Unions Seek Wage Increases Across CIO
Three major CIO unions prepare for bargaining to raise pay. UAW seeks 2 3 4 cents an hour and targets auto plants. United Steelworkers plan talks Jan 15 with demands in dollars and cents. United Electrical aims to meet living costs in Pittsburgh. Murray stresses peaceful settlement and nonbinding policy. Thirty day strike notice may be filed. GM and Ford contracts not due until spring.
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United Steelworkers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Pittsburgh
CIO
Murray
Auto Workers Hall
Vine Street
al Whitehouse
District 25
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Packard
Hudson
Kaiser-Frazer
General Motors
Ford
Walter Reuther
UAW
Editorial attack on CIO wage report and Nathan
The editorial page attack claims the press discredits Robert Nathan's CIO wage report by portraying it as unrealistic. It notes front page Enquirer hostility from industrialists and Chamber of Commerce leaders, plus radio and Times Star criticism aimed at discrediting Nathan and the wage program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nathan
CIO
Nathan
Office of War Mobilization and
Enquirer
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
the Enquirer
Congress
The
United Auto Workers
Times-Star
Mallon
City Council Eyes Third Street Plan For Parking And Traffic
J. W. Brown along with Rollin H. Everett proposed a Third Street distributor with a garage under the highway to solve downtown parking and traffic. The plan aims to place shoppers’ parking near the retail area while providing rapid highway access to ease congestion. Everett urged immediate study to determine if the project can start Cincinnati’s advancement and funding for improvements.
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Council
J. W. Brown
Rollin H. Everett
Cincinnati
Everett
Vets Hit By Truman Housing Order Sparks Outcry
New York dispatch reports President Truman lifts building controls and rent ceilings on new housing leaving four million veteran families homeless or priced out. AVC officials warn of a rush to high cost homes for the wealthy and vow to press for rent controls and Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill passage.
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New York
Truman
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
The
American Veterans Committee
America
Roosevelt
AVC
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CIO and
Steelworkers
Ohio
Clothing Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
YMCA
Santa Claus
Rosedale Academy of Dancing
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