Over Our Dead Bodies Maritime Reply To Truman Strike
New York port strike committee of the National Maritime Union vows to resist Truman’s threat to use armed forces over a June 15 walkout by seven maritime unions. The unions seek pay raises, a 40 hour week at sea, overtime, and retroactive terms to Oct. 1, 1945. AFL splits emerge over honoring CIO picket lines as War Shipping Administration keeps ships running.
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New York
Truman
New York Port
National Maritime Union
Pres. Truman
AFL
CIO
William Green
Harry Martin
John Hawk
Atlantic-Gulf
AFL Seafarers International Union
War Shipping Administration
Joseph Curran
Harry Bridges
CMU
World Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
Rochester Labor Unity Wins Victory In General Strike
A 24 hour general strike in Rochester New York ended in a union victory as AFL and CIO rallied over 30 000 workers to defend city employes right to organize and bargain. The settlement restores fired workers and frees charges while upholding union loyalty to the United States. union leaders hailed the win as a landmark for Rochester labor with political repercussions anticipated at upcoming elections.
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Rochester
N. Y
AFL
CIO
Federated Pictures
Rochester Labor Unity
San Francisco
United Labor Movement
Mar. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
State
Republican Machine
U. S
Henry Steeves
Afl-Cio Strategy Board
Anthony A. Capone
Central Trades & Labor Council
UN Association to hear Mudaliar in Cincinnati meeting
Sir A. Ramiswami Mudaliar, president of the UN Economic and Social Council, will address the first public gathering sponsored by the UN Association of Cincinnati. The event, open free to the public, is at Walnut Hills High School Auditorium Saturday night with Robert Adair presiding and Judge Frank S. Bonham introducing Mudaliar.
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Sir A. Ramiswami Mudaliar
Economic and Social Council
The
United Nations
UN Association of Cincinnati
Walnut Hills
Mudaliar
New International Organization
San Francisco
Robert Adair
Cincinnati
UN Association
Frank S. Bonham
NCPAC Urges Veto Fight Against Case Bill
The National Citizens Political Action Committee calls on state committees to devote all time to defeating President Truman anti strike legislation and securing a presidential veto. It cites Mussolini as a warning, noting trains ran on time but harmed Italian liberties.
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NEW York
Pres. Truman
Nati Citizens Political Action Committee
Mussolini
Italy
NCPAC
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