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Show THE THTBSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1959 1J FREE PRESS. LEHX, UTAH Package for Steelworkers u IRE FIFE Mo lib. Almost $1;100 wortH ofihcreased wages and benefits A throe year, in agreement; and A practical way to settle the 'local working conditions'' dispute strike-fre- What the package includes T, is the offer which the steel companies made on November 15 and on which the employees may vote early next month if no settlement is negotiated meanwhile. In declining to accept this offer the union officials demanded a package of wages and benefits which, with provisions, could amount to an inflationary 45 cents per hour. The Companies' offer amounts to an average annual increase of 2.7, percent in their employment costs. According to Secretary of Labor Mitchell's Fact Finding Report, however, output in the steel industry increased at an per man-hoaverage annual rate of only 2.6 percent between 1947 and 1957. Clearly this is a fair and generous offer; but with a difficult proit confronts blemthe problem of meeting their increased employment cost without reducing their ability to compete both with low-coforeign made steel and with substitute materials produced here at home. In meeting this problem they must count on t the steelworkers themselves to help earn the additional money going into their pay envelopes by cooperating in the elimination of waste wherever possible. That is what the local working conditions dispute is all about. A three year package providing improved benefits in the first year and higher wages in the second and third 30 cents per hour worEed, without provision for possible year. This would cost' more than cost-of-liviiir- in and WttulJAccumulate to $1,081 for the average steelworker over the period. It includes: cre&fcefef cost-of-livi- Insurance Company creased scale. . on a generally ce life-insuran- in- i sickness and accident benefits also on ail increased scaled r: L i . " , rr:-rr.y- . Consequent reduction" in employee contribution to e insurance program and a net increase in pay. Improvements iii insurance protection in event of Company-pai- d -- . lay-off- :; A Pensions ' " ' 7 Increased pensions for employees retiring after January 1, I960, including: An increase of at least $12 per month for employees retiring-o- n st v minimum pensions with 35 or more years i oFservice. An increase of $5 per month for employees retiring with more than minimum pensions. An increase of $10 per month in minimum disability r r pensions. - ; Provision fdr early retirement on full pension under special circumstances. V; vi?Wig)Hncreiseittthe A Way second year, ranging from six qJ i 'i 'W(3ontmuatiortvof, 17 cents an hour justment obtained under previous contract. Further provisions- - for possible increases. cost-of-livi- ng cost-of-livi- ad- ng Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Increased cash payments by companies into Supplemental Unemployment Benefit fund. Restoration of full benefit level at beginning of new agreement. WHAT THIS OFFER Seniority Strengthened- - seniority" rights in line with certain Union proposals. Joint Corrimittee on Human Relations: Research tdtwrfy employment 'Stabilisation and many other ' mutual problems, r LoaMorkinO Conditions Submission to a Union-Compan- y lution? aid to final arbitration f i 1 - Benefits to-Me- Of the contract changes originally proposed the by Companies, all except those generally re lating.to local working conditions, wildcat strikes and scheduling have now been dropped. Those remaining have been substantially modified in an effort to meet the Union's objections. Thus the Steel Companies have made every, effort to reach a agreement Do I . Steel-worke- rs .... nomic challenge from abroad. They realize the heavy responsibility thai,, rests'ttpomthem in' these aiegotiationsiand. they have sought to meet this responsibility fairly andtftlUy.. They, believe that the. offer presented above accomplishes- this, purpose What do you think? - TMMVtAP TOTAb $173.00 $1S3X3 $215.00 $577.00 $1C3.C3 $1WJX $336.00 $168.00 not Include pottlbl g $337.00 Incnmm wMofrwrtd t ch Nw York m CMaruto Fiet. a lRM Bethlehem Steel Company Qreat Ukn Sttel Corporation Inland Steel Company Jones & Laughlln Steal Corporation Republic Sm The Youngttown Sheet and TiAe Cempeny United States Steel Corporation Wheeling Steel Corporation Anghny UdluirrStm Corporation Afmoo SUM Corpwdtion . $168.00 $1081.00$551.00; maximum f VZSf 00vrtti parted. iTHEi STEEL COMPANIES COORDINATING COMMITTEE Ntw York 17, . through voluntary collective bargaining. They know .that the outcome of the negotiant tionstbetween the Steel Companies and the Union is of vital interest to everyone that, it can affect the value of your dollar, your standard of living and your future security; They, know, that American, industry must, be able to compete at all times with the growing eco- MSONfrTEAA' $173.00 . non-inflation- ary MEANSTQ AVERAGE STEELWORKER - Second Wage Increase Total 37$ LtxHutwrAvenur Corpotattorr Corpora0orr Companies Strive Union Objections; FIRSTYEAIt First Wage Increase Committee' for soif necessary. . , (Employment cost baed 61800 hours per year) 1 HunWifRelations Research Ac to Solve the Local Workings Conditions Dispute As a solution to this dispute, which has been a stumbling block in the negotiations thus far, the Companies have offered to accept the Union's proposal for a joint study committee. But If that step does not result in a mutually satisfactory solution by June 30, 1960, the issue would be turned over to binding arbitration. They have also expanded the question which would be submitted to the committee, and to arbitration if necessary, by adding the words underlined in the following question. It now reads: "What, if any, changes should be made in the to twelve cents per hour, depending on job classifications Another? Wage increase in the third year, ranging from six to twelve cents per hour. CofrfWF-iiWrt- jf Meanwhile; subject to a solution of the issue in this way, the Companies would agree that the present local Working conditions provisions be retained If the Union, in turn would agree that its officers and members will cooperate with management to improve efficiency and eliminate waste s v.. " local working conditions provisions of the basic labor agreements to enable the Companies to take reasonable steps to improve efficiency and eliminate waste, with due regard for the welfare of the employees involved, Including; the avoidance of undue work burdens; and, to the extent practicable, the retraining and placement on available jobs in the plant, of any employees affected by such steps?" ng ur take-hom- . e - , |