United Steelworkers Local Ratifies First Contract at H T Colling Co
United Steelworkers Local 3988 ratified its first contract with H T Colling Co retroactive to May 22. The deal includes a 12 percent general wage rise and 5 cents hourly increase below the minimum, 10 cents night differential, one to two weeks vacation, time and a half overtime, and double time after four hours. Union security provisions and benefits were also set, with thanks to Rollin Everett for early year talks.
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United Steelworkers
H. T. Colling Co
Ray Sowder
USA
Fred Lutz
Janie Zapf
Elsie Padgett
Charlie Dawes
Rollin Everett
Lunkenheimer Valve Co Funds Vacation Pay After 12% Increase Dispute
After June contract with Local 1728 United Steelworkers Lunkenheimer Valve Co refused to apply a 12 percent wage increase to this year's vacations. Management agreed last week to pay the full wage rate for vacations starting this month. Local 1728's two year and three month contract covers three vacation periods. Homer Sloan and Ben Schuler, Local 1728 grievance committee members, were elected to attend the USA summer institute at Antioch College this week.
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Local 1728
United Steelworkers
Lunkenheimer Valve Co
Egceed
Maurice Wigbels
Homer Sloan
Ben Schuler
USA
Antioch College
Catholic Unionists Urge Labor Unity
At its third annual convention the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists called for repeal of the Taft Hartley act and a merger of all bonafide labor unions. Delegates adopted federation articles and backed profit sharing, family allowances, guaranteed annual wage, a 75 hour minimum, and a labor management government council. Roger K. Larkin was elected national chairman.
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Cleveland
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists
Roger K. Larkin
New York
Old Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIC
ACTU
American Can Meeting Slated for July 1
Local 1861 of American Can Co. will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 p.m. on Saturday July 1 in Junior Order Hall at 3938 Spring Grove avenue. Andy Busam will report on the picnic and discuss the Fall dance. Al Jordan will urge voter registration. Noted thanks to volunteers for prize selection and lunch counter help. Mrs. Claude Brown died from a heart attack after leaving the picnic. sympathy to the family. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Ruffley celebrate the birth of a new Dodge car.
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American Can Co
Junior Order
Spring Grove Avenue
Andy Busam
al Jordan
Elmer Schmidtz
Harold Braun
al Triemplar
Claude Brown
Claude
Milt Ruffley
Tax Group Spars on Immigration and Welfare Proposals
John Edelman for CIO rejects fear that admitting 100000 immigrants yearly for four years harms American workers. He backs the Stratton bill to use unused wartime quotas to ease Europe’s refugee crisis.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Stratton
Europe
Voter turnout influenced by ballot costs across regions
The article notes that in the south many abstain due to a ballot fee of 1 to 20 dollars while in the north cost of transport, sometimes 10 cents for carfare, keeps people from voting.
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North
Pattern 8116 Frock In Sizes 12 to 20
A crisp smart frock pattern 8116 offered in sizes 12 to 20. Send 25 cents, name, address, pattern number and size to Federated Press Pattern Service at 1150 Avenue of the Americas New York 19 NY. Summer fashion book available for 25 cents to sewers.
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Federated Press Pattern Service
Avenue of the Americas
New York
N. Y
Huenefeld Contract Increases Wages and Benefits
Local 2416 United Steelworkers and Huenefeld Stove Co. signed a one year contract granting a 10 cent general wage increase, vacation improvements, and union security retroactive to July 1. The vacation provision extends eligibility dates and covers two weeks to five year men, with negotiations spanning from June 18 into early hours of the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers
Huenefeld Stove Co
Louis Hellmuth
Heilmuth
Sylvester Cole
Owen Bardon
John Kuhn
Pat Delape
Arthur Bishop
USA
Bickford Dance Is Set By Jack McCarthy
The Bickford event led by Jack McCarthy plans a Saturday afternoon picnic after failing to secure picnic grounds. The entering committee organized a communal gathering with details yet to be finalized.
Prolabor Pastor To Work in China
The Rev Henry D Jones director of Dodge Christian Community House will go to China as industrial chaplain for the United Protestant church. He was guest of honor at a Detroit Religion & Labor fellowship dinner before departing. He helped early CIO efforts by offering community house facilities despite donor concerns.
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Detroit
Henry D. Jones
Dodge Christian Community House
Friends of Labor
The
Religion & Labor Fellowship
China
United Protestant Church
CIO
Jones
East Side
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