RAIL PANEL BACKS 27âCENT PAY RISE; CHIDES BOTH SIDES; Presidential Board Decries âPattern of Long Delaysâ in Proceedings Before It; âBASIC OVERHAULâ URGED; 3âYear Pact Proposed for 430,000 Nonoperating Employes of the Lines
Pres emergency bd recommends 3-yr contract including 27Âą-an-hr pay rise for 430,000 non-operating workers; strongly denounces way in which rrs and unions presented their case; urges drastic revamping of bd procedures to shorten and simplify them; considered 3 separate disputes between rrs and different groupings of 11 unions; urges job-protection benefits patterned on recent pact with 6 shopcraft (skilled) unions; recommendations detailed; ex-Mayor Dilworth of Phila headed bd