Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-06-03 | Page 10 | Further Layoffs Expected at Struck Truck Firms

J f I a Further Layoffs Expected IJ j At Struck Truck Firms Additional es of trucking trucking trucking truck truck- ing firms operating in and out of Salt Lake City will be laid off if the strike against the motor carriers carriers car car- by the A F L Teamsters Union local continues company company company com com- pany officials reported Tuesday Freight movements via nine large truck companies ceased Sunday noon when the lon long line line I drivers walked off their jobs over overa a wage and working conditions dispute te Long lines of giant freight trucks stood in in terminal yards and md freight shipments were piled on loading docks Officials of one of the largest truck lines the Pacific Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain Express W. W South pointed out that office help has been kept on the job fob to complete some work but will have to be laid off if the strike continues They said the strike at halt aU alt Lake Cil City has halted all freight movements from Denver to Salt Lake and from here to the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast It was estimated Tuesday that approximately 2500 of the truck lines in and out of Salt Lake City have been affected b by bythe bythe the strike S. S L L. Johnson federal mediator mediator medi medi- ator said he will meet with management management man man- and union representatives tives Wednesday at 10 am a.m. in the Federal to discuss the dispute