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Show MINIMUM WAGE, HOURS TO WORK TO BE ADOPTED SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 24 (I'.fit The state industrial commission commis-sion today considered recommendations recommen-dations of the state wages and hours board, advisory body seeking seek-ing to draft plans for enforcement of the minimum wage and maximum maxi-mum hours law for women and minors. Meeting with William Knerr, industrial in-dustrial commission chairman, the board recommended minimum and maximum temperatures for establishments estab-lishments in which women and minors are employed, prescribed maximum hours beyond which such employes shall not work without rest and described lighting, light-ing, air conditioning and ventilation ventila-tion to be required. Knerr's meeting with the board came after he had supervised a collective bargaining election of Hotel Utah employes here. The issue of whether or not the Building Build-ing and Service Employes Union should represent the employes was undecided by the balloting when, it was understood, first count showed 72 votes for each side of the question and one undetermined. undeter-mined. Whether the lone undecided vote shall decide the employes' representation, was not disclosed. Employers of shoe clerks, meanwhile mean-while suggested a solution to the dispute which resulted in picketing picket-ing of all Salt Lake City shoe stores and a temporary lockout of all employes. Ray H. Butler, manager of the state retailers' association said his association would allow shoe clerks a $22.50 weekly wage for experienced men workers and an $18 weekly wage of experienced women employes. He proposed a 45M; hour week, certain holidays with pay and a week's vacation after 12 consecutive con-secutive months employment. Previously the employers had refused to bargain with the clerks because of a demand for a closed shop by the clerks' union. Their latest proposal made no mention of the disputed demand. |