Textile Workers Enter Wage Talks in Cincinnati Plants
Textile Workers of America to begin wage negotiations soon at several Cincinnati plants. Local 210 at Cincinnati Industries seeks 18 2 cents general raise with closed shop clause. Local 138 Carthage Mills pushes 15 ½ cents, wage reopening. Local 337 January and Wood seeks 15 cents, aligned with southern mills. An unrelated Florida note warns against closed shop contracts and jail threats amid ongoing tensions.
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Cincinnati Industries
Carthage Mills
Wood
Southern Mills
Textile Workers
Auto Workers Reorganize Insurance Units in Cincinnati
Insurance agents in the United Office and Professional Workers reorganized into Life Underwriter Agents Union. In Cincinnati the local charter was approved January 1, 1947 as number 32, Elmer Martin president said this week. The national union seeks a $50 weekly minimum and a $10 overall increase amid strong insurance company opposition. Membership nationwide and locally is rising, with non union agents frequently joining. Martin represents the local in national negotiations. A local meeting is set for 8 p m Friday February 21 at the Friars Club Ohio and McMillan streets with all members urged to attend.
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United Office and Professional Workers
Life Underwriter Agents Union
Cincinnati
Elmer Martin
National Union
Martin
Friars Club
Ohio
McMillan Streets
Turkey Dinner Fundraiser By Local 809 Auxiliary
The Women's Auxiliary Local 809 United Transport Service Employes hosts a full turkey dinner on Saturday February 8 at Mrs Tessie Doe 1538 Linn St. Menu includes turkey and dressing peas cole slaw macaroni and cheese cranberry sauce pies and candied sweets. Plates 75 cents with proceeds aiding the Auxiliary Executive Board meeting in Cincinnati February 28 and March 1.
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United Transport Service
Tessie Doe
Linn Street
National Auxiliary Executive Board
Cincinnati
Hamilton unit formed by Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
The Cincinnati Newspaper Guild formed a new unit in Hamilton Ohio the fifth unit with about 75 percent of the Hamilton Journal staff signing Guild cards Leo Hird president said the unit has filed for recognition as the bargaining agent and awaits a response from Journal management due to the publisher's absence in Florida Temporary officers were named.
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Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
Hamilton
Hamilton Journal
Leo Hird
Journal Management
Florida
Davis wins CIO victory at Portsmouth plant
Davis chairman of Local 809 led laborers in the bag department of the National Utilization Works in Portsmouth Virginia to a two to one win for CIO over AFL in another election. This marks the fourth CIO victory supervised by E W Davis.
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Earl W. Davis
CIO
National Utilization Works
Portsmouth
AFL
Davis
E. W
Pressman Defends Unions Against Anti Labor Laws
CIO counsel Lee Pressman told the Lawyers Institute that labor unions are not monopolies and that anti trust laws aim to protect competition. He argued unions do not purge constitutional protections and warned that cooling off periods hinder collective bargaining.
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Pressman
Lee Pressman
National Cio
Lawyers’ Institute
CIO
Ohio District Valley Council Meeting in Dayton
Carl Jensen presi dent and Alma Wentz secretary treasurer attended by Harry Schauer Leo Hirth Larry Ulrich William Lampert and George Bidinger representing Cincinnati Lampert was reelected treasurer of the Council.
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Ohio District Valley Council
Dayton
Harry Schauer
Leo Hirth
Larry Ulrich
William Lampert
George Bidinger
Cincinnati
Lampert
Congress Debates Labor Tactics Amid Rising Tensions
A sharp congressional clash over labor strategies unfolds with talk of forceful action. The debate centers on decisive methods rather than wholesale destruction, reflecting high stakes in labor relations and policy.
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Goodyear
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Husman’s Potato Chips
Fanger & Rampe
Pearl G Broadway
All the
Dick Lang
Prop
Benson
Reading, Ohio
Guardian Bank
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Utse News
Newspaper Guild
Hird
NLRB
By Nathaniel Jordan
Cincinnati Bar Association
University of Cincinnati College of Law
H. W Anderson
General Motors
Supreme Court
Carl Jensen
Alma Wentz
Men and Boy’s
Madison Rd
Oakley
Sienderizing
Bryn Mawr
Congress
Hamilton Ave
Northside
Spee
E. 6Th Street
S. Pollack
Drs Schantz
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