**Date:** 7-13-67
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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 fig-
ure 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, re-
fused to add the extra penny
and want bonuses eliminated
altoget her.
General offered a 40 cent
wage hike while the other
firms offered 33 cents an hour
to tire workers, who averaged
$3.68 an hour under the old con-
tract, 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.