Time To Start Shining Now For Can Local June Election
Joseph Uehlein urges Local 1861 members to seek officer posts in June for a two year term. Eligibility requires attending at least half of the six months of meetings prior to the election. The piece notes changing attitudes toward union leadership and highlights the American Can Company’s support for union officers advancing to supervisory roles.
Is She Pait Hartley Law Fair Question
A fragment questions whether the law practice is fair to unions and labor. It notes alleged priority given to company cases under NLRB and asks if union officers must disclose beliefs and be affidavited before filing. It cites lack of labor representation and asks for fairness critique.
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Pait-Hartley Law Fair
NLRB
Wage Gains Lag as Buying Power Falls in 1946
A year end CIO report shows factory workers’ wages rose just 1 percent from January to November and buying power fell 4.6 percent from June 1946. President Truman denounces the Taft anti inflation bill as inadequate and urges Congress to pass a workable program. The CIO South organizing drive reports 800,000 members and 604 plants with bargaining rights won, many without Labor Board help, as a new CIO radio show debuts on ABC offering $100 to the winning family.
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CIO
South
Steel Union
van Bittner
Labor Board
ABC Network
ABC
Labor
Joe O’brien
CIO Publicity Dept
Local 1895 Members Send Speedy Recoveries After Auto Crash
Henry Graler is hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton after a Christmas day auto crash that left his wife shaken and their car wrecked. Harold De Maris also has a cold. Andy Anderson and Matt Wagner push finances. Santa Claus visits Dept 15 with gifts, while Sam Hoffman faces leg amputation. Local 310 wishes Sam a speedy recovery and asks members to report news items for the record.
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Henry Graler
Henry
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Middletown
Andy Anderson
1895
Matt Wagner
Andy
Mett
Tiny
Sam Hoffman
Sam
Union Picket Clash Over Taft Hartley Injunction
The United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers CIO adds 20000 members despite Taft Hartley law while police seize a picket at Cory Coffee Brewer Corp as strikes continue against an injunction restricting picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Electrical Radio & Machineers
CIO
Cory Coffee Brewer Corp
Federated Pictures
Publicity Dept Appeals for Listener Feedback
Note directs readers to send comments to the CIO Publicity Dept at 718 Jackson Place N.W. Washington D.C. for listening-related matters.
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CIO Publicity Dept
Jackson Place
N.W
Washington, D.C
Former Local 310 member visits Beekman Street plant
Ted Redmond ex Local 310 Dept 36, visiting after his father’s death, shared he now lives in Phoenix Arizona. He recalled Sept 36 days at Aluminum Industries and noted his address 3636 Aluminum street. The Beekman Street workers welcomed him back warmly and hope for another visit.
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Beekman Street
Ted Redmond
Dept. 36
Cincinnati
Redmond
Ted
Phoenix
Arizona
West
Aluminum Industries
Aluminum Street
Will Elect Two Officers at Local 1728 Meeting
A recording secretary and a new trustee will be nominated and elected at the January 9 meeting of Local 1728 United Steelworkers. The session begins at 8 PM at 103 West Central Parkway.
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United Steelworkers
West Central Parkway
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USA
Truman
Congress
Washington
al Anderson
Dept. 15
Santa Claus
Tiny Driller
Leroy McMillian
the Lone Ranger
Nellie Selby
Dept. 42
Marian Greer
UEA
Jay Hl
Koa
Algaria Te Ay Peat Arts & Co
Armour
Armour & Co
Gladys Hausner Beekman
Fanger & Rampe
Pearl & Broadway
All the Family
Cooper’s
Mill Street
Seiberling
Harrison Tire & Rubber CO
N. E. Cor
Court and
Race Parkway
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