Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 15 | Increased Wages to Boston Men Denied

I W TO TO BOSTON MEN DENIED Washington Aug ug 31 lu In denying to today today to- to day ilay a further Increase In wages to la laborers la- la borers employed on terminals at South Boston Doston Mass the tho war n- n Its Us intention of or se seeing to It that the governments government's agreement with union labor to pa pay prevailing pre local scales Is 11 not used to force orce local wage wago scales upward E 12 B. M. M Hopkins assistant to the secre- secre tal any lary of ot war var and chairman of oC the cantonment can can- adjustment commission made matlo the thc departments department's attitude clear In a telegram to D. D DAlessandro D' president tnt of or the tho International Hod o Carrl Carrier r. r Building Bull Build ing and ancI Common Laborers Laborers' union The government had bal agreed agreed to pa pay pai il cents cenUs per hour for Cor a ten-hour ten workday work work- day or on 43 cents per hour for an aim eight eight- hour da day with time and a half for or overtime Mr Ir DAlessandro andro protested in a n telegram to Frank Morrison vice Ice of the tho American Federation of ot Labor declaring that the local scale had now called for tor Or 47 cents for rOl eight hours' hours work In reply Mr r. r Hopkins said ald the union official had misrepresented the de departments department's do- do attitude and denied there f Is Isaim nn aim any Intention of or establishing a ton- ton hour workday on nu aim any government gO projects