William Black Elected President of CIO Council
William Black, United Steelworkers representative, elected president of the Greater Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council by acclamation on April 16, succeeding Al Jordan who retires due to ill health. Black’s labor history dates to 1918 and includes organizing aluminum workers and serving as local 310 president and district staff since 1944. Walter Grainger cited anti labor bills Taft Hartley and Pressman analysis, urging action amid threats to union gains.
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al Jordan
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Aluminum Workers
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Walter Grainger
CIO Leaders Warn of Crippling Economic Strain in Nation
A national legislative conference in Washington heard CIO leaders describe a serious crisis as purchasing power falls and living standards erode while prices and profits surge.Congress faces pressure to curb unions, hindering their ability to respond, said Philip Murray, CIO president.
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Legislative Peril To Unions Aims to break labor via new bills
The piece details union wage and strike pressures amid anti-labor legislation. It cites CIO leaders Walter Grainger and Robert J. Davidson and argues Taft Hartley bills threaten national unions, craft separations, and union security while forecasting soaring profits and a government controlled labor front.
Greed Perils Democracy Rally Speakers Rally Cries
Congressman John Blatnik addressed about 1000 CIO leaders and members at Emery auditorium charging industry with delaying reconversion and price controls. He linked high costs to taxpayer waste and urged labor to awaken politically as anti union bills surface in Ohio and Columbus. Memorial for FDR marked second anniversary with Roosevelt’s Economic Bill of Rights read by Al Jordan.
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John Blatnik
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CIO
Emery Auditorium
Blatnik
William Lavelle
Ohio
Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
al Jordan
CIO Council
Roosevelt
George Grigsby
Fur and Leather Workers
Anthony Deye
Covington
Burton Hill
Friends Church
Rollin Everett
CIO Backs NFTW in Nationwide Bell Strike
Organization Director Allan S. Haywood said CIO cooperation with the National Federation of Telephone Workers will grow. He noted NFTW is unaffiliated, but that telephone workers fight a battle shared by all labor, and CIO unions will respect NFTW picket lines and mobilize support.
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CIO
Nati Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell System
Associated Companies
Allan S. Haywood
NFTW
UE to Sponsor Stowe on Radio’s First Nationwide Broadcast
The United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers sponsor a weekly 52 week radio program featuring foreign correspondent Leland Stowe. The first show airs at 7 30 p m on Wednesday on WCPO and the Mutual network. Stowe will counter anti labor propaganda in the broadcast.
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First National
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Leland Stowe
WCPO
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The Year The Union Died Fiction May Be Fact
Allan L. Fletcher guides a 1948 look at a future where a worker named Jim recalls a summer Monday when a bulletin board announced a new rule: the work week would exclude any nonproductive time. The essay mixes fiction and speculation through Jim's perspective.
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Allan L. Fletcher
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Mincemeat Bargaining Turns to Workplace Law
A plant boss explains labor pay rules after workers find paychecks shortened by five to ten dollars. Hog gins cites a law denying pay for cleanup time and other nonproductive periods, while a delegation asks for clarification.
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