Democracy as defense by making it work six point plan
CIO President Philip Murray argues in American Magazine that democracy, not speeches or bullets, defends America from totalitarianism. He calls six reforms: civil liberties and voting access, federal school aid, adequate housing, broader social security, price and profit controls, and higher minimum wages for all workers. He stresses unity and that such a program benefits all Americans.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
United States
Rail Workers Near Bottom Of Wage Scale
The piece argues that wage stagnation for three railroad brotherhoods reflects a government driven shift toward compulsory arbitration under a Presidential fact finding board. It notes rail workers dropped from third to 25th in pay by 1947 and says the 15 2 cent increase was effectively imposed.
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U. S
Labor Research Assn
Textile workers win wage rise in carpet and rug union
More than 30 thousand Textile Workers Union members in the carpet and rug industry win a general wage increase plus 2c in fringe benefits totaling 134c per hour. The pact raises the average hourly wage to $1.37 and the minimum to $1.08, averting a June 2 strike.
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New York
Textile Workers Union
CIO
U‘ec
CIO Council Urges Letters Against Mundt Nixon Bill
Greater Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council publicizes its opposition to the Mundt-Nixon bill. Union leaders including James Uhl Max Sien and Harry Schauer from the Cincinnati Newspaper Guild and Nell McKee from Local 28 announce efforts to inform members and urge Senators to vote against the act. New delegates are installed and preparations for the National Conference of Union Labor Legionnaires in Chicago June 11 13 are noted.
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Greater Cincinnati Cio Industrial Union Council
James Uhl
Max Sien
Harry Schauer
Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
R. W. Schellenberg
Ernestine Locknane
Nell McKee
American Union of Telephone Workers
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PAC
Council
The Ind. Labor Organization Founding Post World War I
The Indiana labor group, the lone surviving branch of the League of Nations, formed after World War I following a suggestion from Samuel Gompers during his presidency.
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Ind. Labor Organization
League of Nations
Samuel Gompers
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Eee Ee Company
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Union Headquarters
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Federated Press
Uhl, Sien, Schellenberg
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Race Inc. Sales & Service
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Brighton
Rollmans Jewelry Bar
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