Show I p I IVES T TAKEN KEN 1 I OFF PAYROLL PHOU ll BY O. O A. A WI Railroad Makes Agreement To Drop All Married Women V Workers Once again the ax has fallen on the working wife Officials of the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad Wednesday announced that all working wives have been permanently dropped from the payrolls of the company and that single women will be released within thirty days of their marriages I The action was initiated by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks I I through W. W D. D Ryan general chairman chairman chair chair- man Denver and the agreement reached with R. R F F. Ray Denver as assistant assistant as- as general manager of the railroad railroad rail raU- road and supervisor of wages and working conditions FOUR EMPLOYED HERE HERC Approximately fifty married women women women wo wo- wo- wo men in the railroads railroad's system will be affected by the new ruling according according according accord accord- ing to W W. E. E chief clerk of the Salt Lake office four of whom are employed here The action actton announced Wednesday comes as an amendment to a prior ruling adopted by the clerks' clerks association association asso asso- o- o and the railroad on January 9 at which time it was agreed that all married women on the payrolls of the railroad would would- be given ninety days das leave of absence beginning February February February Feb Feb- 12 The new agreement goes into effect immediately The ruling specifically states that working wives who are still working Continued on Page Pace Seventeen OFF PAYROLL Continued from Page Pace Nine and nd residing with their husbands shall hall be dropped from the service when it is mutually agreed between he the clerks and the railroad that such action Is warranted EXCEPTION PROVIDED It also provides that exception to he the rule may be made by mutual agreement between representatives of the management and the tho clerks where it is desired to give employment employ ment to the wife of an who through illness or injury Is physically physical physical- ly y Incapacitated for service The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks was a pioneer In the movement movement move move- ment to terminate employment of ot working wives and thus provide po positions for married men arid and single women Mr salt said Wednes Wednes- day Although attempts have been madd marh by the clerks organization to makes maka similar agreements with officials of other railroads the tho Denver z Rio Ries Grande Western was the first in thI section of the country to take such action |