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Show Five - Month Metal Strike Settlement Seen This Week After five long months, a strike against the Utah Copper Cop-per company, U. S. Smelting Refining and Mining company ami American Smelting and Refining company was settled this week. Meetings were held by the striking miners, millmen and ! smeltermen Tuesday night and working agreements and strike settlement were ratified by a large majority. Contracts were agreed to by both the union and company com-pany and will probably be signed Saturday The union would : like to have these agreements signed as soon as possible, in order that work can be resumed by Monday, June 24th, if possible. Local unions and its operators will resume negotiations to discuss plans and system of resuming operations within a day or two. All employees at the. respective plants will be returned to work by the company without discrimination as I soon as plant operators will permit. Settlement agreement in part is as follows: Eighteen and one-half cents (18 Vic) per hour overall increase for all days pay men; $32.00 per month increase for clerical and technical workers at Garfield and 18 Vic per hour for clerical and technical workers at Arthur-Magna. Arthur-Magna. 9Vc retroactive to September 1, 1945 for days pay men; $16 00 per month retroactive to September Sep-tember 1. 1945 for clerical work- ers of Utah Copper company and American Smelting and Refining ! company. Vacation privileges not to be impaired by strike. All employes to work four weeks prior to taking tak-ing vacations or requesting vacation vaca-tion pay in lieu of vacations. All workers, upon the termination termin-ation of the strikes at the respective re-spective plants shall be recalled to work as soon as pUnt operations opera-tions permit and be allowed a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days from such call in which to report, except for men unable to report because of bona fide illness or other legitimate cause. To be eligible to receive any retroactive re-troactive pay, as hereinbefore provided, a worker must comply with the requirements of this paragraph and in addition must complete a minimum of ton days work thereafter. The union agrees not to use the maintenance of membership clause or any other security pro- visions of its contracts with the company against any employee because of any act done or omitted omitt-ed to be done by such employee during the strike. (The companies compan-ies will be willing to waive this provision as to men who have signed agreements to pay $1.00 a day to the strike fund and have failed to carry out their agreement. agree-ment. This arrangement is made with the understanding that the union will make every reasonable reason-able effort to reach settlement with the particular men involved-The involved-The common labor rate will remain at $6.45. The Utah Copper Cop-per company at the open pit will increase the $6.15 rate to $6.45 and the $6.35 rate to $6.65. The Utah Copper will make aU of the ! increase due to reclassification retroactive until Sept. I, 1945. The contracts shall cover the period July 1, 1946 through June I 30, 1948, inclusive, either party having the privilege of re-opening wage rates by giving notice between June 1 and June 30, 1947, inclusive. According to Joe Dispenza, president of local 485, CIO, striking strik-ing members and their families have been provided with coal, food and medicines from the I several warehouses maintained j by the CIO through contributions j from business firms and fellow members who were employed. Nearly 1000 people were given aid in the Bingham warehouse during the past five months. r |