Militancy Helps 766 Win Lodge & Shipley Contract
UE Local 766 reached a settlement with Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Co after months of talks. The agreement boosts wages and benefits for about 600 workers, with rates rising to 75 cents to $1.55 per hour and a 15 percent night shift bonus. The deal credits militant union action at J. H. Day for influencing management, and preserves union security and checkoff provisions.
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Day Co
Lodge & Shipley
Lodge &Shipley Machine Tool Co
Talmadge Raley
Raley
J. H. Day
Negotiations Set for Renewal of Met Contract
National renewal talks open next week with Metropolitan Insurance Co. led by Elmer Martin of Local 51 UOPWA. Proposals call for higher commissions, vacation time, retirement benefits, grievance improvements, and union shop terms. A social at 2 30 p m Friday Feb 15 at the UAW Hall aims to complete Insurance Guild formation.
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Metropolitan Insurance Co
Elmer Martin
Local 51
UOPWA
Martin
UAW
Vine Street
Insurance Guild
Striker Recalls Onion Ban at Carnegie Illinois Steel
In Homestead Pennsylvania Joe Awl, a young United Steelworkers CIO member on the Carnegie Illinois Steel strike line, recalls the first day at the plant. He relates how coworkers warned him not to say onion inside the plant, joking that it is forbidden and becomes ion when spoken.
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Homestead
Joe Awl
United Steelworkers
CIO
Carnegie Illinois Steel
Carnegie- Illinois
AFL Backs Bills Urges Unemployment Aid and Wage Hike
At its quarterly meeting in Miami the AFL executive council urged Congress to pass unemployment compensation of 25 dollars a week for 26 weeks and the full employment bill requested by President Truman. It also called for raising the minimum wage to 65 cents an hour.
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Miami, Fla
AFL Executive Council
Congress
Pres. Truman
Unity Feeds UAW Strikers From Newark Cooks
President William Casper of CIO United Auto Workers thanks Newark cooks from Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union AFL for aiding strikers at General Motors plants. They raised over $600, bought food at wholesale prices, and held a surprise Christmas party for GM workers' families.
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Pres
William Casper
United Auto Workers
CIO
Newark
UAW
General Motors
Pegler Fired From Stamford Advocate For “Smear” On I A M Strike
Westbrook Pegler’s column was dropped by the Stamford Advocate after a disputed piece claiming a general strike in Stamford had broader motives. The paper says the strike supported Yale & Towne Lock Co. workers and had town-wide backing, including the mayor.
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Stamford
Intl. Assn
Yale & Towne Lock Co
Pegler
Advocate
Yale & Towne
ILGWU Uses Aid Appeal For Striking Workers
The New York Dress Joint Board of the Intl Ladies Garment Workers Union AFL issued an urgent appeal to dressmakers to aid striking unionists in auto steel and other mass production industries. The message frames the mass production struggle as a shared fight and urges support to bring it to a successful conclusion.
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NEW York
New York Dress Joint Board
Intl
Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL
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