Sun Published by Greater Cincinnati CIO Union Council
The Sun issued by the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council CIO dated June 30 1944 lists office details at 606 Vine St Cincinnati Ohio and a main contact number. It includes an executive board roster with members such as Al Jordan Ray Tucker Elmer Kauffman and Jerry Maxey. Subscription price is two dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jordan
Ray Tucker
Elmer Kauffman
Jerry Maxey
John Dehner
Arthur Hartmann
Walter Grainger
George Grigsby
Willis Wilder
Isaac Bradshaw
Wilfred Porter
Max Sien
Hugo Klug
James Wigbell
Clarence Rau
Ray Sowder
Earl Davis
Nathaniel Jordan
Our Economic Retreat and the 1948 Vote
The piece warns that the new Congress embodies reactionary aims to weaken unions, cut taxes for the wealthy, and erect tariff barriers. It argues such moves would reverse postwar gains and echo a 1920s retreat, with 1948 looming as a turning point.
Keep An Eye On Congress I
Bill limits workers rights to collect on make-ready wages and weakens Wage Hour Act sections. Proposes barred check-offs, reduced health funds, 60 day cooling off periods, and bans jurisdictional disputes. Urges protests to Senators Ball and Wiley of Judiciary Committee and to House Representatives in Washington.
Fear and the cure of a guaranteed annual wage
Letter asserts fear harms workers and production and promotes a guaranteed annual wage as cure. Richard F. Lang argues peace heightens fear’s damage, cites postwar layoffs in 1947, urges unity of labor and capital, and calls for the wage as workers' right and industry's duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Front
Richard F. Lang
Woodburn Avenue
Portal Pay Ruling Questions Walking Time and Pay Scope
District Judge Picard's opinion in the Mt Clemens Pottery Co. case stops back pay beyond June 10, 1946, while inviting Supreme Court review. He argues portal-to-portal pay may apply in some cases, noting workers like plant protection personnel and firemen may deserve compensation for prep and reporting time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Picard
Supreme Court
Repressive laws fail to curb union rights say critics
The text argues that repressive legislation cannot solve worker grievances and cites a GM official who defends foreman union bans by claiming a willing worker will seek another job. It questions the efficiency of laws to control labor organizing and highlights UAW support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosing Tew Party
Condrens
General Motors
Cincinnati
UAW
Geneva Motors
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