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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
5
Auto Workers claim bias at GM plant as only office staff may buy eight used 1947 model Chevy passenger cars. Production workers allegedly receive no similar benefit during hot humid days, contrasting with prior policy of rest breaks for all employees.
The Dept. 71 scene saw 53 employees receive written reprimands for refusing to work 13 hours a day amid a heat wave. Many other plants are letting workers off early due to the heat instead of adding hours.
The letter blasts management for favoritism in selling company used cars, noting production workers and veterans face delays while supervisors receive cars at a discount. It cites discrimination, class bias, and calls for joint CIO and AFL action through 1948 with Jim Clark replacing Eddie Hellkamp as Shop Committee chair.
Contract talks open between Local 392 United Auto Workers and Trailmobile Co in a Monday session led by Bargaining Chairman Charles Nichols. Albert Becker, ill in Bethesda Hospital, needed blood donors as policy barred shop time for donations despite emergency. Claude Harvey to run for local vice president, replacing Bill Kinkade. A shop veterans group is planned this week.
Clinton S. Golden former vice president of the United Steelworkers will sail in August for Greece to serve as labor advisor to Dwight Griswold head of the U S mission. He will be accompanied by Allan Strachan a former aide to Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers. The appointment was cleared through both the AFL and CIO.
President Truman denounced a confidential meeting cited by Pepper and Reynolds that drew Denham, Copeland Gray, and Abe Murdock into interim NLRB roles. The episode, seen as a breach of separation of powers, prompted questions about influence on NLRB rulemaking and personnel selections amid Reynolds and Hartley backed by corporate interests.
A congressman remarks to a constituent that rent hikes across the United States hurt them more than him, as landlords raise rents broadly.
A bargaining rights election at the Ohio Paper Co in Miamisburg on August 1 ended 76 to 2 for the United Paperworkers of America CIO regional office. Herbert Schwenker and Logan Goff represented UPA. Certification from the National Labor Relations Board is expected this week, with contract talks to start soon.
Local 112 United Paper Workers and Sorg Paper Co in Middletown plan negotiations after Local 112 won the June election four to one over an independent union. Talks had been stalled since March by the election, with Logan Goff and Herbert Schwenker named as the union representatives.
The airline reported net income of 4.505 million dollars in 1946, up from 1.575 million dollars in 1940, highlighting earnings growth over the period.
A supplemental agreement signed Monday between Local 123 United Paperworkers and Wrenn Paper Co Middle town provides a 6e across the board wage increase and changes to most job classifications averaging 3¢. The pact supplements Local 123’s March contract with Ben Morgan as president and Herbert Schwessner as UPA representative assisting in the talks.
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