SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE BY GRAVE-DIGGERS
(Rec. 10.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 11.
Cardinal Spellman announced today that a settlement had been reached of the grave-diggers’ strike at the Roman Catholic cemetery, whereby the diggers would receive an 8 1-3 per cent wage increase. This was the amount the Cardinal offered originally as a counter to the union’s claim for a five-day week at the same wage as previously paid for six days, plus Saturday overtime at time and a half.
During the strike the Cardinal personally directed grave-digging by theological students and young priests while the strikers’ picketed the cemetery. Over 1000 coffins had accumulated at the cemetery between the start of the strike two months ago and the beginning of the grave-digging by the Cardinal’s team on March 3.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 March 1949, Page 5
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