Show Contractors Invite Crafts Crafts' To Bargain Individually Labor 1 Balks j rAt r- r t At Co Come On Offered by The Associated General Contractors Contractors tors Intermountain branch will ill at attempt at- at tempt to negotiate with each in individual in individual divi ual union Involved in a wage dispute that has started a widespread widespread widespread wide wide- I spread strike in the Utah construe tion industry This announcement came Saturday Satur Satur- day from Allan E. E Mecham A AGe G C 1 who said the organization ti tion n has definitely withdrawn the them m mister master ster agreement negotiating plan I with the theS the'S six x building and construe 7 tion crafts of of the A F L. L From labor through Richard S. S Roberts secretary treasurer treasurers Building and Construction Trades Traded council ca came e word that by next week there is a a. a possibility th the strikes within the construction in industry will be further extended with walkouts developing faster The A G C will hold its first meeting to negotiate individually with the unions Wednesday at 10 am a.m. in the Beason Benson building said Mr Mecham We will invite the Teamsters i local union No to the meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing said Mr Mecham Next we will try to meet with the Laborers' Laborers district council We Ve also will be willing to meet with the carpenters carpenters carpenters carpen- carpen carpen carpen- cement finishers and operating ing bug engineers He said the master mast ex plan of negotiating failed to work when it came to wages ages so 50 the member ship at a general meeting Friday at the Hotel Utah agreed to withdraw withdraw withdraw with with- draw such a plan Mr Ir Mecham pointed out that I Henderson B B. Douglas organizer from American Federation of Labor Labor La- La bor headquarters in Washington D. D C. C who is in Salt Lake City to assist leaders of the crafts had told him previously that the six crafts would not negotiate indi indi- I Anyway we will invite them in again individually said Mr rl Mecham J Mr Roberts said the e master mast r I 11 pla plan worked well this year on on everything but the question of wages on which the A AGe G C was too low 10 He Helsa sald d pick ting still was ir in th the Jacob n Construction Co job at South Temple and West Vest Temple streets i and at the Wasatch Springs I project of the Fullmer Bros contra con con- Jt tra tractors Mayor Earl J. J Glade who addressed addressed addressed ad ad- I dressed the general contractors meeting Frida Friday afternoon Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day hoped to help both sides settle their difficulties soon so o the vital industrial and commercial expansion expansion expansion sion of the state will not be i I |