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Show UNIONS TO TAKE UP WAGE SCALE Trades and Labor Assembly to Discuss Contractors' Recent Re-cent Announcement The course of action of trade union n en regarding fchi decreased wagi , In diih anni'iirn-e,! h t he gtlen "i n.K tci:- ,1-ji). I.ittpn. will dotermin at a meeting of the Trsdea and Labor assembly to be held Thursday night, according to Grant Sypher.-. pi. ildenl nf the Building Trades council coun-cil Mr Syphtrs stated that the maitei I a( nol been discussed to R great extent ex-tent among men who will be affected by the Wage reduction. ' lie said he knew of no general sen-timent sen-timent tithefc for or against the pro-I pro-I posed wage reduction. VCCKM M SCALE, RnISi:, Ida.. I'eb. 22. A new Wag HOalCi effective March I, is being apree j upon hv the Holsi- Builder! n change with a view of stimulating building In Idaho and I'tah. according to officers of that organisation, The new scale is considerably lower than tho present b. At a recent meeting Of cjpntractOri it was decided to sound the building trades workers on the subject of reduction re-duction in wages and the launching b! i movement for building activities. The BoleeBullder's ex hangs was represented rep-resented at the meeting. The maju lt Of workers. It is claimed, volunteered take a material nit In Wage, due ti the ..w. i cost ot living Building laborers, 4X0 psr daj lrlckla is. $S.S0 per du : carpenters, $i, to ST per day; common laborers, $i per day; slsotricai sforkers, 1 per .l.i' lathers. $7 per da. Or 7 cents pei yard; painters, $7 psr day; plasterers, plast-erers, 18.40 per day; plumbers, $n pe day; stflamflttera, s I pe-- day; tin--uiitliH and sheet metal workers, $7.2" per da v It i: in h- i il that the i ediu tlon in wages, together with a reduction In building man rial . will bring about a building boom this spring, i |