Kaiser UAW contract seen as model for labor peace at Willow Run
Kaiser-Frazer and UAW CIO reached a labor peace contract featuring a Security Trust Fund funded at five dollars per car and overseen by a three person board. Eligibility requires payroll status on Dec 20 1946 and 90 days work plus 90 percent of hours. funds distributed by total hours worked. The plan includes an impartial umpire and non discrimination pledge. Production at Willow Run targets May for Kaiser and Frazer rollouts with outputs of 300000 yearly. employment estimates range from 6000 to 25000.
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Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Intl
Wm. Stevenson
Intl. Pres
R. J. Thomas
Joseph Frazer
Kaiser
Willow Run
Frazer
Continental Motors
GIs Gratified as Unions Fight for Better Wages
Milton Tobin, lawyer, reported to National Federation of Post Office Clerks Local 164 AFL that GIs overseas praise organized labor for improved wages and conditions. Tobin, who worked with a Military Police Battalion in Paris for six months, lectured on France’s wartime history and its FFI and CGT roots. He returned to law practice at 818 Chamber of Commerce Building with William J. Wise.
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Organized Labor
Milton Tobin
George Hunt
Tobin
Paris
France
F.F.I
C.G.T
General Federation of Labor
Chamber of Commerce Building
William J. Wise
Commonwealth
Campbell County
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