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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1946
Page
7
UE News calls for a strike defense committee to aid all CIO inter nationals in Cincinnati with financial and moral support for upcoming 1946 strikes. It lists Local 757 election results from Jan 3 4 and warns group leaders about posting rules and returning veterans signing members.
An upcoming meeting with Ohio figures Congressmen Bill Hess and Charlie Elston and Senator Robert Taft aims to reveal their labor positions. A follow up write up will confirm attitudes, while supervisor Johnny Cox returns to production line duties. About 200 ex servicemen are resuming old jobs and asking about union status as a new press nears readiness. Bob Gentle returns after a two week flu absence.
Members of Local 392 United Auto Workers at Trailmobile Co will vote at the February meeting on a $2 assessment to aid the General Motors Strike Fund. Robert E. Bork president reports. Nomination of 1946 officers also on the agenda. The bargaining committee won a 5c wage increase on Nov 1 and another 5c on Nov 15, with future pay adjusted to national scales.
After a CIO led picket at Illinois Gear & Machine Co, Chicago officials told police not to act as strike breakers or overpolice protests. 31 pickets were arrested among 200 demonstrators. union attorney Rothstein argued no law limits picket numbers without injunction.
Chester Bowles declares a national disgrace that despite peak peacetime production millions earn pitifully low wages. He argues the 65 cent minimum wage would curb malnutrition and protect workers health and efficiency.
The War Labor Board case culminates Jan 3 1946 as American Tool Co. signs a contract with UE Local 766 after a 1943 start and extended directives. Stager notes upheld union demands on membership and steward seniority with two weeks vacation for five year workers. Other Cincinnati labor actions include an AE CIO sympathy strike at GE and a nine week J H Day Co. strike with ongoing union recognition fights and wage demand of two dollars per day.
Members of Local 765 United Electrical Workers will meet on Saturday January 12 to vote on Executive Board and stewards recommendations to strike on January 16. The action seeks to coordinate a general nationwide strike with eight Allis-Chalmers plants, as the Steering Committee plans further steps with Washington representative Neal Brandt.
A special meeting of the stewards and Executive Board on Friday night January 4 outlines plans for immediate action by Local 214 to address labor management conflicts. Workers across five plants report mild illness but few days lost, highlighting solidarity as the remedy against fascist influences abroad.
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