Facts On Steelworkers and the national pay envelope
Philip Murray warns that profits must be funneled into the pay envelope to restore purchasing power or risk a spring unemployment surge. He cites wage declines since V J Day, wartime profits, and a projected 1946 demand and profit rebound for the steel industry, urging sustained pay increases to avert economic slump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Advisory Board
Owman
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Postwar Steel Wages and Living Standards Debate
A 1945 report argues for a $2 a day wage rise in steel while profits aid postwar growth. It cites 85 million tons production in 1946 with 506000 fewer workers, notes real living costs outpacing wages, and asserts current steel earnings fall 27 percent short of health and decency standards. It compares GIs’ family earnings and cites Vinson on rebuilding the economy towards higher living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Magazine
U. S. Steel Corporation
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Heller Committee For Research In Social Economics
University of California
G.I
OWMA
Lost Pictures Of 647 Delegates Found At Last
Shades of United Auto Workers Local 647 emerge from the past as Detroit photographer recovers films from the 1944 Grand Rapids UAW convention. Thirty Local 647 delegates from Wright Aeronautical Corp. attend, with notable shots of Cincinnati delegates and eight women leaders. Copies available via Union Hall or order by phone through Mrs. Martha Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Auto Workers
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Cincinnati
Kircher
Rat Hollow Club
Union Hall
Vine Street
Vets Picket Friday At Norwood Over GM Demands
Veterans declare support for United Auto Workers demands against General Motors and plan a Friday picket at the Norwood plant. Local 674 President Willis Marrer reports progress in talks with Fisher Body management on local issues. Ed Hellkamp led Chevrolet plants negotiations later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Norwood
Richard O. Chichester
Willis Marrer
Fisher Body
Ed Hellkamp
Chevrolet
Director Describes Growing PAC and Precinct Staffing
PAC director Jack Methard reports ongoing setup of precinct workers and ward captains. He notes new volunteers joining since the last elections and cites offices on Vine Street as the base of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Methard
Political Action Committee
Methard
Promanent
Railway Clerks Building
Vine Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philip Murray
C10
United Steelworkers of
Shades of United Auto Work
Ers
Detroit
William Kircher
UAW
Martha Parker
Hamilton Ave
Northside
Kohstall’s
von St
Elmwood Place
PAC
Madison Rd
Oakley
Aerew
Tiiering
Carroll Lane
Vine ST
Wrne Pear
DR. $. Pollack
Drs, Priner
Schantz
Thomas
Haley
Stephen
Vine ST. Opp. Enouirch
Zone Five Ladies
Husky
Rolman
Morar
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