WAGE-CUTS FOR CHICAGO BUILDERS.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT *i.ECTJIIO TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT.) (Received February 14th, 5.5 p.m.) VANCOUVER, February 13. Chicago building trade mechanics, to the number of 125,000, have volunteered to accept a cut in thoir Union rates of pay for one year, starting on March Ist, with the idea of inducing a start on big construction contracts, which are now at a standstill. It is estimated that £30,000,000 worth of new construction was postponed in the last two years owing to tlie high costs and the difficulty oi finance.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20471, 15 February 1932, Page 9
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