| Show Chrysler UA W To Demand 21 Pay H Hike ike DETROIT Oct 26 INS The INS The United A Aut Automobile u t o 0 m mob o b i 11 I c Workers C CIO I 0 announced Saturday it will wm demand about a 21 wage increase for its members In Chrysler Chrys Chrys- ler Corp plants next Wednesday A union spokesman said the theU theU theU U A W would go into the negotiating ing room asking a substantial pay rike He said it will be armed with bureau of ot labor statistics showIng showing showing show Ing the living costs have risen 21 since the first blanket raises were negotiated this spring A 21 increase would add more than 2 a day to the workers' workers pay The informant said that the union will wm do all in its Il power to win a just increase without striking Agitators Threaten One U A W V official admitted however that he i is being kept awake nights worrying about a asmaH small band of agitators who want to strike to gain the wage demands This official said that such sueh minority bands are cropping up throughout the U A Ws W's ranks and admitted that it is difficult to I hold th m down He insisted r reg regarding e g a r d din i n g the unions union's plans for launching a second second second sec ond round of wage boosts that the meeting of 17 local presidents of the U A Ws W's Chrisler department department department depart depart- ment did not bring out a specific figure to be laid before Chryslers Chrysler's labor relations director Robert Conder The spokesman said that the labor bureaus bureau's statistics will serve as the basis for preliminary discussion discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis which ultimately will wUl provide provide provide pro pro- vide a reasonable figure on which to bargain Notify Packard The U A W V notified the Packard Packard Packard Pack Pack- ard Motor Car Co Friday of intent to reopen wage discussions under provisos in their contract This action added credence to a general belief that the Chrysler negotiations are only the starting gun of ot a second round wage raise campaign which will spread throughout the automobile industry industry industry indus indus- try and perhaps all industries Packard Pres George T T. Christopher Christopher Christopher Chris Chris- said that the union had mentioned no amount of increase for which it would bargain in the conference room The union policy apparently will wm willbe willbe be to enter all forthcoming negotiations negotiations negotiations with companies holding contracts permitting interim wage discussions without a specific de demand demand demand de- de mand but with figures on wage wage- price statistics I |
