Coat Shop Organized by Amalgamated Clothing Workers
The Raab Trotta coat shop completed union organization by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers led by Marco Meccia. The cutting room, formerly Parkway Tailors, remains in the union, with the shop opening in October. Workers receive 12 percent raises, paid vacations, six holidays, and union health coverage after six months. Officers elected in December are Frank Carcifero and Mary Yater. Assistants include Arthur Hartmann Emilio Grandinetti Walter Grainger and Ben Herman.
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Raab- Trotta
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Marco Meccia
Amalgamated
Parkway Tailors
Amalgamated Insurance
Coat Shop
Frank Carcifero
Mary Yater
Meccia
Arthur Hartmann
Emilio Grandinetti
Walter Grainger
Ben Herman
CIO Man To Citizen Board For Master Plan
Walter Grainger a business representative of Amalgamated Clothing Workers was elected last week as a Board member of the Citizens Development Committee to represent CIO in pushing the Master Plan. City Council invites CIO representatives to a Wednesday 3 pm gathering in Council Chamber to discuss the plan and form committees to promote projects under it.
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Walter Grainger
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Citizens Development Committee
CIO
Council
Paper Workers Win Union Shop at Norwood Mill
A Taft Hartley union shop election at U S Printing Co Norwood produced 234 yes votes to 7 no with 270 eligible voters. Roy Cozart president Local 98 United Paperworkers announced. Absentee workers and third shift employees accounted for most of the remaining balance.
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U.S. Printing Co
Norwood
Roy Cozart
United Paperworkers
Levy Named UAW General Counsel in Washington
President Walter Reuther appoints Irving J. Levy as general counsel of the United Auto Workers CIO to replace Maurice Sugar. Levy, former head of the Labor Department's legal division, will keep his Washington law practice.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers (Cio
Irving J. Levy
Maurice Sugar
Levy
Department of Labor
Wichita Home Prices Climb From 1942 to 1947
The average purchase price of homes in Wichita Kansas rose from 3744 dollars in 1942 to 6847 dollars in 1947 reflecting a significant rise in real estate values during the period.
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Wichita, Kans
Grandinette Honored At Cincinnati Clothing Workers Dinner
Emilio Grandinetti, longtime organizer for clothing workers, was feted at a testimonial dinner by the Cincinnati Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing Workers upon his retirement. Officials from the international union and ACW leaders praised his decades of effort in Chicago, St. Louis and other cities.
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Emilio Grandinetti
The
Clothing Workers
Cincinnati Joint Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Amalgamated
International Union
Chicago
St. Louis
Union
Cincinnati Acw
CIO
Frank Rosenblum
ACW
Grandinetti
Clothing Workers Union
William Lavelle
Taft-Hartley Looms in 1948 Strike Forecast
The 1947 strike record shows wages as the main cause but the Taft-Hartley law issues are forecast to be a major strike factor in 1948. BLS notes many contracts signed in 1947 will face law disputes as they expire, with 2.2 million man-days lost in 1947, far below 1946. Major stoppages included the Nazi Federation of Telephone Workers, Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers, and United Mine Workers actions.
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Gov't Forecast
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Smid
Nazi Federation of Telephone Workers
Communications Workers of America
Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers
CIO
United Mine Workers
Dinner gifts to Grandinetti from regional CIO and ACW
Messages read from Jacob S. Potofsky ACW president and the General Executive Board. The Joint Board presented Grandinetti with a movie camera and Mrs. Grandinetti with a silver table service. An album of pictures from the dinner will be presented.
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Grandinetti
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