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Show Kcnnecott, CIO Begin Talks Contract negotiation between TTtah and Nevada representatives. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workera, CIO, and Xennecott Copper Corp.. opened at 10 am. Thursday In the Kearna bid;. ' . The union la asking a 25c per hour general ware Increase, 1100 1 per month pensions, health and welfare program, travel time pay I for Bingham open pit workera and other contract changes. Union officers said they had complied with provisions of the Taft-Hartley act and filed non-Communist non-Communist affidavits with the San Francisco office, national labor la-bor relations board. It was this point which has held up writing of a contract between be-tween Kennecott and Mine Mill since the 1M7 agreement expired. Present contract will cover IMS Operations. The Joint negotiating committee commit-tee for Mine Mill representa locale Ml and 45. The union's Utah committee Is composed of Tom Mannloni Natrhlo Ortego, Joe Dts-penza Dts-penza and Arthur Hurst from the Bingham minera. Iner Larson, George Kirby, V. 8. Reese, Glen McAllister, Vaughn Workman and O. L. Bucknerm, Magna-Arthur mlllmen, ore haulage and water ! departments at 'Garfield. Nevada committee ia headed by C. D. Jensen, Verne Winters and Verne Curtis. Al Skinner, regional re-gional director, snd Orvtlle Larson, Lar-son, western vice president of Mine Mill, also are attending negotiations. |