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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1936, Page 11

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 i union and the employers in an effort to tend almost interminable strikes. The union's remarkable demands include limitation of the number of executives, allowing the Eagle Oil Compony, with £100,000,000 invested, dnly 3a, a sliding seale1 of pensions allowing 100 per cent, of wages after thirty ya ars' service, and a sliding scale vacaticui of 21 days after one year fo 60 daj's after 15 years. In addition, if a workman is sick during the vacation, it h' asked that the days of his illness are \to be added to his holiday, the time of tli c 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 firstclass passage to and from any place selectt :d.