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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1947
Page
7
The United Auto Workers plan a major program between now and the November 1948 elections to register workers and mobilize informed voting against the law they deem vicious. They pledge to support labor aligned candidates and oppose senators and representatives who backed the measure.
UAW regional director Paul E. Miley told a Springfield conference that full Taft Hartley effects will take time to appear. He noted contract expirations will challenge negotiations within the law and that the international union plans court cases to test constitutionality. Local 392 schedules a Sunday meeting at Central Turners Hall to review the law. 75 workers returned to Trail mobile Co. last week. Leroy Tucker hospitalized in Ottawa after a vacation accident. vacation office hours set 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Most members are back on the job after a week off. William Allen visited relatives in Lexington, Carl Bogle traveled to Detroit to see his mother, and Arthur Gilliard, longtime worker at American Oak, married Annie Edwards and now lives in Hazelwood. George Grigsby, Local 214 president, attends the CIO summer school in Yellow Springs.
A last November political surge saw a candidate win with broad backing from supporters. The election yielded a decisive victory as the nominee claimed leadership with strong, coordinated voting.
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urges six simple rules for summer to curb polio. Parents should ensure children wash hands thoroughly before meals during the danger months late June through September to prevent virus spread via contaminated food drinks or objects.
Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers CIO, told a Washington senate committee that steelmakers refuse to expand capacity to keep the market scarce. He urged the government to run its own mills if the industry persists in this stance.
Local 1895 will hold its next meeting on Thursday August 14 at 8 pm in the 4310 Bramble avenue hall due to August vacations. Howard Raymore returns to work after June operation and three new members were added as about six remain nonmembers. The Bickford softball team beat Metalcraft 10 to 6 with the game moved from Golf Manor to an Oakley grounds after a late start.
Local 1701 united steelworkers and Steel Materials Corp agreed to a July 1 effective contract. Provisions include a 10 cent wage increase, union shop, check off and vacation improvements with seniority based weeks. Negotiating committee members include Carl Rolf chair and Ray Vanover. A family picnic is planned for August 16 at Valley View Grove Shawnee Run Drive with organizers Carl Rolf Henry Diers and Ray Vanover.
Local 1988 United Steel Workers won a contract with Edwards Manufacturing Co. on July 21. The agreement provides a general wage increase of 11, six paid holidays, time and a half for Saturday work and double time for Sundays. Wages are retroactive to June 1 and holiday pay to July 4. The one year contract, effective July 3, includes maintenance of membership and checkoff. Negotiating for the union were John Clouse Lorain Sebree Gilbert King James Colvin Leroy Shotwell Shelby Cole Earl Snape and Arthur Bishop USA staff representative.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a complete roster of nearly 200 national and international unions with names and addresses of union officers. The booklet also provides addresses of state AFL and CIO officers and national research directors, with single copies available at the BLS in Washington, D.C.
In 1946 seventy one percent of U S rubber factories inspected were found to violate the federal wage hour law, revealing widespread noncompliance among producers in the rubber industry.
A dialogue between Mr. Dilworth and his son Little Luther weighs Taft Hartley act fairness for unions and employers. The exchange covers union shop, NLRB elections, signatures, and the right to gain or deny the union shop with employer discretion. The poem hints at political disillusion near registration day.
Russell Routt R D Gaskins and Pete Wheeler of Local 22 United Steelworkers returned from the USA summer institute with enthusiasm about talks with other steelworkers and Antioch College professors. John Pratt said they focused on Taft Hartley law and noted union meetings on politics might be restricted. They found job evaluation discussions relevant to their Newport Rolling Mill experience.
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