Wings of the Future in Los Angeles Aircraft Plants
Union action by IAM CIO and Aircraft Welders bands together to halt wage cuts and demotions in Southern California aircraft plants. They push for postwar conversion plans and better pay while resisting management policies that shrink staffing and drive workers to quit. Grievances mount across Douglas, North American, Consolidated Vultee, and Lockheed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intl. Assn. of Machinists
AFL
United Auto Workers
CIO
California
Cradle
Donald Douglas
Douglas
Long Beach
UAW
Santa Monica
North American
Consolidated-Vultee
Downey
San Diego
IAM
Lockheed
Union Action Fights Aircraft Down-Grading After War Plans
At Lockheed a group of 19 sign painters reclassified as aircraft painters with a 10 cent hourly cut. Four quit. the rest fell 30 planes behind on P-38 work. Unions IAM and UAW won after five meetings with top management. They seek a halt to down-grading through the National War Labor Board and push for wage increases, productivity gains, and full employment plans for southern California aircraft industry. A tripartite WLB panel held 36 days of hearings in Los Angeles and San Francisco with extensive exhibits and transcripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Wilhl
Victory
Lockheed
Douglas Aircraft
IAM
UAW
Nati War Labor Board
WLB
Murray War Contracts
Senate Military Affairs Committee
San Francisco
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Wings of the Future
West Coast
By Herbert A. Klein
Federated Press
Time Magazine
UAW West Coast
Lew Michener