| Show j t I Iii The Telephone Strike I I Arid And The Public Interest We regret the inconvenience and the economical loss which the public is experiencing because of the tele tele- telephone telephone telephone phone strike The public is an interested party and has a adeep adeep adeep deep stake in the present controversy The company recognizes its responsibility to the three groups which make telephone service possible 1 the using telephone using telephone public 2 telephone employees and 3 the people who have invested their savings in the business The best interests of each of these three groups are not opposed to the others Fair treatment for each ch in the long lo g run r Is i in the t best interests of all I r We e believe that telephone employees should be paid wages that compare favorably with those paid generally in the community for work requiring similar skill and training HERE ARE SOME TELEPHONE WAGES A girl just starting as a student operator here be be- begins begins f gins at a minimum rate of 2600 for a five day week I Regular increases bring this basic rate to a top of X XIn In addition there arc overtime and premium payments for evening and night work etc The basic top rates for for x telephone craftsmen for a five day work week range from to in Utah This is increased by over- over overtime overtime overtime i time arid and premium payments I There are many other advantages to working for forthe forthe the telephone company These include steady work- work I Ione eight holidays a year with pay vacations with pay of I i one two and three weeks depending upon length of oft t service liberal sickness benefits and pensions with full cost paid by the company y ARE THESE GOOD WAGES Our studies indicate that these wages compare very favorably with wage levels in this area If they do not an impartial board of on composed of citizens of this state of the Mountain States area can quickly settle that question The company has suggested to the union i I that this be done The Union has not accepted to date I I Arbitration More Practical In This Area Fully 80 per cent of our revenues come from our operations within individual states and our charges arc are regulated by state or city regulatory authorities It seems fundamental that any arbitration of an issue so important as this with its resultant impact on the pub pub- public public public lic and its problems for regulatory authorities should be done by citizens from the area in which the revenue is obtained for service and from which the wages are paid The offer to arbitrate is still open The Union should agree that workers should return to their jobs while the issue are being settled in a fair and sensible manner The continued cooperation of our customers is greatly appreciated The Mountain States Telephone Telegraph Co Tm Un II singing the praises of the ilie Gas Flame 1 1 The woman who uses the modern gas range f 1 with its many convenient features knows that it takes a Gas Flame to get quicker more flavorsome cooking results She can I be sure that she is giving her family meals that are arc cooked just right and yet she i 1 I doesn't have to go through hours of drudge drudgery cry ery in ithe the kitchen FJ The clean Gas name Flame gives her instantly the exact heat she wants for broiling a asteak V VI I f steak so that it will keep all its juiciness fi lot or baking a cake that's light feather for making coffee in a jiffy Its It's easy to understand why you hear the praises of the Gas Flame in thousands of kitchens in the twenty six Utah and Wyo Wyoming 4 f 1 wing ming communities which we are arc privileged privileged to serve Now they're Cooking with Gas T I 1 I v I A j i I If f I I I II oj e M i r MOUNTAIN FUEL SUPPLY COMPANY t Serving Twenty six Utah and Wyoming i Communities g |
