Paper Workers Local 1009 to Vote on Strike at Gardner-A Plant
Local 1009 prepares a strike vote after Gardner Richardson Co stalemates wage raises and contract terms. Luther Cornett cites a six cent offer rejected as inadequate amid living cost rises, with company unions at the Middleton plant. Local leaders authorized NLRB notice and pledge to strike if needed.
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Gardner-A
Gardner- Richardson Co
United Paper Workers
NLRB
Luther Cornett
Local 1009
Cornett
Middleton
Lockland
George Bradford
Chester Mason
Gerald Montgomery
George Fogle
Herman Apke
Municipal Ownership Brings Pay Raise in Holyoke
Holyoke's municipally owned gas and electric department approved a retroactive bonus to wages from 1943 covering 1944. It also voted to implement a 40 hour work week as soon as practical, maintaining the former 48 hour pay rate.
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Holyoke
Mass
Gas and Electric Department
Local 98 Christmas Party Planned and Wage Increases Reported
Local 98 United Paper Workers schedules a gala party at Ridge Hall Pleasant Ridge for December 21 with guests from UPW and CIO leadership and a new contract push planned for early next year. Workers at Jainer Middleton Sorg Paper Co Stone Container Co and others report wage gains since V J Day plus paid holidays and union shop terms. The union says four plant elections this year boosted membership by over 1100.
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Ridge Hall
Pleasant Ridge
United Paper Workers
Roy Cozart
Herbert Schwanker
Logan Goff
UPW
Fred Sanders
Robert J. Davidson
CIO
Karl Detwiler
U. S. Printing Co
Jainer
Middleton
Sorg Paper Co
Stone Container Co
Franklin
Schwenker
Goff
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Donate 100000 to Hillman Fund
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers joined the Sidney Hillman Foundation effort with a first contribution of $100,000 toward a million-dollar living memorial. The foundation will fund university scholarships for unionists, lecture series, exchange programs, Hillman prizes for social and economic books, and an annual public service award.
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New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Sidney Hillman Foundation
Eign
Hillmaay
Hillmay
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