Show wage increases given workers chicago wage In increases creages totaling t a jear year and affecting g approximately railroad em aloyes were granted to clerks cleri storekeepers train and engine chew crew callers station employees la in general truckers truc kera and common laborers la in a decision just made public by the united states railroad labor board the men through their unions had asked tor for increases L raging ironi rom 8 t to 14 cents an hour the increases granted range from 1 to 2 cents an hour Th eyare retroactive to october 18 16 the decision directly affects alt ty five railroads but the new wage scale will also become effective on other railroads |