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Show Rall Board Increases Pay Chicago. An Increase of two cente an hour for G5.000 freight handlert and station laborers on approximately 41 railroads and subsidiaries became effoctlve Thursday. At, the same time an eight hour day with punitive overtime over-time went into effect for 821,000 mem. hers of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Han-dlers, Express and Station Employee. A decision promulgating these changes wns Issued Wednesday by the United States railroad ; labor board. It stated that each employee snould have one day off a week, preferably pre-ferably Sunday, In case that day could not be given, It suggested that an. other day tie granted and provided time and one half for empjoyeea working on regular off days. |
