AFL CIO Council Minutes Highlight Labor Actions and UAW Suspension
The minutes recount May 1968 AFL-CIO Council actions. President Oscar G. Lee led the meeting with the flag pledge and a moment of silence for Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The UAW suspension was noted, and a resolution urging unity between UAW and AFL-CIO passed. Volunteers were sought for Operation Welcome, and district council elections and transit ownership petitions were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar G. Lee
Lee
Robert F. Kennedy
Sheehan
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Baltimore
UAW
Lloyd Danielsen
Citizens Transportation Committee
Danielsen
Ohio
Cincinnati
Union
Service Trades Committee
COPE
Council
Brother Carroll Jamison
Brother McCarthy
Poor Want Jobs Not Turnips
Senator Carl Hayden warned in 1932 that the unemployed must have work and decent wages, not garden plots or a vegetable diet, criticizing plans to feed the jobless with produce instead of jobs. He likened the idea to forcing the jobless into fields to eat grass like Nebuchadnezzar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hayden
D.ariz
Senate
Labor
Hayden
Nebuchadnezar
Building Trades Recruit Negroes Amid Bias Claims
A Cincinnati Building Trades group defends recruiting Negroes to skilled trades and denounces political and social divisiveness. They blame politicians and elites for discrimination rhetoric while urging community leaders, clergy, and educators to unite in efforts to improve opportunities and safety. The group asserts all crafts welcome competent Negro applicants and seeks affirmative local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Bowen
Bowen
Cincinnati Building Trades
Anathy
Growing Union Drops Building From Its Name
The 373000 member Service Employees International Union changes its name from Building to reflect its expansion beyond construction. At a Washington convention the union approved the name change and increased seats on the Executive Board. Since 1960 General President David Sullivan has led growth of over 100000 members into broader service sectors.
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Building Service Employees International Union
Afl-Cio
Service Employees International Union
Washington, D. C
The
International Union
David Sullivan
Sullivan
Service Employees Union
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Arlington Heights
Newtown
Lockland
Fairfax
Cope Campaign
Joseph Feldman
Insurance Workers Local No. 181
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Don Frederick
Andre Carlon
Retailers of America
Ernest’s Men’s Shop
Thirteenth and Vine Streets
Oakley
Oakley Paint & Glass Co
Madison Rd
Kurfees Paints
Mill St
Ooper’s Shoes
Ralph E. Rockenfield, Inc
FORD
Vine Street
Carthage Fairgrounds
Walnut Hills
W. Mack Johnson
E. McMillan
Marmner’s
Growing Union Outgrows
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Vine St
Patrick Collins
Bricklayers
I.A
Las Vegas
Nevada
Ralph Sandoz
Secy
Carpenters
L.A
Ohio State Council of Carpenters
Ed Renner
Pres
J. Bert Knille
R. Secy
Louis J. Helmes
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