Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-21 | Page 12 | Groups Ready Mine Contract

GROUPS READY MINE CONTRACT Agreed upon terms Increasing wages of miners 1 to a aday aday aday day the Utah Coal Operators' Operators as association association as- as sedation and the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers of America district 22 were preparing a work c contract for signing late Thursday or Fri- Fri dav day I The contract Is retroactive to April 1 I 1941 and will increase coal mine payrolls in the state stat state between and 1000 a year figuring miners ar are employed days in the year officials e explained Meet With Company Meanwhile the miners' miners negotiating negotiating negotiating committee opened meetIngs meetings meetings meet meet- ings Thursday at 10 a a. a m with officials of the Columbia Steel Stee company operators of a mine a at Columbia Carbon county on a contract with that firm B B. B P P. Manley executive secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the Operators' Operators association and Alfred Carey Rock Springs Wyo district president of the theU theU theU U M W A said an agreement had been reached between their groups Wednesday afternoon on and preparation of the contract for signing is is merely a mechanical process Minimum wage under the contract contract con con- tr tract Ct is for unclassified labor laborin in the mines and anc the maximum is a day for loading machine operators the officials explained There are approximately 20 classifications classifications classifications clas clas- of workers between these two levels all receiving pay increases Mr Carey said Vacation Provided Included in the contract is a provision for miners miners' to receive a day 10 vacation each year after one years year's empl employment Vacation pay will be 20 for the period Members of the miners' miners negotiating negotiating negotiating committee are Edward Scherer chairman Max Thorne Ernest Nixon R R. B B. B Hyatt A A. B Mathews Fred Weiler and Francis Francis Francis Fran Fran- cis Dennison all of Carbon coun coun- ty Other uni union n officials participating participating participating were David L. L Day Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia district vice president Virgil Wright Rock Springs district district district dis dis- dis- dis attorney and Tony Rock Springs international board member