Wine Liquor and Distillery Workers Chartered by AFL
The American Federation of Labor chartered the Wine Liquor and Distillery Workers International Union at a two day conference in Washington DC attended by 33 delegates from 10 states. Officers include Joseph O Neill and George J Oneto with a first convention in Atlantic City in September 1942. William Green urged organization of all eligible workers and warned against exploiters in the liquor trade.
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AFL
New International Union
Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Wine
Atlantic City
Joseph O'Neill
Chicago
George J. Oneto
New York City
Green launches March of Dimes campaign
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor pledges full support to the Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign. He accepts a place on the executive committee and plans joint efforts with officials to mobilize unions for contributions and nationwide participation ahead of the January 13 to 30 drive.
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Washington, D. C
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United
Keith Morgan
Green
America
Federation
Roosevelt
White House
Morgan
Workers of America
Atlantic
Pacific
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Bus Drivers Win in New Contract
Cleveland Ohio A union shop and wage concessions were won by drivers on four Greyhound lines after four days of negotiations with the Motor Coach Operators Union AF of L The pact covers New England and New York Chicago runs retroactive to December 1 and requires all drivers to join the union by January 15 with no general raise but substantial wage adjustments for certain classifications
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Cleveland
Ohio
LLNS
Greyhound Bus Lines
A. F. of L
New England
New York-Chicago
National Defense
Washington
David T. Boadley
Central Greyhound
New York
Central Greyhound, Inc
Illinois Greyhound Lines
A. F. of L. ‘Union
Wagner Predicts Congress Will Not Weaken Labor Safeguards
Senator Robert F. Wagner predicts the next Congress will not weaken labor safeguards or defense demands. He argues for keeping social gains to maintain morale and national unity, warns against proposals to curb hours for defense workers or abolish the right to strike, and stresses collective bargaining as essential to democratic stability and war production.
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Wagner
Congress
Washington, D. C
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Americus
Defense
Great Britain
United States Army
Urges Immediate Bomber Planes for Britain
Sir Walter Citrine of the British Trades Union Congress urged sending American bombing planes to Great Britain at once. Speaking to the New York State Federation of Labor and Central Trades and Labor Council, he said planes should be dispatched now while nights favor strikes on German targets.
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New York City
ILNS
Great Britain
Walter Citrine
British Trades Union Congress
Germany
Citrine
New York State Federation of Labor
Central Trades and Labor Council
Beethoven Hall
East Fifth Street
WEVD
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Leather Workers Get 35 Cent Minimum Wage
Washington D C A wage order directs at least 35 cents an hour in the luggage and leather goods industry. Col Philip B Fleming administrator of the Wage and Hour Division says the order, effective January 6 1941 will raise about 4900 of the 19000 workers in the industry.
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Washington, D. C
Philip B. Fleming
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New Union
Herbert Autterson
Lawrenceburg
Ind
James Dever
John E. McKiernan
Louisville
Charles Joseph
Louis J. Blender
Boston
Fred Freund
Newark
N. J
Sol Cilento
Geo. Kappel
David Webb &Sons
Ross
WNU
Warns—Wagner
Hitler
W. Citrine
G-E
Renee Wend
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