Union Label speech urges unity to boost labor power
At the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department 53rd Convention Joseph Lewis urges progress through promotion and a union label contract focus. He argues to mobilize mass purchasing power of 15 million members to defend workers rights, promote union products, and halt anti labor measures.
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Union Label and Service Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Joseph Lewis
Labor unions press for fair contracts amid widespread strikes
Since 1967, 60,000 workers in 26 unions across non ferrous metals have been on strike for reasonable wages, shorter hours, and decent conditions. The Allied Kingsport Press Unions gain support from AFL CIO delegates calling for boycotts of Kingsport Press products as nine months of negotiations at Boren Clay in North Carolina fail to yield a contract.
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Kingsport Press
Afl-Cio
Union
Service Trades Department
Kingsport
Boren Clay Products Co
North Carolina
United Brick and Clay Workers
J. P. Stevens and Co
Marx Toy Company
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Meat Cutters Push For Strong State Inspections
Patrick E. Gorman of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters explains to a Senate Public Welfare Subcommittee that state inspection must meet federal standards or the federal government will step in. He says the goal is protecting consumers from contaminated meat and poultry, and notes worker health benefits from clean plants. He adds the union urged locals to strike if needed to stop contaminated production.
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Ters
Senate Public Welfare
Patrick E. Gorman
Amalgamated
United States
Gorman
International Union
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