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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1947
Page
6
GE faces two major trials in January 1947 on charges of conspiring to fix lamp prices and colluding with Krupp to control tungsten carbide. The cases, part of broader anti trust actions against GE and rivals like Westinghouse, target domestic and international monopoly practices affecting wartime production.
Nannie Winburn an Executive Board member of Local 765 United Electrical was injured in a street-car crash while commuting to Allis-Chalmers Norwood plant. She suffered concussion and back and neck injuries, spent weeks in hospital, now home and thanking members for flowers and cards. She played a prominent role in the six month strike against the A C plant.
The Winston-Salem NC laundry workers strikers thank Local 214 for a $200 donation. Walter Johnson of American Oak Leather plant is ill. Local 214 extends sympathies to Arthur Gilliard after his wife’s death. The group urges 1947 to be a banner year for labor amid rising living costs.
Kings Mill official Talmadge Raley and shop chairman Jay Chapman of UE Local 766 will travel to Bridgeport Connecticut within two weeks to discuss local contract demands with Columbia Recording Co. leaders. Local 766 recently received NLRB certification after a successful election at K-D Lamp Co where a rival AFL coalition failed to win the workers.
The Formica Company bulletin covers congratulations to brides to be Cora Letters and Thelma Smith of Ins 2 and notes Thelma’s engagement to George Smith. It reports James Cox replacing Everett Hines on the Job Study Committee and mentions back pay work for maintenance staff.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports November workers in manufacturing earned 45.65 dollars per week on 40 plus hours, at 1.135 dollars hourly. October durable goods averaged 48.83 while nondurables were 42.42. weekly hours fell about three hours from last year as pay rose 11.5 percent.
The Life Insurance Agents Union of United Office and Professional Workers will present its approved by laws at a Friday meeting at 8 p m at the Friars Club in Cincinnati with Elmer Martin president urging all members to attend. Organizing drive in the Cincinnati area continues to show steady progress with regular results.
CIO President Philip Murray on New Year’s Day called for a broad democratic coalition of labor and community groups to defend civil rights and raise wages to sustain purchasing power. He warned 1947 could falter economically if prices stay high and wages lag, risking a downturn.
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