Bingham Bulletin | 1939-08-25 | Page 1 | Utah Copper to Work Straight Time Sept. 1

UTAH COPPER TO WORK STRAIGHT TIMEJEPT. 1 Beginning September 1 and effective for an indefinite period the Utah Copper mine will run full time. During the past 10 months operations on the hill have been suspended three days each month. Under this new schedule employes will get on an average of two and one-half days more per month. This will mean that approximately 4250 more man shifts will be worked. This increase in shifts will mean an increase of about $21,500 in the monthly payroll. Employes of the copper company com-pany work 11 shifts every two weeks and then lay-off for three days, several men were losing as much as six days every ha if month under the lay-off system. If a man's lay-off came when the mine was down he lost no time but if it came before or after af-ter a lay-off, time was lost. o