Valley Frontiersman
Alaskan Construction Workers Start '
New Year With 25-Cent Pay Boost
Alaskan construction workers
will start out 1952 with a 25-cent
hourly pay boost.
An agreement was reached «n
Seattle December 14 between the
Associated General Contractors
and eight AFL unions on the 1952
boost. About 12 000 ocnstruction
workers are affected. Negotia
tions which were climaxed by the
agreement began in Alaska and
were shifted to Seattle.
The main point of contention
between the two bargaining f >
ces was the issue of living con
ditions in construction workers'
camps. The unions, it was said,
had laid down what amounted 1 >
an ultimatum on the living con
ditions in the camps where work
ers pay $5.75 per day for lodging
and food. Workmens' complaints
were aimed at food, shower and
toilet facilities, inadequate hous
ing and lack of proper policing
of accommodations.
The unions agreed to withdraw
demands for higher compensation
to cover living expenses outside
the camps if the contractors a
greed to join in demanding better
camps. Projects at Whittier, Fort
Richardson, Ladd and Eielson Air
Force Bases were cited as the
main cources of complaints. In
the agreement reached December
14 both the contractors and the
unions agreed to join in demand
ing improved living conditions on
government projects. The food
and living facilities at govern
ment project camps are provided
through th< government and pri
vate catering contracts.
8 Unions Affected
Unions participating in the Ai
askan agn. nent are the hod car
riers. building and cotnmon la
borers- tin toaiiisters. operating
engineers. ; lasti-rors. bricklayers
iron work' ; cement finisher.;,
and pile i\ rs. Not included
it the pc:' ,, ar)rj tj10 cu.
linary r ">• Through their at
♦orney. J ' Swan, the Anchor
age-area • «■ rn-n't-rs declared em
phatical!; they would n it
settle ft i - i-i ent hike agreed
upon by ' • AC C and the eight
AFL un " af: 1 afed with th *
construe' industry. The car
penters . n demanding an hourly
wage of > ') pplicable to ail
parts o: '• lea. Currently they
are ge" n St 14 excepting in
southeastern Alaska where the
scale is S2.cc).
Carpenters May Strike
The thr< d of a carpenter.'
strike was inherent in the car
penters’ insistence that there
would be no work from them af
ter January 1 unless a new con
tract is written. The present con
tract expires on January 1. Swan
also threatened that the carpen
ters would consider filing a
charge of untair labor practices
with the National Labor Rela
tions Board against the Associat
ed General Contractors. The con
tractors had asked for a recess
until January 1 to study the de
mands of the carpenters and cu
linary workers which include bet
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COLLEGE STUDENTS
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
St vcr;il «. >.lcge students from
this. area were able lo get home
for the holidays.
From the University of Alaska
came Joyce llardage. Stan John
son. Helen Mae Stenvahl, Ray
DePriest, Miles Hyland, Walt
Stevens, Stan Hoffman. Jim Car
son. and Betty Blunek. Harvey
Hiber was home from Stanford
and Sheila Hagen came from An
nie Wright Seminary.
*er ..Hiking and living conditions
;n the eonstrucTi' n camps in ad
dition to the i. urly wage hikes.
The e; > penter.-. h vever. refused
to consider such a long recess, in
sisting that me diations begun j
late in Noven her should resume
as soon as the contractors had
completed their negotiations with j
the eight other unions. ,
MOOSE CLUB
in Basement of
MOOSE HALL
Will Be Open lo Members
Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays
6:00 p.m.—12:C0 p.m.
To one and dll of
our yood friends
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Poid Advertisement—Air Transport Associates
Farthest Forlh Grid
Classic Slated for
December 30
Weather permitting, the coldest
football bowl game in the nation
will be held at Griffin Park field.
Fairbanks. December 30.
Noon Sunday, the University
of Alaska will tangle with thr
Ladd Air Force base eleven. This
year, both teams will be frying to
score the first touchdown in the
frigid Ice Bov. 1. For three years,
the teams, clad in long under
wear, gloves, mufflers and two
or three pair of warm socks, have
battled the lengths ol the field
but no one lias ever scored a
touchdown.
One field goal, the lone tallv of
the bowl series, enabled the Uni
versity to win last year's game.
Two "ground rules” have been
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Palmer. Alaska
written into the book for this
year’s contest. 1—There must be
at least four inches of snow on the
gridiron. 2- The temperature
must not be lower than 20 below
zero. These rules are for the pro
tection of the players. If the tem
perature is too low. anyone ex
erting himself is apt to '’frost''
his lungs. If there isn't at least
four inches of snow on the frozen
field, someone is liable to break
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bones when falling <>n the rock- -
like surface.
This is the Farthest North
football game in the world, ana
Alaska's one and only grid clas
sic. A large and enthusiastic (and
perhaps a somewhat frigid) crowd
is expected to see the game.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
NEAL and MARIE WRIGHT
E VE LOOKED
EVERYWHERE
We just can't find any better
or more appropriate words
than Happy New Year.
B E T T Y S’
BETTY MEARS and MINNIE CLARK
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«a6Mi>e
We measure success from fhe standpoint of •
friendships maintained, new acquaintances
made and the pleasure derived from being
of service to people of o fine community.
You have been very considerate of thii
firm ond in appreciation wo wish for you c
Happy New Year.
NICK GOQSCHIN
Jeweler
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
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