OVER 100,000 U.S. MINERS WALK OUT
DEMAND FOR PENSIONS FOR AGED MEN GOVERNMENT ACTION IMMINENT (N.Z.P.A. —Reuter—Copyright.) (11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 15. Dozens of mines in the rich Pennsylvania field were closed today when the miners struck to support the demand by the United Mine' Workers leader, Mr. John L. Lewis, for pensions of 100 dollars. Bv mid-morning more than one-third of the nation’s 400,000 soft coal miners had walked out.
It was reported in Washington that the Government is preparing to act against the walk-out if it assumes the proportions of a general tie-up.
Mr. Lewis demanded pensions on the basis of 100 dollars monthly for every miner aged 80 with 20 years’ experience. He claimed that the pensions should be paid out of the health and welfare fund established in 1946 on the basis of five cents a ton royalty under the agreement reached when the Government controlled the mines. When the United Mine Workers and operators signed the contract in 1947 the royalty was increased to 10 cents a ton. Unofficially it is estimated that royalties now total 45,000,000 dollars.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 5
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