Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-30 | Page 25 | Workers Made Many Concessions-Wilcox

WORKERS MADE MARY MANY WILCOX CONCESSIONS That the thc electrical workers one ono of or the crafts asking asking for tOl or changes in their agreement with wih the tho Master Builders Builders' exchange have hac acceded nino concessions In order to avoid labor troubles is the tho declaration of ot E. E A. A Wilcox business agent for tor tho the local union In Inthe the agreement to the contractors December r 1 1 Mr Wilcox declares only two concessions were asked a raise ralso In lit wages from to 56 6 per day and that apprentices bo be not allowed to work except under direct supervision of or a a journeyman In their counter agreement tho the contractor contractors con con- tractors tractor according to Mr Wilcox asked for tor cloven eleven concessions nine nino of ot which were granted b by the union Included In their demands said Mr Wilcox aro First FIrst They They ask that we waive waho claim claimon caim on a number of or classes of or electrical work and allow them to work any class of labor a they f desiro e and for w what wages s Ir acor unu anu LUCY iney uty C care dC lC 10 LU u hl U Lee Second They Second They wish to displace our experienced apprentices the they have been paying a a. a minimum of or per day for tor forthe forthe the last year with unskilled labor labor a as their a agreement states nt at 1 51 per day and to york work our apprentices in place of ot j Journeymen ourn en Third Third They Thoy demand that wo we work worl for no one but established licensed electrical dee elec contractors which anyone can readily see would leavo leave tho the public en entirely entirely en- en at their mercy as no one could employ electrical workers except through contractors and pay them a large largo profit In itt addition to the tho wages wales o of tho the men They also abo demand concessions from us on many other conditions that have been established and adhered to in years past in short they thoy ask asle that wo we as a n union turn our organization over oer overto overto to them to manage to their own advantage tago tage and gain which is tho the very reason an amicable agreement has not been reached prior to this date