Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

670 SPECIAL SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1938
Arbor Press, appeared before the Board and reported an amicable
settlement of matters in dispute (p. 596) and mutually requested that
the Ann Arbor Press be regarded as eligible to do printing for the University. The Regents approved this request with the definite provision
that the former contract (p. 596) was not by this action reinstated
and that the Ann Arbor Press was by this action placed in the same
position as other printing concerns, namely, that of being asked to
quote and of being eligible to receive orders for printing when such
quotations should justify.
The following resolution was adopted (p. 641):
Whereas, a thorough investigation has been made of the hourly wage rates
which are being paid in the building trades of this locality, in connection with the
proposed Public Works Administration Project known as Michigan 1559-F,
(hereinafter referred to as project) to be constructed by the Regents of the University of Michigan, a Constitutional Corporation, to employees in each trade or
occupation engaged in work of a nature similar to the work to be performed in the
construction of said project, and the prevailing hourly wage rates being paid in
such locality to such employees for such work has been determined by comparison
with rates being paid on similar Public Works Administration projects, in particular on the addition to the High School building in Ann Arbor, Michigan, under a
Public Works Administration grant, now therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Regents of the University of Michigan, a Constitutional Corporation with principal offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that the prevailing hourly
wage rates (i.e. the customary local wage rates) being paid in the building trades of
Ann Arbor, Michigan, to employees in each trade or occupation engaged in work
of a nature similar to the work to be performed in the construction of said project
is hereby determined to be as follows for each respective trade or occupation:Trade Rate per Hour
1. Brick Layers.......................... $1.50
2. Cement Finishers...................... 1.00
3. Carpenters............................ 1.00
4. Form Builders......................... 1.00
5. Caulkers with Mastic....................75
6. Electrician............................ 1.12'2
7. Electricians' Helpers.....................65
8. Glaziers.............................. 1.10
9. Hod Carriers.......................... 1.00
10. Instrument M en........................75
11. Iron Workers (Ornamental)............. 1.50
12. Iron Workers (Structural).............. 1.50
13. Laborers, Building......................65
14. Laborers, Plasterers, Mason Tenders,
M ortar M ixers.........................80
15. Lathers, M etal......................... 1.50
16. Operators, Hoist...............,....... 1.50
17. Operators, Concrete Mixer............... 1.50
18. Operators, Power Shovel................ 1.50
19. Painters.............................. 1.05
20. Plasterers............................. 1.50
21. Plum bers............................. 1.12 I
22. Plumbers' Helpers.......................65
23. Resilient Floor Layers.................. 1.00
24. Reinforcing Steel Workers............... 1.25
25. Roofers, Composition................... 1.25
26. Sheet Metal Workers................... 1.25
27. Steam Fitters......................... 1.12 X
28. Steam Fitters' Helpers...................65
29. Stone M asons......................... 1.50
30. Tile Fitters (Ceramic).................. 1.50
31. Truck Drivers..........................75
Be it further Resolved, That the foregoing hourly wage rates for the respective
trades or occupations listed above shall be and are hereby fixed as the minimum