CHICAGO MECHANICS
WILL ACCEPT REDUCED WAGES INDUCEMENT TO START CONTRACTS. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, Febrnuary 13. (Received Feb. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) One hundred and twenty-five thousand Chicago building trade mechanics have volunteered to accept a cut in their union pay for one year, starting with Is 3d, with the idea of inducing a start on big construction contracts now at a standstill. It is estimated that £30,000,000 worth of new construction works has been postponed in the last two years owing to high costs and the difficulty of finance.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21569, 15 February 1932, Page 8
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