Show U US S Rail Unions To Demand 25 Pay Hike CHICAGO July 1 UP UP UP-OC Officials i- i dais of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road Trainmen and Conductors drew up demands on the nations nation's railroads Thursday for tor a 25 wage increase The two unions represent the thc only block of railroad not already involved in a wage dis dis- dis- dis With the formal presentation presenta tion Uon of Thursdays Thursday's demand almost every everyone one of oC the railroad workers in the country will have asked for more money Wage Vage committees of the trainmen trainmen trainmen train train- men and the conductors unions voted on June Junc 15 to present their demands Thursday They want the increase to go into effect before Aug 1 Present Demand Ear Earlier 1 i e r. r 17 brotherhoods representing representing representing rep rep- resenting railroad workers presented a demand demand de de- de- de i mand for tor a hour 40 week instead of ot the present hour 48 a hourly wage boost and new overtime overtime overtime over over- time rates The demands mark the opening of the third round of railroad wage boost proposals since the end of oC the war All unions were granted an 18 c raise in May 1916 1946 at atthe atthe atthe the time of a short lived nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide railroad strike I Further increases of oC 15 He an hour were graded to the non- non operating unions and the conductors conductors conductors con con- and trainmen last year Refuse to Settle Three other operating unions the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Brotherhood of oC En- En and Firemen and the Switchmen's union refused to settle for the 15 c figure at that time and still are negotiating forthe forthe for forthe the full 30 increase plus several rule c changes Ii h a n g e s which they demanded demanded demanded de de- de- de last September Behind the wage demands and of equal importance in the minds of many of the work workers rs particularly particularly arly the operating were the he demands for changes in working working work- work ing ng rules Company officials said it would cost the roads more to make the changes many of which involved increased pay for the workers than it would to meet the wage demands |