When the National War Labor Board granted Western Union Telegraph Co. employes a 21% wage raise last year, the company went deep into the red. That made no difference to WLB. So Western Union appealed to the Federal Communications Commission, which granted a 10% overall boost in rates for one year to help Western Union out of the red.
Even before the rate increase was made, the employes were back asking for more. Last week a Government fact-finding board recommended an additional raise of 10¢ to 16¢ an hour for all Western Union employes.
Oddest part of the board's report was its...
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