“The painters’ strike will not be ended on any conditional basis. We will not return to our jobs until we have our demands for a $9-seven hour day met,” declared Philip M. Zausner, executive secretary of the Brotherhood of Painters, Paper-Hangers and Decorators, District Council 9, yesterday.
Commenting on the suggestion of Benjamin Golden of the Regional Labor Board that the painters go back to work and adopt the status quo prior to the strike, Zausner said, “We refuse to go back to work at the height of the season, and then lose our jobs when business becomes slack.”
“On other terms, beside those of wages and hours, we are willing to join the members of the Master Painters and Decorators in round table discussion. But the Union must be assured that the terms agreed upon in these conferences will be carried out. There must be no vague promises which will be forgotten when the men return to work.”
He said that the conditions the strikers seek are for both the interest of the employers and employees. “Chiselling,” he declared, “will be prevented and the industry as a whole will be in a better condition.”
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