Inside Story on CWA CIO Affiliation Vote This Month
The Communication Workers of America begins a pivotal vote on whether to join the CIO. About 200000 members at AT&T and other phone companies are urged to vote yes. CWA leaders, including President Joe Bierne, back CIO affiliation and many divisions align with that stance. Voting ends and results are expected in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO News
Communication Workers of America
CIO
CWA
American Tel & Tel
Joe Bierne
Polls Target Taft-Hartley Law Amid Nationwide Debate
The Howard look at loaded questionnaires used by GE and Fulton Lewis to sway opinion on Taft-Hartley, exposed by Professor Alfred Kornhauser of Wayne University. Hearings reveal the flaws in overgeneral questions and stress the need for precise law reflection. Politicians urge action as Congress and state legislatures consider repeal efforts and FEPC expansion. A Washington photographer spills soup on a columnist, reversing the usual bean-spilling role.
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Fulton Lewis
Congress
House Labor Committee
Look Magazine
Alfred Kornhauser
Wayne University
Detroit
Kornhauser
McConnell
R. Pa
National Congress
Ohio
State Senate
Ohio Senate
FEPC
Oregon
Washington
New Mexico
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massacusetts
Miss Lucy Symbolizes Southern Labor Spirit in CIO Drive
Lucy Mason of CIO Southern Public Relations leads religion and labor talks in Cincinnati at the Religion and Labor Foundation Conference. A refined Southern lady by birth, she works to unite churches and unions in the South, battling prejudice and driving the CIO Southern Organizing Drive with tireless public relations and advocacy.
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Lucy Randolph Mason
CIO
Southern
Cincinnati
Religion and Labor Foundation
Lucy
Organized Labor
South
Lucy Mason
Miss Lucy
American Newspaper Guild
Mason-Dixon Line
Growing Co op Movement In Ohio Benefits Consumer
The article explains how the Ohio cooperative movement grows among farmers and workers. It describes Rochdale principles, one person one vote, open membership, fair profits capped at six percent, and coops as community service rather than profit makers.
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Ohio
United States
Common Cause
Consumers’ Cooperative
Rochdale Cooperatives
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Truman
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American Medical Association
AMA
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U. S
Plan
Big
New South
Harold Braun
USA
National Tax Equality League
Consumers’ Cooperatives
Louis A. Johnson
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Johnson
The
American Legion
Federated Pictures
Zipper
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Goodyear
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