Division 46 Seeks Streamlined Union Cooperation
News from Division 46 discusses aims to streamline the Union and reduce duplication between International and Divisions. It calls for closer cooperation among Cincinnati area Locals and National Divisions, emphasizes servicing members, and notes cancellation of a local club offering due to low member response.
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International
Cincinnati
Long Lines
Western Electric
CWA
Bell System accused as an octopus in nationwide lecture
Joseph A Beirne president of the Communications Workers of America branded the Bell System a brutal octopus in a nationwide ABC broadcast on Jan 25 The 320000 member union warns of an oncoming strike over arbitration demands CIO President Philip Murray pledges aid Beirne cites enormous profits and low worker wages with starting rates from 26 to 37 and top pay of 52 after eight years He claims workers pension figures are misrepresented and the system is harder on workers than public image suggests
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
ABC
CWA
Bell
Beirne
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Dustry
Taft’s Press Agent Becomes AMA Lobbyist
Robert A. Taft’s former publicity man William B. McAdams registered as AMA lobbyist and Washington representative for Whitaker and Baxter. Salary $14,400 plus travel. AMA aims to defeat Truman health insurance and push a GOP aligned small business front with NAREB and other groups.
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Robert A. Taft
Washington
American Medical Association
President Truman
William B. McAdams
AMA
Whitaker and Baxter
Robert 8. Allen
New York Post
Herbert A. Nelson
Allen
Nelson
National Association of Real Estate Boards
NAREB
Welfare Fund Plan For Unions Advocated By Uehlein
Joseph L. Uehlein of Local 1861-USA promotes a welfare fund for CIO locals in the Greater Cincinnati area. Al Whitehouse urges steelworkers to donate at least one dollar weekly until funds cover members in need. The piece notes local 1728 funds used for that local’s families and invites participation at Fountain Square after the 1950 Ohio Senatorial election.
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CIO
al Whitehouse
USA
Joe Scherra
Local 1861
Fountain Square
Agreed On In Other Industries But Pensions In Wages
The note recalls pensions as part of telephone workers wages since 1913 and compares industry practices. It implies a consistency across sectors while highlighting long standing pension linkage to wages in telecom.
Unions Attack AT&T as Ruthless in Public Opinion
Beirne denounces AT&T as a ruthless capricious lot harming the public and employees. He calls telephone workers' plight a malignant cancer in the economy and says the union intends to stamp out this un-American blot.
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At&t
Beirne
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