of an agree ment granting the Canning Factory Employes local 11072 closed shop, seniority rights and a general in crease of 10 cents an hour in wac es. Union workmen were engaged at the plant today preparing ma chinery and materials to reopen the factory on regular full schedule next Monday morning The agreement was Grown Mon day at a meeting at Milwaukee and signed yesterday afternoon by the Hamilton officials. Union officials signed the papers early last night Pickets and deputies stationed at the plant were immediately called of and members of the cannery i jfocal held a party at Labor hall late. last might in celebration of the event. Henry Ohl, president of the Wis consin State Federation of Labor, and C. J. Marsh, representative of the state labor relations board, as sisting in the reaching of the set tlement at Mailhwaukee Monday. Henry Hamilton, president, repre sented the canning company and Robert McFarlin, general represen tative of the International Hod Car riers union, was present in the in terests of the New London Canning Employes local 1107 Closed Shop The closed shop agreement pro vides that all union members be employed first until the hist of memberships is exhausted. New employes hired after that must ap ply for membership in the union and be accepted to be eligible for employment. The agreement ex cludes executives, foremen and of fice workers Union employes are to begin work at once when the plant re opens Monday.
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jan 12, 1938
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