Ohio CIO Summer School Closes Successful Session
The Third Annual Ohio CIO Council Summer School in Yellow Springs concluded with over 70 delegates. Palmer Weber led CIO PAC training on political action while William Lavelle and Jacob Clayman taught Legislative Procedures. Courses covered labor education, union counseling, economics for workers, labor history, and more.
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Ohio Cio
Yellow Springs
Ohio Cio Council
Palmer Weber
National Cio-Pac
Weber
William Lavelle
Jacob Clayman
Study Exposes Smear Labor Tactics by Professors
Dr Clyde Miller of Columbia University criticizes methods used to smear labor movements in a popular course at the School. He argues these techniques foster frustration and confusion among rank and file workers.
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Clyde Miller
Columbia University
Local 210 Plans Picnic At Sharon Woods
Local 210 Textile Workers invite all Cincinnati Industries office staff and union members to a full day picnic on Saturday August 23 at Sharon Woods. Picnic plans were set at the July 30 meeting with committee members Woodrow Block Joseph Albreck Bill Davidson and assistants Joseph Phillips and Harold Evans. The local meeting was moved to 2 PM on the last Sunday dinner month announced Joseph Phillips president.
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Cincinnati Industries, Inc
Sharon Woods
Woodrow Block
Joseph Albreck
Bill Davidson
Joseph Phillips
Harold Evans
Postwar rise in wholesale prices across goods
U S Labor Dept figures show wholesale prices advancing to postwar highs. Building materials lead with a 31.3 percent year over year gain, followed by textiles 26.4 percent and food 18.3 percent. Hides leather products and farm items also rise, with house furnishings up 16.8 percent.
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U.S. Labor Dept. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federated Pictures
Unions Urged to Stand Fast for Liberal Program
In a period of reactionary conflict the speaker urged unions to hold to a liberal program and not be sidetracked. He argued unionism remains a bulwark against chaos in a troubled world.
Textile Workers Win 5 Cent Wage Boost for 30,000
In New Bedford and Fall River mass, 30,000 cotton and rayon textile workers won a 5¢ per hour raise and five paid holidays. The agreement includes improved vacation and welfare payments and bars union liability for unauthorized strikes without written authorization from the international president. The settlement could extend to 60,000 more workers as contracts expire Aug 1.
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Boston
New Bedford
Fall River
Mass
Textile Workers Union
CIO
Twua Pres
Emil Rieve
Rieve
Senate Subpenas Show Girls Headline
Dialogue unfolds on pay cuts and raises amid wartime economic debate. Mr Dilworth presses for pay cuts to curb prices while Little Luther questions feasibility and broader effects, mocking inflation fears and consumer strain. The exchange features satire on workers, unions, and business interests.
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Mr. Dilworth
Luther
Wall Street Journal
Little Luther
Glass house caution in May jail term rebukes
Ex-Congressman May, once challenging labor patriotism, faces time in jail with a reminder about hypocrisy. The piece notes that about a quarter of U S stock is held by 10,900 individuals and casts May’s reflections on the proverb about blinds and glass houses.
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U.S
May
Organized Labor
AFL CIO form all out coalition to back labor city ticket
In San Francisco the AFL and CIO agreed on an all out coalition to back a pro labor city ticket in November. A joint political campaign was approved after a Clift hotel meeting with 17 AFL and 15 CIO reps following a sales tax move by the board of supervisors. The two unions claim about 200,000 local members.
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San Francisco
AFL
CIO
Clift Hotel
Unity movement echoes Oakland reform shift
The city aims to mirror a AFL-CIO progressive bloc seen in Oakland where Local 757 defeated a Republican-controlled municipal government, signaling a broader challenge to establishment leadership led by mayor H. McCarthy.
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H. McCarthy
Afl-Cio
Oakland
Local 757 to Hold Post-Vacation Meeting August 14
United Electrical Workers Local 757 schedules its first post vacation gathering. The 2nd Shift meets at 12 30 p.m. while the 1st and 3rd Shifts convene at 7 30 p.m. on Thursday August 14.
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Radio and Machine Workers
Kentucky Farm Incomes Report Shows Gap With Nation
The document notes annual farm income in Kentucky at 786 dollars versus the national average of 1,124 dollars, highlighting a significant income disparity.
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Kentucky
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