Show Work Resumes on Mexican Hat Uranium Mill After Strike I Walkers at the Zinc Texas-Zinc Minerals corporation mills at Mexican Hat returned to work this week after a week four strike over pay and travel for 74 laborers Settlement will bring the laborers laborers lab lab- which are primarily Nava- Nava j Indans weekly salaries of af f around figuring the basis pay of 2 per hour and subsist ance pay over which the strike began of or 2 per day for those workers whose homes are under undera a 60 mile radius from the new newmill newmill newmill mill ani for those living more than 60 miles away Within With With- in iii the mile 60 radius are Hite HitI Blanding landin Monticello and Bluff The laborers who are working for the most part for the first time a as union labor walked out N November vember 2 and their picket line was honored by other craf crafts and trades at rot work on the structure bringing to a halt all construction construction construction tion work on the new mill A. A L. L Hayes manager of the Zinc Texas-Zinc Minerals corporation In ir Grand Gran Junction said the agreement agree agree- ment rient will implement a basic polIcy pol- pol Icy cy that the company has had in mind to hire and train local people of the isolated area to Ml fm many positions in the mill The agreement on the subsistence subsistence subsistence subsist subsist- ence pay was reached last Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- in Albuquerque in a negotiation negotiation ne ne- ne- ne session between representatives representatives representatives of the Sterns Rogers Manufacturing Co prime prune contractors con con- tractors on the project and officials officials officials of of- of CIO IO Union Local On Friday an agreement on the travel allowances was thrashed out In a telephone s session by tile tUe union and management |