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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
7
The UAW-CIO defends its push for wage payment for all time spent on factory premises. It says incidental tasks before and after shifts justify portal-to-portal pay and insists suits seek lawful redress, not a union "hold up." The union rejects distorted press accounts and pledges to present its case in court under the Wage and Hour Act.
Walter Reuther leads the newly formed ADA from the United Auto Workers with other prominent figures joining including Walter White of the NAACP and Willard Townsend of United Transport Service Workers. Hugo Ernst from Hotel & Restaurant Workers AFL and Charles G. Bolte chair the effort.
The Norwood union plans a January 17 8 pm meeting at Oddfellows Hall to discuss portal-to-portal pay. Willis A Marrer will report on the issue while officers and committee members are encouraged to attend and future nominations announced in February.
George F. Addes of the CIO United Auto Workers released figures showing estimated 1947 auto industry profits before taxes at 1 957 million and total payroll at 1 796 million, implying profits will exceed payroll by 161 million even without a wage increase. The report, cited by Federated Press, portrays auto profits as the richest year in history, even if a 25 percent pay raise is granted.
CIO General Counsel Lee Pressman accuses employer groups of using propaganda to influence the Mt. Clemens portal to portal back pay case. He says the Supreme Court did not set flat liability for all activities and only substantial loss of time warrants compensable work time.
A fragment argues that industry profits from employer subsidies and condemns the aggressive, unfounded assaults on the Supreme Court and on the Fair Labor Standards Act, labeling them as frenzied and irresponsible.
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