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Show Utoco Outlines Facts on Strike At S. L. Refinery Facts about the strike at the Utah Oil Refining Company's plant in Salt Lake City are detailed de-tailed in a folder just issued by the Company and now available at Utoco retail service stations in this area. Titled "So People" May Know," the folder invites readers to study the documented facts as "impartial unbiased judges." It points out that on April 24, 475 refinery workers went on strike at Utoco "demanding a 27 per cent increase in wages and beenfits plus other excessive demands, de-mands, including a 'union shop' that would force every refinery employee to join the Union or lose his job. Each Utoco" employe now has a choice. He may or may not join the Union, as he wishes." Other facts include: 1. Utoco's wage scale is among the highest among all industries in the intermountain area. 2. Utoco's offer to the Union is higher than the present wage scale of other refineries in Utah, Idaho, and the entire Pacific Coast, including California. 3. Utoco offers to the Union is 36 per cent more than increase in cost of living since 1940. 4. Utoco's offer to the Union was maximum permitted for automatic approval of U. S. Wage Stabilization Board. Residents of this community who are interested in further details de-tails are invited to call at local Utoco service station outlets and get a copy of the folder. |
