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Wage Drive Steels Ahead as Labor Hints Higher Pay
Workers remain $10 short of the wage budget as unions prepare for major contract talks in early 1948. CIO electrical workers in plant meetings with GE GM Westinghouse Sylvan ia press for raises while UAW and steel unions push for inflation protection. Congress faces inflation pressure with tariff and price control debates and a looming political year as polls forecast decisive votes.
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