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Show Rail Board Increases Pay Chicago. An Increase of two cent3 an hour for C",000 freight handlers and station laborers on approximately 41 railroads and subsidiaries became effective Thursday. At the same time an eight hour day with punitive overtime over-time went into efTect for 321,000 members mem-bers of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Han-dlers, Express and Station Employees. A decision promulgating these changes was Issued Wednesday by the United States railroad labor board. It stated that each employee snould have one day oft a week, preferably pre-ferably Sunday, In case that day could not be given, It suggested that another an-other day be granted and provided time and one half for employees working on regular off days. |