Show Boeing Strike Ties Up Top Bomber Source SEATTLE April 22 GT Pro R-Pro- P Pro Pro Production Production lines of the Boeing Airplane Airplane Air Air- plane Co Co major source of u U. U S. S sir ir force J heavy eav bom bombers stood bombers stood ers stood idle Thursday as workers went out on strike to climax l max a year long wage dispute Pickets of the Aeronautical Mechanics Mechanics Mechanics Me Me- union Ind Ind- took up their posts poets shortly after midnight All production ceased at 1230 am a.m. when swing shift workers left the plant Sixteen pickets picket were on duty outside the main plant this morning The strike is the outgrowth of union demands for a hourly Wage wage increase eight paid holidays and a seniority clause The company company com com- pany has offe offered ed a wage in in- in crease Harold J. J Gibson union president president president dent said the 45 union members at Moses Lake Wash Vash where the first powered jet-powered 47 bomber is being tested also struck Union members at Boeings Boeing's guided- guided missile testing project at Alamogordo Alamogordo Alamogordo Alamo- Alamo gordo N. N M. M will be asked to leave the job Gibson Giblon said laid r Both company and union spokesmen spokes spokes- esmen es- es men said st there was was' no bargaining unit nit established for the 38 mechanic ic at Alamogordo b but t some of them are members of ot the Seattle union The union spokesman said the union will win write to the New Mexico project t members m and ask them to come home Thursdays Thursday's strike followed failure fail fall ure re of ot federal conciliators to bring about a meeting between the union and company representatives Each side said laid the other wanted arbitration terms terms t tion on n i its own erm William M M. Allen president pres of Bo Boeing ing said the additional union demand for tor eight paid holidays would push the pay boost to The Thc company cannot remain in business and pay wages that far above the re rest t of the industry he asserted Union spokesmen said the average average average aver aver- age wage at the plant is an hour which is extremely low Jow in comparison with living JIving costs and other wages in the Seattle area Allen AIlen said the offered Increase increase increase in- in crease crease would put the company scale well above the highest wages paid in the industry Scales range from 1 to an hour the union said Several hundred persons were on hand as the swing shift workers left the plant at 1230 am a.m. but none made any effort to enter the gates The strike halted production on B 50 bombers large army cargo freighters and commercial strata atrato- cruisers It also stopped the finishing finishing fin fin- gro ground nd touches on the second 47 bomber |