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Show Package for Steelwo umit uic,c,il biujyraiiviiiic, iyjii u t&tm. Almost $1,100 worth of increased wages and benefits in A three year, strike-free agreement; and A practical way to settle the 'local working conditions" dispute What the package includes I T JL O I JLhis is the off er which the steel companies made local working conditions provisions of the basic A three year package providing improved benefits in the on November 15 and on which the employees may labor agreements to enable the Companies to first year and higher wages in the second and third vote early next month if no settlement is nego- take reasonable steps to improve efficiency years. This would cost more than 30 cents per hour tiated meanwhile. and eliminate waste, with due regard for the worked, without provision for possible cost-of-living in- In declining to accept this offer the union offi- welfare of the employees involved, including; creases, and would accumulate to $1,081 for the average cials demanded a package of wages and benefits the avoidance of undue work burdens; and, ' Steelworker over the period. It includes: which, with cost-of-living provisions, could to the extent practicable, the retraining and Insurance amount to an inflationary 45 cents per hour. placement on available jobs in the plant, of . , ... . it The Companies' offer amounts to an average anv employees affected by such steps?" Company-paid life insurance on a generally in- , . . . . , : iL-L - - creased scale. annual increase of 2.7 percent m their employ- Meanwhile, subject to a solution of the issue Company-paid sickness and accident benefits-also ment costs- Accordin to Secretary of Labor in this way the Companies would agree that the on an increased scale. Mitchell's Fact Finding Report, however, output pregent local working conditions provisions be re- Consequent reduction in employee contribution to Per man"hour in the steel industry increased at an tained if the Union in turn would agree that itjJ insurance program and a net increase in take-home average annual rate of only 2.6 percent between officerg and members will cooperate with manage-pay. manage-pay. 1947 and 1957. ment to improve efficiency and eliminate waste. Improvements in insurance protection in event of Clearly this is a fair and generous off er ; but lay-off. t confronts the Companies with a difficult prob- Companies Strive to Meet Pensions lemthe Prblem f meeting thdr increased em" Union Objections Increased pensions for employees retiring after ployment cost without reducing their ability to nf fVi f f . iuuwscu j- . compete both with low-cost foreign made steel and Of the contract changes originally proposed January 1, 1960, including: . , , . A1 n lt An increase of at least $12 per month for employees . Wlth substltute materials Pduced here at home- by the Compjimes all except those generally re-retiring re-retiring on minimum pensions with 35 or more years In meetin this Prle they must count on latin to local working conditions, wildcat strikes - . the steelworkers themselves to help earn the ad- and scheduling have now been dropped. Those ot rvrcc An increase of $5 per month for employees retiring ditional money going into their pay envelopes by remaining have been substantially modified in an with more than minimum pensions. cooperating in the elimination of waste wherever effort to meet the Union's objections. An increase of $10 per month in minimum disability possible. That is what the local working condi- Thus the Steel Companies have made every pensions tions disPute is a11 about. effort to reach a non-inflationary agreement Provision for early retirement on f ull pension under through voluntary collective bargaining, special circumstances. A Way to Solve the Local Working They know that the outcome of the negotia- r r tions between the Steel Companies and the Steel- ,.,oc Conditions Dispute , TT . . .,,., w nges workers Union is of vital interest to everyone . . . Wage increase in the second year, ranging trom six Ag a solution to thig dispute which has been that it can affect the value of your dollar your to twelve cents per hour, depending on JOD Classin- & stumbling block in the negotiations thus far, standard of living and your future security, cation. third year ranging the ComPanies nave offered to accept the Union's They know that American industry must be Another Jjr r kour ' proposal for a joint study committee. But if that able to compete at all times with the growing eco-from eco-from SIX O we ve gtep doeg nQt result n a mutuaUy satisfactory nomic challenge from abroad. Cost-of-Living solution by June 30, 1960, the issue would be They realize the heavy responsibility that Continuation of 17 cents an hour COSt-of-llVing ad- turned over to binding arbitration. rests upon them in these negotiations and they justment obtained under previous contract. They haye ago expanded the questi0n which have sought to meet this responsibility fairly Further provisions for possible COSt-Ot -living would be submitted to the committee, and to arbi- and fully. increases. tration if necessary, by adding the words under- They believe that the offer presented above Supplemental Unemployment Benefits lined in the following question. It now reads: accomplishes this purpose. Increased cash payments by companies into Supple- "What, if any, changes should be made in the , What do you think? mental Unemployment Benefit fund. Restoration of full benefit level at beginning of new . ; agreement. Seniority WHAT THIS OFFER MEANS TO AVERAGE STEELWORKER Strengthened Seniority rights in line With Certain (Employment cost based on 1800 hours per year) Union proposals. first year second year third year total Human Relations Research . Benefits $173.00 $189.00 $215.00 $577.00 A Joint Committee on Human Relations Research First Wage Increase - $168.00 $168.00 $336.00 to study employment stabilization and many other Second Wage Increase $168.00 $168.00 I mutual problems. Totai $173.00 $357.00 $551.00 $1081.00 Local Working Conditions I "Does not include possible cost-of-living Increase which could reach a maximum of $259.00 over the period. K Submission to a Union-Company Committee for solution, so-lution, and to final arbitration if necessary. 1 THE STEEL COMPANIES COORDINATING COMMITTEE 375 Lexington Avenue New York 17, New York Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation Armco Steel Corporation Bethlehem Steel Company The Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation Great Lakes Steel Corporation Inland Steel Company Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation United States Steel Corporation Wheeling Steel Corporation The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. 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