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pay a worker 95 per cent of his wage. All the companies except General offered 75 per cent.

General upped the offer to 80 per cent and it was understood the union would accept this figure if the companies agreed to contribute to the benefit fund an extra penny per month for each employe with excesses from the fund to be distributed as Christmas bonuses.

The companies, however, refused to add the extra penny and want bonuses eliminated altogether.

General offered a 40 cent wage hike while the other firms offered 38 cents an hour to tire workers, who averaged $3.68 an hour under the old contract, and 31 cents to “non-tire” workers, who made $2.69 an hour.

The URW asked that non-tire workers receive the same pay boost as tire workers.