UNION’S REMARKABLE DEMANDS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 45, 17 November 1936, Page 9

UNION’S REMARKABLE DEMANDS

Mexican Oil Employees PENSIONS, HOLIDAYS AND SICK PAY By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received November 16, 11 p.m.) New York, November 16. The Mexico City correspondent of the “New York Times” says that labour troubles in Mexico's most important and remunerative industry, petroleum, will be discussed presently by the union and the employers in an effort to end almost interminable strikes. The union’s remarkable demands include the limitation of the number of executives, allowing the Eagle Oil Company, with £100,000,000 invested, only 35, a sliding scale of pensions allowing one hundred per cent, of wages after 30 years’ service, and a sliding scale vacation of 21 days after one year to 60 days after 15 years. In addition, if a workman is sick during the vacation, the days of his illness are to be added to his holiday, the time of the vacation to be set by the worker, and if the company does not accede, double pay until the vacation begins. Also the company is to pay the first-class passage to'and from any place selected.