Show and Union Agree On Wage Increase Labor contract negotiations between United States Vanadium ium fum Company and District 50 United Mine of America resulted resuMed in an agreement Saturday Saturday Sa night subject to ratification ratification cation by employees at Rifle Uravan Grand Colo and Thompsons Utah The settlement Involved a general wage Increase o of six and one half cents per hour flour retroactive re reo to February 25 1953 and the agreement would run for two years until February 25 1955 with a reopening tor for negotiations on wage rates after one year C C. L. L field representative of District 50 and R. R M. M Mahoney Manager Industrial Relations for U. U S. S Vanadium in Jointly announcing the settlement settle settlement ment Indicated that the terms Included a substantial number of other changes In working conditions including the adoption adoption tion of a Sick Pay Tay Plan and Increase In Increase crease In to the minimum guarantee guaran tee for tor emergency call out work wor and for fusion furnace operators and maintenance ance arse trainees Commissioner Joseph of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Denver assisted In the negotiations Continued production from the Company's pants plants at Rifle and Uravan Ull was assumed by the pact These plants are engaged In n the flaw craw materials procurement procure procurement ment program of the Atomic Energy Commission Company representatives in the negotiations In addition to It R. M. M Mahoney were from the Grand Junction management office of flee fice A A. A Q Lindquist and J J. J F F. Brenton from the New York Industrial Rotations Relations office John F. F Graham from the Rifle oper H. H C C. Peterson and J. J C C. from the Uravan oper rations R R. D D. Van Zante and from the Grand Junction warehouse ware warehouse house and sha shop departments J. J A A. Crone and C. C S. S Jones Union representatives In the negotiations In addition to C. C L. L L. L wore were David E. E Me Me- Neal Veal Douglas Olds Charles R. R Kessler Lawrence Boydstun from Rifle RIne Charles E. E Sharp Harold W. W Johnston Richard Dunn Clifford Clif em ford Cord iM M Hiett from Uravan Paul A. A from Thompsons Utah and Harold Ball flail Kenneth Selley Sel Sel- Icy ley and Keith Paris from Grand Junction |