Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-05-19 | Page 9 | Mines in Utah due to Reopen

MINES III UTAH DUE TOJEOPEN Utah, coal arming operations are expected to be In full awing next week and most of the I.VM miners who have been out ef the mines since May 4 will be back at work, operators said Friday following ths negotiating of a new contract with district 33, United Mine Workers ef America. ' " There riU be no general opening date for all the mines, but a check of individual operators Friday revealed re-vealed that nearly all expect to resume re-sume work by next week. Some mines will open Saturday and others oth-ers will again atari production the first part of ths week. Others do not expect to get under way -until the end of the week. Under the terms ef the two-year contracts negotiated Thursday through district union officials snd B. P. Manlsy, executive secretary of ths Utah Coal Operators' association, asso-ciation, wages, hours and conditions condi-tions are the asms ss undsr ths old contract, but there are two major ma-jor additions. These, written at the Insistence of John L, Lswis, presidsnt of the U M-W A, provide that the union shall be the exclusivs bargaining agency and that union shop shall be in force. The operators obtained a clause which maintains' ths status que In managerial rights and privileges. Inserted as a footnote It states : "Ths amandmsnts te the enabling clause of the basic agreement, covering cov-ering negotiation of the United Mine Workers ef America do not change the rules or practices of the Industry Indus-try pertaining to management. '