Greater Cincinnati IU Council announces new committee list
Council President William H. Black names standing committees at the last Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council meeting. The roster includes leaders from United Steelworkers Amalgamated Clothing Workers United Auto Workers and other unions plus the Constitution and Athletic committees with multiple officer members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Willian H. Black
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
William H. Black
United Steelworkers
Walter Grainger
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Edward B. Helikamp
United Auto Workers
William Brenner
United Brewery Workers
James McLenden
Arthur Hartman
John F. Dehner
Talmage Zipperer, Jr
United Cemetery Workers
James Rodgers
Raymond Tucker
R. G. Chichester
Auto Workers
John Dehner
Brewery
Ben Herman
Clothing
al Jordan
Steelworkers
Ernstine Locknane
James Clark
Auto
Emma Ferars
Walter Granger
CIO Union and USBWS Plan Action on Steel Capacity
CIO and United Steelworkers President Philip Murray urged expanded steel making capacity in a telegram to House Banking Committee Chairman Spence. Murray warned current output cannot sustain prosperity and urged hearings on a government steel plant program if private industry delays expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
Spence
D. Ky
House Banking Committee
Murray
CIO
House Committee
Reuther Proposes 10 Million Prefab Homes Plan
President Walter P. Reuther of the United Auto Workers presents a national housing program titled Houses For People Jobs for Prosperity Plans For Peace. It envisions idle aircraft plants producing prefabricated 2 bedroom homes at about 6000 dollars each financed by federal funds with 500 million dollars for tooling. The plan aims to create peacetime jobs and housing, plus military security via ready conversion to aircraft production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Pres
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
CIO
National Housing Committee
Reuther
Truman
Labor Dept funding urged to reach 25 million
Asst. CIO Research Director Katherine Ellickson told a House appropriations subcommittee that the Labor Department should receive at least 25 million dollars. She noted this is 8 million more than the administration budget but 8 million less than three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Dept
Asst
CIO
Katherine Ellickson
House Appropriations
Administration
City Council Approves Broad Recreation Program Plan
Cincinnati City Council unanimously passed a motion to have the Recreation Commission study a more varied citywide program with crafts and art at Lincoln Community Center. It urged weekend hours and an experimental rollout while a North Fairmount petition sought an old firehouse for a youth center and Price Hill zone change to expand Union Baptist Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Commission of
Cincinnati
Rollin H. Everett
Lincoln Community Center
North Fairmount Civic Club
Harvey Boland
United Steelworkers
Lunkenheimer Co
Price Hill
Union Baptist Cemetery
Raise Minimum Pay Guild Demands Higher Wages
At the ANG Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana District conference in Lima on Feb 19–20, Guild president Bob Stevens urged including general increases in contract minima. Delegates from Cincinnati Guild George Brackmann Phil Zakem Rollin Everett and Stevens warned that failing to raise minima could threaten Guild wage standards for other crafts in plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANG
Pennsylvania, Ohio
Indiana
Lima
Bob Stevens
Cincinnati Guild
George Brackmann
Phil Zakem
Rollin Everett
Stevens
Senate Hearings Open On Unemployment Bill S B 142
Ohio Senate Commerce and Labor Committee opened hearings on S B 142 an improved unemployment compensation bill. Labor groups led by CIO push for higher weekly benefits up from 21 to 25 and seek 30 with three extra per dependent up to three. Benefit period would rise from 22 to 26 weeks with labor seeking 32 weeks. Some eligibility rules would still remain to be cleaned up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Labor Committee
98Th General Assembly
Ohio State Senate
CIO
C.1lo
Labor
labor leaders push repeal of Taft Hartley in fair deal push
CIO President Philip Murray urged Senator Elbert D. Thomas to speed passage of the Thomas bill repealing the Taft Hartley act. Murray, recovering from surgery, called the repealer the keystone of the administration and warned that failure would show the 80th Congress still rules the 81st. He criticized Senator Robert Taft for defending the law and noted labor's stance against injunctions in any emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
Pittsburgh
Thomas
America
CIO
Robert Raft
R.D
Taft
Labor
Trailmobile in Oakley Cuts 36 Jobs in Week
Layoffs at Trailmobile Co Oakley continue with 36 workers laid off this week after the second shift in the machine shop was ended on February 18 and 29 more were cut on February 22. The union reports management considered closing the plant indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trailmobile Co
Oakley
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CIO Council
Committee ON Resolutions
United Electrical Workers
Elmer Kauffman
Phil Parr
Fur & Leather Workers
Geo. Grigsby
Wilfred Porter
Lithographers of America
Rollin Silver
Newspaper Guild
Max Sevi
John Sink
Novelty & Plaything Workers
John L. Case
Raymond Sowder
R. W. Shellenberg
United Telephone Workers
Nathaniel Jordan
Transport Service Workers
Hugo Klug
Office & Professional Workers
James Wigbell
Office & Pro_ Workers
Joseph Lepaie
Nell McKee
Nora Rolsen
Novelty & Plaything
Raymond McIntosh
Carl Kiefer
Feral Weekly
Ohio
CIO Union
United Steel Workers
The
Steelworkers Union
Guild
Senate
Trailmobile
Jim Atwood
UAW
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