This is the first time on the Pacific Coast that the
public is in serious danger of being inconven
ienced by a strike in the oil industry
If the oil workers strike continues, supplies of
gasoline, motor oil and other petroleum prod
ucts will be severely curtailed up and down the
Coast
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We want you to know that we sincerely regret
any inconvenience to you. Here are the facts
behind our wage increase offer which repre
sentatives of the! OWIU-CIO have declined.
Why a 12i Cent
An Hour Increase Is Fair
The OWIU-CIO has been offered a YLVi cent an
hour wage increase retroactive to July 3. This
will bring the total wage increases to oil work
ers since the end of the war to 65.3 cents an hour,
or an increase of $5.22 a day.
Actually, this new offer amounts to a full dollar
a day more and, with previous increases, more
than compensates for the rise in the cost of
living.
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Latest government figures show that the cost of
living has gone up 72 per cent since 1941. The
wage schedule offered: is 83 per cent above 1941
rates.
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It has always been oil industry policy to pay
high wages, and refinery workers today rank
with the highest paid manufacturing workers.
Equivalent Increase Accepted
In Other Parts of Country
The oil industry in the West produces and mar
kets on the Coast and must meet Coast condi
tions. But it has been used as an argument ! that
our wage rates are not as high as those in the
East.
Actually, a careful check shows that the in
crease just offered, together with others grant
ed since the war - totaling 65.3 cents an hour, or
$5.22 per day - puts us in line with those accept
ed by the Oil Workers Union in other parts of tho
country.
We Are Ready 'Id Continue Heelings
With the Union at Any Time
We have always worked conscientiously and
bargained in good faith with tho OWIU-CIO. Wo
sincerely hope the strike can be settled fairly
and equitably.
OoDidlao
ftiry Reserves Avaiflalbfle ffoir Emergency Us
Although a prolonged strike would
seriously affect the amount of petrole
um products available to the public,
there are emergency supplies set
aside in every community to servo
police and firo departments, hospit
als and other agencies vital to the pub
lic welfare.
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