UE 766 Stewards Launch PAC Campaign After Arbitration
Local 766 reports two long standing grievances at Columbia Recording unit settled by arbitration. Tom Raley notes details while Esther Tice and Hugh D. Riche chaired the panel with Milton Schmidt as impartial arbitrator. A July 17 pay settle preceded the PAC drive with books buttons and literature distributed across shops. District council groups unions by size pledging PAC support. a large victory banner awaits the top contributor group.
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Columbia Recording Unit
Local 766
Tom Raley
Esther Tice
Hugh D. Riche
Company
Milton Schmidt
Woeal
Next 757 Meeting Set After Vacation and Arbitration
A union report notes the next 757 meeting for the Aug 14 shift schedule with executive board sessions on Aug 13. Details include vacation closures from July 25 to Aug 11 and social events at the Local 766 hall with refreshments and a plant-wide picnic.
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Formica
Willard Bliss
Van
Veteran Local 761 member retires after 25 years
Agnes Felix of Local 761 retires from Cincinnati Time Recorder Co after 25 years in the machine shop. The union and shop staff honor her with farewell gifts and best wishes for health and happiness. Local 761 approves a PAC per capita 10c monthly for three months and will begin PAC dollar collections. Albert Blau elected.
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Agnes Felix
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Cincinnati Time Recorder Co
Mrs. Felix
Local 761
Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council Elects Alternate
Maurice Horwitz was elected as Council alternate for the Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council series.
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Cinnati Cio Industrial Union Council
Maurice Horwitz
Formica Worker Welcomes Baby Girl as Shift News
Formica plant notes a first shift birth with Clifford Earth becoming a father to a baby girl. Minerva Moffett of the Machine Shop suffered a head injury when a lever malfunctioned during Monday operations. She received immediate care.
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Clifford Earth
Shipping Dept
Minerva Moffett
Wilbur Wyatt Obituary Notice
Wilbur Wyatt brother of Gladys Wyatt died last week after a brief illness. He worked in the Tube Dept for several years. Local 757 extends sympathy and laments Gladys has suffered twice in one year.
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Wilbur Wyatt
Gladys Wyatt
Gladys
Eyes on Washington Congress Finds New Ways To Up Profits
Washington report notes corporate sales rose 8 billion dollars from 1945 to 1946 while industrial production fell 16 percent. Profits climbed from 8.9 to 12.5 billion dollars despite price controls ending, with tax relief boosting take-home profits. Senator Taft promotes extracting more work without higher wages, arguing it sustains employment.
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Congress
Washington
Department of Commerce
Taft
Liberty hometown notices and departures among staff
Edgar Harris takes a year’s medical leave. Bill Wilkerson plans a trip to Liberty possibly to work for Color Bak as a salesman. John Driscoll expects to become a father before vacation ends. Curly Jefferies also headed home to Liberty among the group.
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Edgar Harris
Bill Wilkerson
Liberty
Bill
Color Bak
John
Liberty) Driscoll
Curly Jefferies
Public Health Survey Finds 168 Million Lacking Water
A U S Public Health Service survey reports 168 million Americans lack adequate water supply. The first damage suit against strikers was filed in 1833 by Thompsonville Carpet Mfg Co.
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Public Health Service
The
Thompsonville Carpet Mfg. Co
Corporations and wages clash over postwar policy
The piece critiques wage cuts and OPA dismantling, noting Taft's hearings on the Employment Act era, General Motors chief C. E. Wilson arguing workers should accept subsistence pay while corporate profits rise. It contrasts rising corporate profits with stagnant real wages for factory workers despite productivity gains.
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Taft
Congressional Economic Committee
Sactory
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UE News
Columbia
U. S. Department of Labor
Raley
Elmer Kauffman
Minerva
Bud Lind
Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue
5. Pollack
Drs. Schantz and
Stephen
Vine ST
Enquirer
Albert Blau
Formica Notes
Mae Ris
Fanger & Rampe
Pearl G Broadway
All the Family
Union Newspapers
Union Stationery
Western Printing Co
Sycamore Street
Main
Helen Ferguson
By Russ Nixon
Sion
Earl Hessler
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
U. S
Oie
Alms & Doepke’s
Modern Apparel
Kay Hamilton
A & D - Wsai
Main & Parkway Corner
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