Show PAY INCREASE 1 IS ORDERED ON PUBLIC WORKS Utah Industrial Commission Approves Advance of 5 6 to 30 Per Cent I EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Purchasing Power in State Is Boosted Monthly Wage boosts of from irom 5 to 30 per percent percent percent cent with the greatest increases for or those thos paid the least were ordered Friday by the industrial commission for all workers on public works projects eels in Utah including C. C W. W A. A The immediate increase in the C CW W VI A payroll will mean a rise of approximately approximately ap ape ap- ap proximately per month and will result in a similar boost in the purchasing power of Utah labor The increase applies to all classes of work and labor on all public works projects ts except on those contracts an in connection with the trie national na na- na recovery highway program Schedules Harmonized The action was was taken following a hearing Nov 28 attended by representatives of labor municipalities and contractors from all parts of the state for the purpose of ot harmonizing the hourly rate of pay established by the federal government for public works As a result of the conference which was called to harmonize the wage scale fixed by the industrial commission commission commis commis- sion slon June 17 under the Arnovitz bill with the increased cost of living the pay changes were ordered Minimum wages prior to the new order were 50 cents an hour for unskilled un tin- skilled labor and for highly skilled labor The commissions commission's order order order or or- der raises unskilled labor from 50 cents to 65 cents an hour Skilled labor schedules in jn many cases caseS arc lre left untouched I Classifications Changed Increases Increases' also were were ordered ord red for other classes of medium skilled and unskilled laborers Powder men reinforced reinforced rein rein- forced iron workers and ond others were removed from irom the medium skilled class and placed in Iri the skilled class Continued on Pane Pue Nine Ii ELIEF WORKERS GET PAY BOOST increase Laie of Df 5 to 30 Per Cent Centi In InI Industrial In- In i 4 Ordered by Utah Board I 1 1 Continued rom from P Page Pu f on 00 01 their wage s scale from Ironi 75 cents cent M t bLur ur to 1124 4 an hour U wage age scale follows Un tin 4 1 lew I 50 10 cents an an hour to 65 ted led tr drivers 00 60 cents to 70 chine oper operators tractor op op- ceu tenders 62 Vi cents to toM too to s. s on operators blac black blacic o ce M Ui auto gUtO oU oil mechanics roller operas opera opera- 85 cents teamsters s cents to I- I d. d 7 IS 80 cents to 85 cents th layers 80 cents to 87 pIpe 1 PP tenders mixers ers plasterer j tI to 90 99 cents crusher operators 1 t 14 to cents S Class SI Widened 1 liters ter plumbers electricians jitters tile setters cement fin lin- in te roofers ers and andr anda painters i p. p raised to the ilar r a artisans sans were vere skilled workers arid and given the 1 of f an n hour bour rote roe I projects exempt from the new known 3 as maintenance siti sIre pe re those o fels e A- A Yager head of or the fed fed- a. a service said the thees thee's I es e's 5 o- o is 15 ready to put the increases into effect and that all p. contracted for or in fn the future 1 in n U come under the new setup |