Show Curbs And bor Relations hat wage-price operating with Df success is effect on irs to be less the part of than at cent be at othe realization rikes for wage reater than the ceiling are ce any larger be Board Industry re other factors ng negotiators re cautious than 1972 bar-with few indus-that might be for I an for a giving both ind labor a in which might bs take hold building have been pay rates for a the situation it six months of ing to Labor pacts instruction percent on the first six there was strained 8 per-are not alone in construction- on Softening in the building industry for some localities and still high unemployment have Since runaway pay rates in the field have become the consumer opposition to exorbitant building costs have become a powerful One result of this has been a rapid and far-ranging move away from the use of union particularly in outlying sections where nonunion contractors are more This of bring savings in home BECAUSE of the impact or wage controls and the general slowing of the pace of wage more and more unions are plumping for shorter preferably for those extending only one if controls are still on at expiration another single-year agreement can be sought under permissible But should controls have been removed-or make-up raises could be sought at without waiting for another year or two as would be the case under a multiyear ALTHOUGH Senator McGovern has stated that he will remove controls within ninety days if he is most union and management officials seem to be going on the assumption that the significant negotiations of those in the and trucking industries-will take place with curbs still in The fact is that they do not expect either party to remove anti-inflation bans at the start of a year that promises to see so much activity at bargaining tables in pace-setting business LABOR relations are likely to be less militant as long as curbs appear to be working Unions anticipate getting whatever pay demands are permitted under the guidelines without the necessity for a knockdown To fight for exaggerated benefits that would probably be nixed by the Pay Board would be a costly waste of there will undoubtedly be some flare-ups during the course of 1973 bargaining but be more for the purpose of convincing memberships that their union leaders are looking out for their interests than for trying to extract unacceptably large gains from If the unexpected happens and controls are completely look for fireworks on the labor |