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Show OPERATORS-UNION REPRESENTATIVES RECESS MEETING Union representatives of smolt-and smolt-and iiiin,. emplovees aiv ro-l:u'k ro-l:u'k to rank and filo 'mw.berMnps lor instructions fol- j "Wing failure ol two weeks' eon-! '''I'luvs with operators to pro- I ' agreement. The existing I contract expires Juno 30. ' ! lilies on which agreement j could n,,t b,. made by union rep- ! ivsentatives and operators were I ' not given by William M. Knorr I chairman of the state industrial j commission, but studv of the proposal pro-posal of the union and offer of J the operators show a difference! in wage scales. Sliding Scale ! The wage scale offered by the! operators calls for a minimum of i 54 yO per day for the lowest paid I labor when copper is below nine! cents per pound and a minimum ! lur machine miners ranging from! $4.75 per day when copper is be-' 1' nine ct,nts por pound up ,0 SG.95 per day if copper reaches 18.25 cents. The sliding scale would continue upward in cast-copper cast-copper prices exceeded that fig- j ure. I I The original proposal of the union calls for a minimum of $5 for miners with copper at nine cents or below; $5.14 with copper cop-per at 9U cents; $5.50 with copper cop-per at 10 cents, and thereafter a 15-cent per day increase for every ev-ery one-half cent increase in the price of copper. Both parties expressed a willingness wil-lingness to continue their con- forence in case union members so instruct their representatives. o |