Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 152, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 23, 1957 Page: 6 of 8
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^UE^TlO^t—rWi told that th company is not
paying regular wages. Is it true that you are
starting new people at $1.04 per hour? —C.B
ANSWER—No: The Company is living up to its
labor contract in every detail. Here is the
standard hourly wage scale in effect at this
time:
ASSWER—No. This has not developed. The ter-
minated employees who are coming back re-
alize that someone sold them a bad bill of
goods, and' they are to b l a m e for being
fooled. The men who stayed on the job re-
alise the fellows that are coming back are
heeded, and they are doing everything they
can to make the returning employees feel
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SALE—Registered
22 months old. L.
les out on Dainger
ANSWER—K discharge is a pretty severe pen-
alty for anybody, regardless. However, the
penalty has been tempered a great deal by
allowing most of the terminated employees
to be re-hired. Only the relatively few men
who instigated and led this walkout are be-
ing refused employment.
QUESTION—I heard that you refused to accept
a large number of former employees because
they couldn’t pass the physical examination.
Is this true? — A.B.
ANSWER—No. As of this date, we have exam-
QUESTION—is it true the Company is not re-
hiring any former employees over 50 years
of age? - L.S. -
ANSWER—No. Age is no factor as a condition
of re-employment
QUESTION—Isn’t it possible to work out some
sort of a compromise to save the seniority
of the men who didn’t take part in the strike
except to stay away from work? Maybe you
could set up a probationary period, after
which, their seniority could be given back
to them.—R.T.
ANSWER—None that we know of. Seniority is *
something that is earned. You can’t give it
away, or take it away. If you tried to give
seniority to men who have been terminated
under the terms of the contract, you would
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can prove that the Company has failed to
.abide by any arbitrator’s decision during
the full 10-year life of the Company still
stands. We haven’t had any takers.
QUESTION—Isn’t there a lot of bad feelings
among the employees who stayed on the job
and the ones that were terminated but re-
hired? — A.A.
feeling that exists in the plant today.
QUESTION—The Company sure took a big re-
sponsibility on its back when it terminated
a large group of employees. Don’t you know s
what this does to the economy of the area?
— J.T.
ANSWER—Yes, the Company understands this.
First, you should remember that the men
who walked out started this trouble. Even
after the walkout they were given a chare
to return to work. Next, you should remem-
ber that the amount of money the company
spends in the area for wages, salaries, sup-
plies, etc., is not going to change. Our annual
payroll will still be just under $30,000,000.
It may not be going into the same hands,
however. The same amount of money will
be in circulation, but there will be a few new
faces handling some of it. •
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to couple only. I
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BURIED these RUMORS
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wiAbms paid. 1
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Those who left gate up their sniority by this, you have a lot more respect for him
than you ever had before. That’s the kind of
SALE or Trade-
QUESTION—Why isn’t the Company willing to
meet with the Unioh and work out a settle-
ment of this trouble? — W.T.
about 400 examined.
. _-QUESTION—When I went on strike I was in a
Job Class 7 job. I hear that if I come back to
work I will have to start in the labor pool.
Is this true? — C.P. ,
. ANSWER—No, If you apply for a job, and it is
foUnd that you did not actively support the
walkout, you Will be interviewed by your for-
mer superintendent In some cases, former
employees are going back on the very same
job they left. However, if your old job is now
sbeing handled satisfctorily by an employee
who did not strike, he.wil keep the job, and
you may be placed in a job reasonably close
to the one you left. The longer you wait to
apply for a job, the greater the chances will
be that you will have to start lower down the
ladder. Conversely, the soonr you apply,
the better your ehanees will be to be as-
signed a higher rated job
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bom bouse with floor
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One was rejected because he has diabetes.
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vision. Four will b re-employyeggas sppnAgigiii
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blood pressure, etc., are corrected. Thus, we
have finally rejected only two men out of
ANSWER—The Company has never refused to
meet with the Union. Our representatives
met with the representatives of the Interna-
tional Union in Logview on Oct 1. (Note:
Additional meetings between Company of-
ficials and Union officials have been held
subsequent to the initial publication of these
questions and answers.) Nothing came of
the meeting because there was nothing that
could be settled. These representatives said
that the Union did hot authorize this strike.
