UAW Seeks NLRB Election At Crosley Motors Plant
Workers at Crosley Motors Co on Spring Grove avenue complain of low wages and poor conditions. UAW international representative Lou Strickland says over half the 350 employees have signed cards and the union has filed with the NLRB after the company refused to recognize them. The AM contract expires March 11.
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Crosley Motors Co
Spring Grove Avenue
United Auto Workers
NLRB
Louis J. Strickland
UAW International
International Association of Machinists
UAW
Strickland
Ford price cut tied to auto profits in mid century
New York report shows Henry Ford reduced prices up to 50 dollars as evidence of ongoing profit padding by automakers. Boris Shub in This Month magazine notes gross profits per car rose from 33.17 dollars on a 1941 wholesale to 129.84 dollars on a 1121.45 sale, while labor share per car declined slightly.
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New York
Henry Ford
Boris Shub
Shub
Ohio Senate Hears Labor and FEPC Bills in Early Session
The 97th General Assembly, two weeks old, has focused on organization and appropriations while the Senate moved quickly last week. SB12 from Sen Hildebrand proposes an 18 member labor relations commission to foster harmony, educate, and aid dispute avoidance, with failures reported to the governor. SB10 by Sen Metzenbaum would bar employer discrimination based on race color creed national origin or ancestry, echoing New York law.
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97Th General Assembly
Senate
Sen. Hildebrand
Toledo
Howard Metzenbaum
Cleveland
FEPC
New York
Steelworker Testifies on Portal to Portal Pay in Congress
A. W. Alexander of Newport Rolling Mill, a 22 year member of Locals 22 and 1870, told the Senate Judiciary Committee about unpaid pre and post shift work in a portal to portal pay dispute. He described 45 minutes before paid time to prepare and 35 minutes after to close records, plus delays on company property, urging lawful changes and noting industry tax contrasts. Continued on Page 5.
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Greater
Cincinnati
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
A. W. Alexander
Newport Rolling Mill
District 25
United Steelworkers of America
Man
CIO
Alexander
Were Ii Industry
Whitehouse to Speak on Radio Legislative Drive Against Labor
Whitehouse, director of District 25, United Steelworkers of America, will speak from 9 30 to 10 p m Monday night January 27 over radio WSAL on The Legislative and Propaganda Drive Against Labor.
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al Whitehouse
United Steelworkers of America
WSAL
CIO PAC Says It Remains Neutral Toward Rival Progressive Groups
CIO-PAC national chairman Jack Kroll states the committee is politically independent and will endorse candidates based on records and programs. He notes CIO representation in both the Progressive Citizens of America and Americans for Democratic Action as the two groups expand nationally. Local Cincinnati group discussions may keep independence to avoid splitting liberal support.
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CIO
Progressive Citizens
Jack Kroll
Cio-Pac
Progressive Citizens of America
Americans For Democratic Action
Kroll
Ciopac
Frank Kingdon
Jo Davidson
Henry Wallace
Americans For Democratic
Acheton
Leo Henderson
Wilson W. Wyatt
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
James Carey
National Cio
Walter Reuther
UAW
John Green
Shipbuilders
Progressive Citizens Committee of
Cincinnati
Dis
Wage Policies to Be Set by Individual Industries
Regional CIO director Robert J. Davidson said wage policies will be based on decisions of each international union after a Cincinnati area CIO staff meeting. Representatives from all international unions formed a committee to align industry reports with the Nathan Economic Report favoring general 25 percent hikes, without price increases.
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Robert J. Davidson
CIO
Cincinnati
Greater Cincinnati
CIO Industrial Union Council
Davidson
Council
Arthur Hartmann
Ben Herman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Esther Tice
United Electrical Workers
al Whitehouse
United Steelworkers
Carl Johnson
Jack Methard
Herbert Schwenker
George Grigsby
Fur and Leather Workers
Howard Forkner
al Jordan
CIO Council
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Strickland Con
Ford
Columbus
Rules Committee
Congress Portal
Lee Press
Pressman
Congress
Supreme Court
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Labor Review
Ben Yomen
Labor
Linwood Station
Detroit
Michigan
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