Veterans canvass and meetings urged by Auto Workers group
Veterans Committee chair Joe White says a Friday Jan 24 meeting appointed members to canvass each department for World War I and II veterans. The group will collect names and addresses to build a current file and invite veterans to February meetings to elect officers. Members listed for canvassing and a February 14 benefit dance at Castle Farm with $1 tickets. Also dates for Bargaining Committee nominations at Local 674 plants and reminders to nominate qualified stewards.
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Joe White
Veterans Committee
Argus Holder
Meredith Hensley
Ray Simpson
W. Sturgeon
J. E. Lanham
W. J. Donovan
F. Baker
Castle Farm
UAW Wins West Allis Election
Workers at the Allis-Chalmers plant in West Allis reaffirmed Local 248 United Auto Workers (CIO) as their bargaining agent after a Wisconsin Employment Relations Board election. Final tallies: 4,122 for CIO, 4,015 for a company union, 116 for no union, with 50 challenged votes.
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West Allis
Wis
Allis-Chalmers
United Auto Workers (Cio
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
CIO
Contract Reading Sparks Union Meeting and Election Talk
Local 17 held a special meeting on Saturday January 25 to read and discuss a new contract. The old contract expires March 25 and officers for the Relief Committee were approved. Walter E. Peterson announced plans to appeal for a new vote as 13 000 eligible voters awaited balloting amid a stalled strike and a rejected UAW settlement offer.
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Local 17
Cecil
Barcon
Sis
Relief Committee
Margie Williams
Billy Haines
Jack Blank
Ilsco
Walter E. Peterson
Independent Union
WERB
CIO
UAW
NLRB
Local 647 Wins Morgan Co. Vote at Nylaflex
Local 647 of United Auto Workers won a two to one election at Morgan Nylaflex Co. on Dec 20 1946. The company laid off all workers citing lack of work but the union says the move aimed to defeat collective bargaining. The union is negotiating a contract with seniority recall already in place and seeks higher wages, benefits, and protections.
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United Auto Workers
Morgan Nylaflex Co
Jerry Maxey
Maxey
UAW Local Fights Jim Crow in Bowling Entry Controversy
UAW Local 77 protests a state bowling tournament entry by Gim Cnan Wong a Chinese American bowler at Green Bay Wisconsin The move targets racial bars in bowling and has backing from Beloit Veterans groups The UAW threatens to withdraw ABC sanction requests if discriminatory rules remain unchanged
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Wis
U. S
United Auto Workers (Cio
Green Bay
Gim Cnan Wong
Yates- American
UAW
Office For Action
American Bowling Congress
Wisconsin Cio
Labor
ABC
Wong
Beloit Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Veterans Committee
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Federated Pictures
Auto Workers
Eddie Hellkamp
Sec
Treas
P. Gutlett
J. Berger
M. Daniels
Frank O'Brien
Clyde Burton
Barton Reeves
Mac Alexander
Robert Holt
John Albright
Norman Jones
W. Walker
Charles Hensley
Robert Young
Rory Wilson
Chevrolet
Oddfellows Hall
Montgomery Road
Norwood
Elm Avenue
General Motors Truck and Coach
Fisher Body
Plaza Theatre
Agai
Harrison
Tire & Rubber Co
N. E. Gov. Court and Race Sts
By Ed Hill
Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue
Morgan Co
Husman’s Potato Chips
AW the
Guardian Bank
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