Tobin Says Hobbs Bill Threatens All Unions
IUINDIAnapolis AFL leader Daniel J. Tobin denounces HR 32 as an attack on labor. He warns the Hobbs bill could criminalize union interference with interstate commerce and impose fines up to 20000 and ten years in prison. He cites past Local 807 NYC disputes to argue the measure targets all unions.
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Teamsters Local 807
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Civil Liberties Union Attacks Hobbs Labor Bill
The American Civil Liberties Union urged three amendments to the Hobbs bill extending anti racketeering rules to unions. It pressed exemptions for Wagner and Norris LaGuardia Act activities and cut harsher penalties, while opposing a conspiracy crime provision. The House passed the bill without amendments 200 to 182 and sent it to the Senate.
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National Association of Manufacturers and Chambers of Commerce
Install Council Faces Financing Challenge in City Growth Fight
The council faces a battle over methods to fund needed improvements amid a majority stance against municipal ownership of Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. A 71 million annual figure was cited. Cash outlined 16 points including housing, city pay, smoke elimination, annexation, and sewage disposal. Everett gains Traffic chair, Institutions vice chair, and Sewers seat. City Planning Commission seat shifts from Cash to Gordon Scherer.
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Clothing Workers Get 9 Cent Wage Increase
Cincinnati joint talks between Sports Products Inc and Amalgamated Clothing Workers yield a 9c per hour raise under a new contract. Vacation and holiday pay are liberalized with time study based adjustments to earnings. Local leaders Goldsmith Koegel and Kroll helped negotiate while dues rise 50c monthly to fund office expenses and building fund. A New Year note on the Lastoria family adds ceremonial context.
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Arthur Hartmann
Joe Lepate
Carl Stoll
National Office
Chicago Daily News staff pick Guild as bargaining agent
Editorial employees at the Chicago Daily News voted in an NLRB supervised election 102 to 62 for the American Newspaper Guild CIO over publisher John S. Knight and opposition. The vote confirms union representation for bargaining purposes.
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UE Calls Strike Inevitable by 200,000 Workers
The United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers CIO says a strike by 200,000 workers at General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors is inevitable to win a $2 daily wage raise. GE and Westinghouse refused to meet with federal conciliator Warren. GM negotiations remain ongoing.
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Edgar L. Warren
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Union Vote Defeats Guild Amid Organizing Drive
In a 80 to 69 defeat, the guild loses after a two year organizing push as Knight warned nine days before the election that no union was needed at News. The vote ends a contentious union effort.
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