Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-12-08 | Page 9 | Plant Hires Workers for Geneva Opening

F. F r 1 feel Plant Hires Workers 4 for jeneva eneva Opening Workmen I representing different common laborers and office r were rapidly being em- em dyed ed Wednesday by the Geneva j em-j eel company in ins order to get the I I Ige ige ge ge pla plant t into operation before e e end of the week now that wage waged id d salary schedules have been proved by the regional war labor labor I rid ard rd at Denver Men whose applications were yawed previously were rapidly t g recruited to go to work on one e first battery of coke ovens ovens- which coal will be charged l us week plant officials said Up- Up ird Ed d of 1000 are expected to be during the week with of personnel approximately are i 1 the pay roll including mine and andl anda l mrry a rry workers officials pointed It tt ti- ti Three more batteries of coke ens ms' ms will start later Officials added that blast furce furce fure fur- fur ce ce e workers those for the power- power use use se and office were now ow being and set the last of Dember Dember De- De as the time when the blast mace mace operations would begin With the exception of a few i r changes the schedules iced S d upon prevailing industry- industry ide de rates with ith respect to oa on workers and office personnel ere ere re approved as submitted by the J pany said plant operating als ls There are are area a few minor hinges 1 downward for the lower assif of maintenance help announced lEay Pay schedules for open hearth mace amace department workers and othe the rolling mills are being pre pre- ared eared by the company compan and will submitted submitted to the labor board in inh h he very near future Minimum and maximum rates by the board follow Coke department 78 cents to 1 HO 10 per hour blast furnace deJ department de de- J 78 cents to 1 I per hour J lower er plant 78 cents to 1 20 per perl l your lour ur office workers Corkers 95 for ara rn trainees to a month quarry 78 cents to 1 30 Lo in u hour Un In addition to acting upon the Geneva neva company's the Board Doard also approved the rate ached ached- Jle le of the Columbia Steel company Utah L Columbia officials had sought approval al of of a similar schedule and he Denver board held the same rates ates es would apply if the company and ird the United Steel Workers of merica C CIO 10 could agree on he he rates of pay However the i pay schedule said the rated Press would be retroactive 11 March 26 1943