UAW CIO to Shun New Labor Board Tactics
Top officers of the United Auto Workers and the CIO announce two resolutions barring any use of the reconstituted National Labor Relations Board under Taft-Hartley. They fault the board’s election and certification procedures and favor writing off liability only through contract grievance channels.
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Detroit
Uaw-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
International Executive Board
Walter P. Reuther
George F. Addes
Richard T. Leonard
R. J. Thomas
NLRB
New Columnist Stetson Kennedy to Start Labor Press Feature
Stetson Kennedy, famed for exposing the KKK and other esoteric groups, will write a weekly column Inside Out for labor papers starting in August. Federated Press distributes the column which will continue Kennedy's revelations of secret meetings and similar organizations.
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Stetson Kennedy
KKK
Colmans
Labor Press
Federated Press
Kennedy
Federated Pictures
UAW Local 392 Plans Taft Hartley Law Study
Charles Kuester president of Local 392 attended a regional UAW meeting on July 15 in Springfield to seek clarification of the Taft Hartley act. The local plans a membership briefing on the new law and explains funds from the Trail mobile Defense Club will be redirected to shop organization work.
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Charles Kuester
United Auto Workers
UAW
Springfield
Local 392
Trailmobile Defense Club
Guild Dues Hike Vote Set For August 12
The Cincinnati Newspaper Guild will vote on August 12 on raising dues from 1.80 to 4.50 a month to fund a paid executive secretary and expanded services. President Irwin Bauer cited board recommendations, and delegates to the American Newspaper Guild convention reported on Sioux City. The group invited national presidential candidates Willard Shelton and Harry Martin to speak in Cincinnati before fall officer elections.
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Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
Irwin Bauer
American Newspaper Guild
Sioux City
Bauer
Russell Lusby
Rollin Everett
Guild
Willard Shelton
Harry Martin
Cincinnati
May Revise Wage Increase Policy in Textile Talks
Negotiations between the Textile Workers Union and New England cotton manufacturers paused July 17 as a conference is set for July 27 to reconsider not seeking wage increases for 30,000 workers in New Bedford and Fall River mills. The union had previously voted in May to avoid pay hikes, focusing on fringe benefits while pressuring for holidays vacations and better insurance, amid industry profits and a looming August 1 contract expiry.
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Boston
Textile Workers Union
CIO
New England
TWUA
Emil Rieve
New Bedford
Fall River
UAW School Opens Sept 10 at Camp Muskingum Ohio
The Ohio-Pennsylvania Summer School announced for Auto Worker Local Unions Regions 2 2A and 2B runs Sept 10 17 and 24 at Camp Muskingum Leesville Lake Carroll County Ohio with courses on steward training bargaining fair practices and officers institutes. William L. Kircher of NAW CIO Education Department leads the program offering recreation and full week class schedules for local union presidents chairmen and secretaries. Local union members are eligible to attend with details from officers or education committees.
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UAW
Camp Muskingum
Ohio
Auto Worker
William L. Kircher
Nawcio Education Department
Steward Weining
Leesville Lake
Carroll County
Cleveland
Uaw-Cio
Taft Hartley Bill Focused Teaching Phase Described
The program outlines a second phase concentrating on Taft Hartley Bill details and the UAW CIO program, with full coverage of the UAW PAC program. A third school portion will present two separate three part segments.
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PAC
UAW
June civilian employment hits record high of 60 million
Civilian employment rose to 60,055,000 in June, marking an all time peak for the labor market. The figure reflects continued job gains across sectors and reinforces optimism about economic momentum.
1946 union coverage reaches fourteen point eight million workers
The report states that 14,800,000 U S workers were covered by union agreements in 1946. It highlights strong labor organizing postwar conditions and suggests broad sector participation across industries and regions.
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U. S
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