Christmas Amendment Votes At Local 28 Convention
A local union convention reports approval of Amendment One for delegate limits by 3 838 to 105 with 3 232 to 732 against. Amendment Two and Five pass with narrow margins, and Amendment Three formalizes AUTW affiliation with CIO. Sunday tour scheduling remains unchanged by a 90 to 58 vote. Dimes Drive planned for January includes CIO day on Jan 25 at Fountain Square. Volunteers urged to assist with mailings.
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AUTW
Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Miss McKee
Telephone Workers Ratify New Contract With Wide Margin
The American Union of Telephone Workers ratified a new contract dated June 1948 by 4 106 to 414. Amendments include electing AUTW delegates to TWOC and a dues suspension for non payment. Amendment Five increases personal expenses while attending a convention. operators may work one hour overtime on Christmas Day.
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American Union of Telephone Workers
Cen
Auto Workers 674 Completes Wage Pact At Fisher Body
Local 674 United Auto Workers committee led by Leo J. O Leary announced a new wage agreement with Fisher Body management. New rates are in effect and the contract covers layoff pay for Christmas and New Year s days if qualified. The note recalls cafeteria union history and invites cafeteria workers to discuss joining Local 674. Sympathy extended to Richard Coffin s family.
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United Auto Workers
Fisher Body Co
Leo J. O'Leary
O'Leary
International Union
Fisher Central Office
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Christmas Party Move for Local 674 Details
Local 674 hosts a Christmas Party now moved from Norwood High School Auditorium to Emery Auditorium at 1116 Walnut Street near Twelfth and Walnut to accommodate a large crowd. The event remains scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday December 17.
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Norwood High School
Emery Auditorium
Walnut Street
Twelfth and
Walnut
Leaders Are Guilty in Washington and Labor Folklore
The Inside Story argues Washington’s power rests with the Board of Trade rather than elected officials, labeling the Board a dominant chamber of commerce with 40 directors shaping policy. It notes prominent figures and unions, including Westbrook Pegler's libel suit and CIO housing aid after Vanport flood, highlighting labor unrest and political influence.
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Washington
CIO Housing Committee
Vanport
Ore
UAW
Walter Reuther
Leo Goodman
Truman To Hear Labor Department Proposals Soon
President Truman outlined plans to meet top Labor Department officials about a new federal labor law. Maurice Tobin has worked on a substitute for Taft Hartley and will discuss proposals with AFL and CIO committees the week of December 13 ahead of Congress reopening in January.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Dept
Labor Sec
Maurice Tobin
AFL
CIO
Tobin
Congress
Housing Promised in Swan Island Barracks
CIO officials criticized delays but within a week U S housing officials assured families would be housed in spacious unoccupied Swan Island shipyard barracks.
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CIO
U.S
Swan Island Shipyard
Child labor climbs with 24 million youths at work
The report notes over 24 million school age children employed in October, vastly more than in 1940. It cites the U S Childrens Bureau push for federal enforcement while highlighting state loopholes that allow minors to work low wage jobs.
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U.S. Children’s Bureau
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Albough
Wideberg
Cincinnati
Mike
Judy Townsend
Mackay Radio
Brentwood S. I
Peter Curran
Brentwood
American Communications Assn
Federated Pictures
R. W. Schellenberg
Auto Workers
Jim Clark
Cafetria
Claude Prather
Department 71
Sam
Claude
Richard Coffin
Westbrook Pegler
Chicago
Maurice Parmalee
Pegler
Transport Workers Union
Michael Quill
Transport
TWU
New York
Transport Workers Meeting
International Typographical Union
ITU
Frank McGuckin
Philadelphia
John McGuckin
Portland
Schramm
Rugh, Inc
Labor Department
Dick Lang
Benson
Reading, Ohio
Cooper’s
Mill Street
Lockland
Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue
Kathman’s
Goodyear Shoe Repair
West Fifth St
Scholls
E. Eighth St
Cherry
Premier Press Company
OHIC
Pollack
Palace Hotel
DR. Pollack
WKRC
WCKY
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