Show WALKOUT HALTS STATE STREETS STREET'S PAVING PROJECT Strike for Pay Raise and Closed Shop Stops Work The South State street resurfacIng resurfacing ing project was at a standstill Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- labor trouble having stopped work when the project was scarcely more than a week old Willard W. W Gardner president of Christensen Gardner Gard er Inc contracting contracting contracting con con- firm on this state-federal state project said all the men walked off the job late Tuesday when the theA theA theA A F L unions to which some of them belonged called a strike for fora a higher pay scale for common laborers laborers laborers la la- borers and for a closed shop A conference was under way Wednesday afternoon between en the contractors and union officials Wage Vage Scale Involved F. F A. A Noller secretary of the Building Trades council of Salt Lake City and vicin vicinity ty one of the spokesmen for the unions said the controversy arose over failure of the contra contractor tor to pay union scale for labor and that when the men were Called off the job the closed shop demand mand w was s included Mr Gardner said that the company company company com com- pany is paying more than the minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum scale specified in the road commission call for bids The firm pays pa s common common labor Ian or 60 0 cents an hour whereas the specified minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum is 50 cents an hour and the union scale is 65 cents He pointed out that the contract was awarded on a bid of in competition with other contractors contractors contractors tors who figured labor on the minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum specified by the road commission commission commission commis commis- sion according to wage standards s required by the federal government a federal aid project being involved 50 Men on Job Mr Gardner said about 50 men were on the job this week and about 30 last week but that as as' the job progressed the common labor item would be increased The work so far has been preliminary pre pre- to the main project working working working work work- ing north from Ninth South street Mr Gardner said that not all the workmen belonged to unions The strike of union members however necessitated closing down the project project project until the dispute can be settled Unions involved he said aid were those of the carpenters cement finishers truck drivers iron workers engineers engineers engineers engi engi- and common laborers i Four dry cleaning plants were being being be be- I be-I ing picketed Wednesday on behalf of ot the the- inside and outside I. I unions and and the teamsters teamsters' union i continued t to picket com a transfer a-transfer company com com- pany Plants Picketed Plants picketed were the Myers Cleaning and Dyeing company East Broadway Imperial Cleaners and Dyers East Ninth South street Utah Cleaning and Dyeing company 1200 South State street and and the the Owl Cleaners North North First West street Contracts are sought at these plants by local o of the International Union of Teamsters Teamsters Teamsters Team Team- Chauffeurs Stablemen and Helpers and the Intern International Association Association Association As As- of Cleaning and Dye DyeHouse DyeHouse DyeHouse House Workers Work rs The teamsters' teamsters union in placing pickets at the Salt Lake Transfer company West Second South street alleged a company union to tobe tobe tobe be in operation Clarence Beck attorney for the unions and for the Utah Institute of Dry Cleaners and Dyers said the theAOne theAOne theAOne One A-One Cleaning and Dyeing company company company com com- pany 2368 South S State te street had joi joined ed the institute |