| Show WESTINGHOUSE MEN GET WAGE INCREASE pittsburg Pa Jan 31 The The West West- Electric Manufacturing company has hua without one word of warning restored to Its employee about which was taken laken from their annual payroll last March when the policy of retrenchment was being pushed so tiO hard The Tho only announcement made by the company was a little slip In the tho different different different dif dif- ferent pay envelopes Issued from London London Lon Lon- Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts Including don to San I Francisco burg Newark and Cleveland yester yester- e ter- ter day lay The slip was In effect that wages cut l lot last March had hall been lIeen re restored restored re- re stored January 1 and the old rate rale of or found In tho the envelopes pay would 1 be bo This moo Is one made mado b by George Westinghouse personally and anti is along the line lino he hit always s followed that his blu men w were re the best workmen In tn the world and the highest paid When I William Donner W was 8 placed In tn charge charGo I of the Ule Westinghouse business last spring he ho began to slash right and andI I left ft The salaries of ot 75 men were cut five per cent salaries from 7 to ICO were cut i 7 7 per cent salaries from to were cut 10 per pr cent and from to nOo were cut 15 16 per cent etc up the line even een the tho sales agents In Europe feeling the knife The whole thin meant an monthly cut of ot 15 SUi for tor each cacti of ot 3 of the company compan or more than on Oil the tho year The first thing Mr Ir Ve Westinghouse e did on regaining control of ot his own business 8 w wa to oust Donner the next to r restore tore the tho wares 3 I of ot his hi employed |
