GE Workers Vote Overwhelming Strike Authority
United Electrical Workers Local 766 in Cincinnati reported a 34 to 4 vote to grant strike authority last week. Nationwide totals show about 84 percent of 200000 GE GM and Westinghouse workers favoring a wage demand backed walkout after January 3.
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Cincinnati General Electric
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
Schenectady
Bloomfield
Lynn
United Electrical Workers
Columbia Recording Corp
Kings Mills
UAW
UMW
Conciliator Sought in Cincinnati Union Talks
The United Electrical workers union requests a conciliator in negotiations with two Cincinnati firms, Hisey-Wolf Machine Co. and Scnott Manufacturing Co., as talks stall.
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Union
Cincinnati
Hisey-Wolf Machine Co
Scnott Manufacturing Co
Formica Notes Honor and Loss At Plant
Mae Rist lists Formica workers and family deaths including Mrs. Helen Hoffman who died of pneumonia after war service, Anna Kamphaus mother of Katherine Witts, and notes on Pete Krischler and Eugene Clark returning from military duty. It also covers the upcoming double ring wedding of Henrietta Schrenk and Ralph Cleary at St Susanna Church.
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Helen Hoffman
Hoffman
John Bierman
Formica
Pete Krischler
Eugene Clark
Breaker-Arm
Anna Kamphaus
Katherine Witts
Inspection Department
Bethesda Hospital
Henrietta Schrenk
Ralph Cleary
St Susanna Church
Mason, O
Father Koenig
Rose Kachler
Inspection
Bob Reisenberger
Fergus St
Northside
Senators Ball and Burton Vote Against Unemployment Benefit Plan
The text questions why Ball and Burton, authors of a proposed labor bill, opposed a $25/26 unemployment benefit package for workers, asking for explanation of their stance.
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Ball- Burton-Hatch
Ball and Burton
Submit To Hoarding Probe Dares Electrical Firms
The United Electrical Workers CIO challenged radios, washers, refrigerators, and other appliances makers to open warehouses for government inspection to reveal who is delaying shortages. The union urged a congressional probe into GE and Westinghouse warehouses as 200,000 workers voted for a strike, citing price ceilings, OPA rules, and a $2 daily wage demand. Large manufacturers resist, unions call for transparency ahead of Christmas demand.
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New York
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO
Sec. of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Co
General Motors
Westinghouse
Wallace
OPA
UE Sec
Treas
Julius Emspak
Hodges Heads New Local of Railroad Workers in Cincinnati
The newly formed United Railroad Workers of America local in Cincinnati, with about 300 members including boilermakers molders and powerhouse workers of the Pennsylvania Railroad, elected Clayton Hodges president and outlined contract demands. They seek a 40 hour week with overtime, sick leave with pay, shift pay, annual wage guarantees, arbitration driven grievance procedures, hospital and safety programs, union management planning, and participation in job studies and rate setting.
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United Railroad Workers of America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati
Howard Forkner
CIO
Clayton Hodges
George Parker
W. J. B. Brock
John Simpson
Joe Cunningham
M. F. Bennett
Felton Barr
Joe Watkins
Marshall Suggs
Nathaniel Beasley
Bolermakers
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Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue
Pollack
Briner, Schartz, Thomas, Haley, Stephen
Zayer
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Enquirer
Formica Notes
By Mae Rist
By Rose Miles
Council
al Jordan
United Steelworkers
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Arthur Hartmann
Hodges
Coopers Shoes
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Madison Rd
Oakley
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Elmwood Place
5Th Street
Hotel Gibson
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