Show Hour 30 Week Studied By New Union DENVER No Nov 14 UP The UP-The The The communications industry one of the first scale large-scale organizations to adopt a basic hour 40 week will willbe willbe willbe be asked to institute a 30 or 35 hour basic week for tor workers in negotiations slated to get under underway underway underway way within the tho next four months it was learned Thursday A spokesman for the newly formed Union of Communications Workers of America told the United United United Unit Unit- ed Press exclusively that revision of the standard work week for communications W workers o 0 r k e r s was among the demands to be made of the Industry through collective bargaining beginning next March The new union will replace the long establisHed National Federation Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion of Telephone Workers not later than June 10 1947 The new union was launched Wednesday at the annual assembly assembly assembly as as- of the N F T W by delegates representing almost 00 workers in the communications Industry when a new constitution was adopted It will go into operation operation opera- opera tion lion just as soon as the formal referendum period is completed and will give the Industry's workers work work- ers a tightly knit labor union contrasted with the loosely federated federated federated feder feder- structure of the N F T W said Joseph A. A Bierne of Washington Washing- Washing ton ion D D. D C. C national president of he the federation Bierne was elected as the temporary temporary tem- tem executive head of the new union to serve during the period from now until the constitution is ratified by the members described as simply routine and another convention is called Other federation federation federa- federa tion lon officers were given temporary official status also in the new union including John J. J Moran of New ew York vice president and Carlton W. W of Washington Washing Washing- ton secretary The delegates in session here for forthe forthe the he past 11 days were scheduled Ito to o resume discussion of plans for collective bargaining with the telephone telephone tele tele- phone industry next March A list of demands has been developed developed de de- de by a committee working on the proposals for several months Besides the revision in inthe inthe the he standard work week the unions union's proposals probably will Include include include in In- in- in clude basic wage increases a union shop differing from the closed I Ishop shop in that the Industry can choose its own workers but the workers in turn must join the union revision of seniority provisions provi provi- dons in an attempt to bring about wide country-wide unification improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments in the pension program in including including including in- in minimum minimum minimum mini mini- a per month mum and generally improved working conditions for all nU workers in the communications industry |