An Answer to Enquirer's Defense of Big Profits
The labor press probes the Cincinnati Enquirer defense of big profits and wage hikes. It notes 27 of 41 firms profited more in 1947 than 1946, asks why workers should bear wage concessions, and argues profit growth shifts from wages to plant expansion jeopardizing jobs without a rising market.
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Enquirer
Cincinnati Enquirer
The
Vine
Packard Motor Car Co
General Motors
Packard Co
CIO Official Urges Dems to Drop Truman as Candidate
Louis Hollander president of the New York State CIO Council urged the Democratic party to nominate a leader like Franklin D. Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson for the November election. He dismissed Henry A. Wallace as a spite candidate and rejected any Republican alternative as reactionary.
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NEW York
Louis Hollander
New York State Cio Council
Democratic Party
Pres. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Hollander
Henry A. Wallace
One-Man Company Union Seeks NLRB Recognition
San Francisco shell oil employee S A Girard petitions the NLRB under Taft Hartley to name him bargaining agent for 65 first class stillmen dispatchers and head operators at all California Shell plants. He delays Oil Workers International Union drive, is an OWIU member, and fined 160 for dual unionism by one vote.
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San Francisco
S. A
Girard
Shell
NLRB
California
Oil Workers Intl. Union
CIO
OWIU
Winter Pay Drops As Prices Mount
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports weaker real incomes for American workers this winter. Factory hours fell in February due to bad weather and fuel oil shortages, shrinking weekly earnings, with durable goods hit hardest. Retail food prices held steady, while wholesale food costs rose 3 percent in the week of March 13 20, signaling rising retail prices soon.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Auto Workers Organize Minute Car Wash Unit
Local 647 of the United Auto Workers announces 100 percent organization at the Minute Car Wash located at 12th and Main streets. The new unit was formed in two weeks under the direction of international representative James McLendon, with management verbally recognizing DAW as bargaining agent.
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United Auto Workers
Minute
12Th
Main Streets
James McLendon
International
UAW Local 674 Posts Financial Report Availability
Local 674 members may obtain a copy of the financial report at 2142 Elm Avenue. The NLRB has not yet set a date for the union shop election at the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants. The local extends sympathy to Louis K. Nipper’s family. he was a Fisher Body trimmer since 1927. An assessment No. 4 will be levied on all members.
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NLRB
Chevrolet
Fisher
Louis K. Nipper
Fisher Body
Local 647 Pushes for Early Wage Settlement at Non Interstate Plant
McLendon says pleas for wages stalled as Local 647 presses for an early settlement. The firm, not engaged in interstate commerce, lies outside NLRB jurisdiction with recognition based on a union company agreement.
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McLendon
Local 647
NLRB
Company
Agreeme
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Allstate
Reading Road
Glenway Ave
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Covington
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Greater Cincinnati
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