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QUESTION—Some say that a lot of discharged
employees who didn’t nave a thing to do with
this strike are being turned down for re-
employment because somewhere back there
they caused the company a lot of trouble
for one reason or the other. True?—H.K.
ANSWER—No. Re-employment at this time de-
pends entirely upon two factors. The first
is whether a man actively supported this
walkout. The other is his ability to pass the
physical examination.
iroohni—”.
QUESTION—Why does the union keep on say-
ing that the Company has refused to abide
by the decisions of the arbitrators if it isn’t
true? — G.B.
ANSWER—You’ll have to ask someone else that
QUESTION—One of my town’s leading citizens
said he tried to get the Company to meet
with a group of the strikers and find out
whaLwas wrong. He said the Company re-
fused to meet with this group. Why?—W.L.
ANSWER— We have had numerous individuals
and organizations offer their services as go-
betweens, or mediators. We appreciate their
interest. In every such case, however, we
have had to turn down the offer because the
International Union has been designated as
the exclusive bargaining agent Under the
law and the labor ontract, the Company is
not permitted to deal with anyone other
than representatives of t h e International
Union, And in this case, as far as we know,
there is no controversy between the Com-
pany and the Hternatinal Union.
However, they insisted that they would take
-ntion onl if the Company would take back
employees, including those who
, led and took an active part in the
illegal walkout This would include those
who have been engaged in acts of terrorism.
The Company cannot agree to thia
SALE — 1957 Fail
mstrator 4-door sed
new car warran
ram. Phone 4-4808.
FOR SALE OR TR?
w 3bedroom, 2 bi
i. Corner lot. doubl
den-kitchen; insula
heat; trees.
,1 nice 3-bedroom h<
, carpeted; double
storage: double a
lent location. Buyer
down payment and
L. loan.
HOWARD LEFT
• 44571 days or 4-31
Here are FACTS, not fiction, about the work stoppage at Lone Star
Ever since a wnikout began at Lone Star Steel Company on the night of Sept, U, the air has been filled
with rumors. Most of these rumors were started by the wildcat leaders in a desperate effort to bolster
the morale of those they so footWdy led or forend out of the ptaht. Tibo weeks apo we printed A number
of questions and answers which we THOUGHT Would clarify some of the reports being spread through-
out the plant area. However, we find that some of the same rumors are still going around and again these
questions and answers are printed in the hope they wdi enable you to distinguish actual facts from pure
fiction.
— • . (Beginning with Job Class 1-2, the rate
of pay for each job Class is increased by
.065 cents per hour over the preceding
job class.) Shift differentials of .06 and
.09 cents are paid when applicable.
QUESTION—Don’t you think a dfshrge is a
pretty severe penalty for those who didn’t
vote on the strike, or who remained away
from work because they were threatened?
muu ao ema c — G.G. - - -
SALE —Norge EL
ator. Excellent
XWI or PA 4-5040.
SALE—40-acre far
rn house, with bt
niences. For inforr
son Roach, Mt.
, Route 3. 1 thile 1
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RENT—+room a
iated. Located at 4
ill Mm. S H Spurs
Street
RENT — Modern 2
and garage. fene
hade trees. Locate,
ve; 345 00 per mont
garage-workshop,
iful lawn—priced
shown by apo
ner Realty and I
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SALE—My home
1. FH.A. finance,
on Phone 4-4144.
SALE —
a plus s & A Gree
Star Memorial I
way «7. West Mou
[ SALE — 3 bedro
two full lots and or
t, with lifetime
k all modern con
automatic washing
ections, Venetian t
catering. Price
i sale. See at 1207
D or call +5501.
STOCK for Sale-
3 years, 3450. Brah
onths, 3175. Brahm
hs. extra good. 3
man cows and he
tered and gentle,
between Gilmer at
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xchange. Redwood
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Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 152, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 23, 1957, newspaper, October 23, 1957; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1613278/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.