Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-10-22 | Page 4 | Steel Strike Continues as Men, Union Row

I Steel Strike Continues As Men Union Row By Associated Press Strikers at the Great Lakes Steel corporation refused to return return return re re- re- re turn to work Wednesday in Detroit after C CIO I 0 union chiefs refused refused refused re re- re- re fused demands agreed upon by the strikers Tuesday night in a vote to resume work and warned that the army would take over the plant if it remained closed In the meantime however C CIO I 0 strikers at a Birmingham steel plant returned to their jobs as disputes disputes disputes dis dis- dis- dis continued in airplane industries industries industries indus indus- tries in California New York and New Jersey The striking members of the steel workers' workers organizing committee commit commit- tee at the Great Lakes steel plant voted to return to work only on condition that 16 suspended strike leaders be reinstated by the union and that a new contract be sought with the company Union officers rejected both demands John Doherty S W woe O 0 C regional director from Chicago told the strikers the army already has re received received received re- re orders to move in and that the government had notified the theS S W 0 O C the strike would not be tolerated before they b balloted last night The plant employs In voting to go back to their jobs the union men declared they were prepared to walk out again if new wages were not negotiated and if the union did not reinstate 16 suspended strike leaders The union rank and file called the strike last Wednesday contending contending con con- tending they had been sold out outi i in wage negotiations Eight hundred members of ot the C CIO I 0 United Mine Workers decided decided de de- de- de to go back to work at the Sloss-Sheffield Sloss Steel and Iron company company company com com- pany at Birmingham A strike of Alabama coal miners remained in progress A partial force of steel workers engaged in filling government contracts remained at work in the C picketed ClO-picketed I Atlantic Steel mill at Atlanta where C CIO I 10 0 members struck Tuesday night Company officials said were at work of a normal 1300 while union officials officials officials of of- said it was about men who were already at work Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day night at shift-change shift time when the C CIO I 0 picketed the plant A union leader said no strike had been called but the company had refused to go before a conciliation conciliation conciliation con con- panel on a union demand for a 10 cents an hour wage in increase increase increase in- in crease for all jobs and the men j just st dont don't want to work as things are Wage schedules were not I revealed A walkout of welders of a newly formed independent union oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc Wednesday in Pacific shipyards shipyards shipyards ship ship- yards engaged in big national defense defense defense de de- de- de contracts The Associated Shipbuilders the Lake Union Dry Dock the Todd Dry Docks and the Ta Seattle-Ta- coma Shipbuilding corporation were affected The walkout was ordered by the Independent Welders and Burners' Burners council in protest at the A F FL- FL L- L Seattle Metal Trades councils council's re removal removal removal re- re moval welders from jobs at atthe atthe atthe the Lake Washington shipyards at Houghton