Clothing Workers Win Raise At Mack Shirt Co
Arthur Hartmann of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Joint Board announced a wage increase for Mack Shirt Corp workers. In Cincinnati, cutters, trimmers and laundry staff gain 10 percent hourly increases. sewing room workers receive 15 percent on piece rates plus added supplementary pay, with six holidays paid yearly. The deal is retroactive to January 1 1946 and based on national shirt industry gains.
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Arthur Hartmann
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Joint Board
Mack Shirt Corp
Mack Shirt Co
ACWA
Cincinnati
Washington
America
Congress
S Now
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
U. S
Dept. of Justice
Communist Party
Communist Labor Party
Local 200 Dance a Success for Ada Glass Report
Ada Glass of Local 200 Amalgamated Clothing Workers reports their dinner dance on December 22 was a huge success. Hutchinson Bros. Leather Co. awarded a $12,000 bonus and a week of paid vacation. The union also won wage adjustments raising the lower pay scales.
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Ada Glass
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Hutchinson Bros. Leather Co
Auto Workers Win Griffin Wheel Contract After Strike
Workers at Griffin Wheel Co. formed a new Local 647 unit of UAW CIO and won a contract after a two month strike. The deal signed January 12 provides a 10 cent per hour raise, seniority provisions, double time for Sundays and holidays, and a grievance procedure. Elections for officers set at the UAW Hall on Vine Street with Jerry Amberg, Ervin Rachel, and William Morgan leading the union.
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Griffin Wheel Co
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Vine Street
Jerry Amberg
Ervin Rachel
William Morgan
United Steelworkers Meeting Faces Key Decision
Strike postponed until 12:01 a m Jan 21. Meeting set for 4 30 p m Sat Jan 19 at 3938 Spring Grove Ave to decide next steps including potential new strike. Members urged to attend and express opinions as a monthly meeting change is debated.
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Spring Grove Avenue
Remember The Great Red Scare Roundup of 1920
A historical look at the 1920 Palmer raids, their aims and methods, mass arrests of about 6000 people, mistreatment and lack of evidence, and the political shift toward anti-unionism and open shop, with warning that such tactics could recur.
TWU Gains at Maysville as contract signed
The Textile Workers Union Local 691 and Car nation Co in Maysville Kentucky reach a contract retroactive to January 1 1945. It raises wages about 8 cents per hour and expands overtime to time and a half after 40 hours. George Burk leads the 125 member local with Carl Johnson as international rep. Textile Workers Local 210 begins talks with Cincinnati Industries in Lockland Ohio for a 15 cent per hour raise.
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The
Textile Workers Union
Vine Street
Local 691
Carnation Co
Maysville
George Burk
Carl Johnson
Textile Workers International
Textile Workers Union Local 210
Cincinnati Industries
Lockland
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Auto Workers
Griffin Wheel
National Foundation For
Infantile Paralysis
Polio Fund
Fountain Square
Rosemary Cottingham
Robert G. McIntosh
Hamilton County
Jack Burlington
Martin J. Hogan
United Steelworkers
William Medick
By Travis K. Hedrick
Detroit
Federal
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Frank Burke
Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty. Gen. Palmer
Madisonville
Queen Optical Co
Palace Theatre
East Sixth
ST. Cincinnati
TWU
SEARS
Russer
Reading Road
Glenway Avenue
Madison Road
W. 7Th St
Covington
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