Local 1861 to elect two delegates Saturday
Local 1861 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17, to elect two delegates from among its members to attend the United Steelworkers Constitutional Convention in Boston, May 11. Al Jordan, staff representative, will introduce two important resolutions at the meeting.
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Local Plant Friction and Team News Mix in Weekend Notes
Reports from the plant cover vacation inequities and night shift cafeteria service, with Ed Dewald handling ball team selections and Jake Staigel earning three weeks of vacation for long service. Desmond Garst is named midwest field representative for the CIO PAC, based in St Louis, covering ten states.
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Ed Dewald
Bob Smith
Jake Staigel
Local Leaders Set for UAW Regional Conference in Columbus
Cincinnati union reps including George Jent James McLendon Orville Priest Walter Lawson Harrison Dunseth Joe White Thomas Burke Leland Ingram Roscoe Ingram Ed Hellkamp R G Chichester Local 674 Lewis Strickland William Beckman among attendees for the quarterly UAW regional meeting in Columbus this weekend.
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Walter Lawson
Harrison Dunseth
Joe White
Thomas Burke
Leland Ingram
Roscoe Ingram
Ed Hellkamp
R. G. Chichester
Lewis Strickland
William Beckman
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Right On Doings
A union local stresses strength comes from officers and members. It notes the international backing is ready but expects members to defend their rights first. It asserts past workers could not endure foreman tyranny before unions, and they stood up when unions arrived.
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Record 1947 Retail Sales Hit $118 Billion
Retail stores posted a record 118 billion dollars in 1947, up 18 billion from the prior year as prices surged. Workers have seen about a 15 percent drop in take-home pay over the past three years due to inflation.
1913 Dollar Value Compared With Today
The old estimate notes that in 1913 twenty two dollars bought what fifty one dollars would buy now, highlighting a drastic rise in wages and purchasing power over more than a century. The comparison frames changes in living costs and worker earnings relative to modern wages.
Union News Reflects Shifts in Local 674 Committees
The March elections bring administration changes at Local 674 with Eddie Hellkamp urging standing committees to persist. A new Plant Guards unit is forming as Local 674 resists losing guards to Local 118 under CIO backed Taft Hartley rules. Ed Hellkamp and others will attend GM negotiations and safety conferences in Columbus and Detroit as the union reshapes its internal operations.
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Geldbern Tiesheed Named General Counsel and USW Lawyer
Arthur J. Geldbern Tiesheed is named general counsel and United Steelworkers lawyer. He succeeds Lee Pressman who resigned both posts to enter private practice and join Wallace for President committee.
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