U.S. MILL WORKERS ON STRIKE
Claim For Higher Wages
(Rec. 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 20.
A strike of 70,000 Congress of Industrial Organisation woollen and worsted workers, which began last week, has spread to non-union mills. The strike has hit more than 170 plants in New England, the middle Atlantic states, and the southern states, and has stopped work on 50,000,000 dollars worth of de ence contracts. The union is seeking a wage increaw of 15 cents an hour olus other ben«The strike came after a breakdown in negotiations between the union and the American Woollen Company, which traditionally is the wage pat* tern maker for industry. The critical point in the dispute is the high price of raw wool. Mr Robert Montgomery. American Woollen Company's general counsel, said that since January 25 the prica of raw wool had risen fantastically, but the ceilings at which tha mills could sell remained frozen. Other industry spokesmen said the price ceilings on woollen worsted goods my st be lifted before wages could be increased.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26353, 22 February 1951, Page 7
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