STRIKE SETTLED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23034, 11 May 1938, Page 22

STRIKE SETTLED

DETROIT STREET CARS RESUMPTION OF SERVICE [FROM Ol'U OWN' COKKKSrONJ)KNT] DETROIT, April S A strike which had tied up the street ear son - ice to 700.000 Detroit residents ended officially at noon today when the nnion members ratified a settlement agreement. Cars immediately started to move from the barns to resume the regular service. The strike began at 4 a.m. on Thursday, when Division 26 of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators of America, an American Federation of Labour affiliate, over-rode its leaders and staged a' mass walk-out in an attempt; to gain additional seniority rights. The peace formula was worked out at a conference with the Mayor, Mr. Richard Rending, early this morning. Striking platform men had stood by at the car barns awaiting word that the settlement was ratified before starting out in a drizzle of rain to restore normal transportation in the nation's fourth city. The settlement did not touch upon the seniority question, which is awaiting action in the Michigan Supreme Court, but it provided other concessions.

The strikers at a Dieting this morning ratified the settlement by a standing vote in a closed session. It was understood that the peace formula provided for the following concessions:— A reduction of the working week to 44 hours, which would create more jobs and move men from the extra lists to steady posts. At present no fixed schedule of hours prevails. Collective bargaining rights over both bus and street car personnel for the Amalgamated Association if it can prove it has a majority of the bus operators.