Article taken from The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio, July 20, 1937
The Associated Press - Portsmouth, O., July 20-
Philip G. Phillips, regional director of the national labor relations board, was scheduled to confer today with representatives of radio station WPAY here in an effort to settle a dispute over the discharge of six workers. Eight employees of the station owned by a Cleveland concern walked out yesterday in protest, they said, to the discharges. Mrs. Marie Vandergriff, station manager, did not make a statement but Paul Wagner, chairman of the American Radio and Telegraphics union, a Committee for Industrial Organization affiliate, said the six were discharged for union activities.
Strike at Radio Station is Ended
Article taken from The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio, July 21, 1937
By the Associated Press - Cincinnati, July 21 -
Employees of radio station WPAY at Portsmouth, O., returned to their posts today with differences marked by a 30-hour strike ironed out in a national labor relations board conference.
Harry Doll, sub-regional director for the committee for industrial organization, said the agreement called for wage increases, a 44-hour work week maximum, vacations with pay, establishment of seniority rights, and means for settling future disputes, and the return to work of all employees.