Back Pay Tax Update And Union 1946 Elections
Elmer Kauffman notes the Internal Revenue Service requires back pay paid after January 1 1946 to be taxed at the new withholding rate. The union discusses the change at the stewards meeting along with 1946 nominations and January elections. Preparations include urging unity, housing concerns for veterans, and activity by Esther Tice organizing UE at Wausau Wisconsin.
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Elmer Kauffman
Internal Revenue Office
Stewards
Formica Notes Our December Membership Meeting
The Formica group reports a well attended December 6 meeting with officers gratified by turnout. President Mac Davis and Vice President Helen Ferguson were elected to represent the organization at January’s Atlantic City convention. Elmer Kauffman attended on crutches and spoke from the chair. Some Labor and Maintenance members faced layoffs and are urged to apply for unemployment. District Council meeting was well attended with officer elections and a PAC talk to Ben Herman.
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McKinley Davis
Helen Ferguson
Atlantic City
Cincinnati
Max Sien
Organization For America
Mac Davis
Elmer Kauffman
Elmer
Ben Herman
Bereavements Reach Formica Community In Decembers
Mae Risi notes two Formica families facing losses as Benny Nimeskern’s father dies at age eight with burial from Imwalles Funeral Home after a Requiem at St Clements. Edith Curtiss’s father Oscar Crims dies at 83 with funeral services December 10. Alice Dinkins’s husband returns from Army to work in the treating room and serve on the Vets committee. Katherine Witts’s 83 year old mother is ill at Bethesda Hospital. Findley Gray is home from hospital and urged to return to work.
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Formica
Benny Nimeskern
Imwalles
St. Clements Church
Oscar Crims
Edith Curtiss
Alice Dinkins
Katherine Witts
Bethesda Hospital
Findley Gray
Findley
Bill Ruwe
Formica announces new pay rates effective December 23
Al Thielen notes Formica will set pay via a weighted average added to the current hourly rate. After 18 months, workers seek real gains in dollars and cents. He praises the negotiating committee and mentions the GM UAW dispute as a backdrop, with GM offering 12 half cent and the union seeking original demands.
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Formica
Correction on Lunkenheimer strike vote result
The SUN erred in December 7 reporting the Local 1728 Lunkenheimer Co strike vote. The correct tally shows 1 093 in favor and 193 against. the initial headline stated 418 to 10. The record clarifies the actual outcome and corrects the numbers.
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the Sun
USA
Lunkenheimer Co
Lunkenheimer
United Steelworkers Seek Higher Wages With Ret- roactive Clause
United Steelworkers Trade Talks yield a 5 cent hourly raise offer with one reopening clause before the April 1946 contract expiry. Workers propose retroactive 10 cent total raise if national average exceeds 26 cents, retroactive to Oct 24, 1945. Company to respond Jan 7. details to be discussed at Dec 15 meeting in Pittsburgh with wage policy and committees including veterans and apprenticeship groups.
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Ing
Pittsburg
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General Motors
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UAW
Union Newspapers
Union Stationery
Western Printing Co
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United Steelworkers
William Medick
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