UE Day Strikers Persist For Security and Wage Raise
The J. H. Day Co. strike reaches 75 days with UE rep Waldo Stager reporting unanimous rejection of a 10 percent raise. Strikers demand a $2 daily increase and union security, opposing open shop efforts and calling for checkoff and maintenance gains. Local 766 cites 1946 election results and warns legislative gains are needed to preserve strike progress.
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J. H. Day Co
Waldo Stager
Stager
Ed Donelson
G. A. Gray Planer Co
Elmer Eisman
King Machine Tool Co
Vivian Reitman
G. E
George Fosner
Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool
Talmadge
Tom) Raley
Richard O'Keefe
Carl Theile
Harry Faught
CIO
Howard Jones
Harold Bellis
Herman Schwegman
Tom Raley
Strike Stimulates Political Action Among GM Workers
Local 674 UAW CIO chairman Ed Hellkamp says the GM plant strike spurred heightened interest in legislative issues affecting unions. Picket lines draw more workers to register, aiming to vote for representatives who will back labor causes.
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Ed Hellkamp
Uaw-Cio
Hellkamp
Congress
CIO PAC Organizes Youth Division Under Hillman
New York The CIO-PAC forms a Youth Division with Miss Charmion Keer as head. The group will mobilize high school and college students, plus youth organizations in farms and religious and international circles, to boost voter turnout for better officials and progressive laws.
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New York
The
Cio-Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Charmion Keer
Young Peoples
Hillman
PAC
Brotherhood Week Planned For February Observance
Mrs. Elizabeth Reid former Cincinnati City Council member named chairman of Brotherhood Week Feb 17 24 to promote harmony and goodwill. National Conference of Christians and Jews sponsors the event with Comdr. Harold E. Stassen as national chairman. In Peace as in War team work is the 1946 slogan. Churches and schools prepare programs.
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Elizabeth Reid
Cincinnati
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Harold E. Stassen
PINWU Supports CIO Strike Fund With Union Treasury Aid
PINWU Local 256 allocates $100 from its treasury to the General Strike Fund of the CIO Council to aid unions now on strike and those about to strike. Additional contributions from individuals are being made and the union expects to add a substantial amount to the fund.
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CIO Council
CIO
Local 761 Party and Dance at UAW Hall
The UE Local 761 invites members and guests to a party and dance at the UAW Hall on January 19 at 8 p.m. Located at 2728 Vine Street refreshments are provided by the Local with no admission for members and a $1 charge for nonmembers. All are welcome.
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UE Local
UAW
Vine Street
Fund Raising For Strike Support Urges Public Pledge
A steering committee was formed to run a strike fund drive for 1946. Local 766 and others pledged weekly amounts through plant stewards, with funds to CIO Greater Cincinnati for hardship aid. Members urged to back the fight to protect gains and futures.
Formica Notes on cafeteria helpers and returning servicemen
The note praises three caterers Jennie Gladys and Lena for fast cheerful service in the cafeteria. It calls for at least three more workers to sustain the standard. It welcomes Frank Hoff man Bob Quade and Charles Sawyer home from service and back in the press room.
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Jennie
Gladys
Lena
Frank Hoffman
Bob Quade
Charles Sawyer
Fur and Leather Local 214 Plans 1946 Program
Local 214 resumes activity after holidays and calls World War II veterans and WWI veterans to form a veterans’ organization. The meeting set for January 19 at 6 p.m. at Ezzard Charles Coliseum aims to aid returning workers, pursue GI Bill opportunities, and strengthen union solidarity as 1946 programs begin.
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Ezzard Charles Coliseum
Th Street
Telephone Workers Endure Small Pay Increases Amid Strike Threat
Members of the Association of Communication Equipment Workers, part of the National Federation of Telephone Workers, have seen only a $2 weekly raise since the war began. They sought a new contract, rejecting a plan to distribute funds variably, and agreed to a 30 day postponement of a federation wide strike.
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Telephone Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Allis Chalmers Local 765 Votes Strike and Pledge
Local 765 conducted a strike vote on January 16, with results not available at press time. In a prior meeting the union pledged $10 per member to the General Strike fund to aid workers now on strike.
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Allis Chalmers
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ARES
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Guenwald
Formica Notes
By al Thielen
George Grigsby
Hamilton Ave
Northside
Sullivan
Men & Boys Clothing
Lockland, Ohio
Valley
Lou's Service Station
OPA
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Association of Communication
Houseways
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Vine St
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5Th Street
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