Playing Card Local Pays Tribute to Two Leaders
Clarence Rau, retiring vice president of the Plaything Jewelry and Novelty Workers Local 256, helped organize the local in 1937 and served as treasurer and president. James Wolfram, charter member, elected international vice-president and now financial secretary, brings long local union service and past treasury and negotiating committee roles.
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Greater
Brother Rau
Federal Playing Card Credit Union
James Wolfram
Brother Ray
St. Xavier’s Labor School
Picnic Plans to Be Decided at Friday Meeting
Local 256 members set final picnic details for Friday June 11 including transportation, grounds, location and prizes. The event is scheduled for Saturday June 19 and welfare committee aims to finalize all program details for member review.
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John Sink
Ford Profits Hidden Behind Ford Price Increases
The Ford family hides profits behind price hikes on the 1949 models announced for public display June 18. Prices rise 85 to 125 dollars, averaging 8.7 percent, while Ford Motor Co. withholds public financials though indications suggest parity with General Motors profits after taxes. The family owned firms deny disclosure, keeping profits private and reducing family tax burden through the Ford Foundation.
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Detroit
Ford
Auto Corporation
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Ford Foundation
Midwest Lithographers Set for June 25 Conference
About 20 presidents of midwest local unions of Amalgamated Lithographers will meet here June 25 with Wilfred Porter Local 8 president representing the international vice president to coordinate contracts and wage scales within the district.
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Amalgamated Lithographers
Wilfred Porter
Leaders Attend Protest on Mundt Bill
McKinney Davis and Elmer Kauffman of Local 767 and Elmer Eisman of Local 766 joined United Electrical workers in Washington last week to protest the Mundt bill. They met with Senator Bricker aides to discuss FEPC housing and their opposition to Mundt.
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Mundt
McKinney Davis
Elmer Kauffman
Elmer Eisman
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Washington
Cincinnati
Senator Bricker
FEPC
Formica Notes Members and Stewards of the 2ne Shift
Formica notes members and stewards of the second shift were mighty proud to have sister Kerevsan with them.
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H Mighty Proud
Kerevsan
Workers Return To Second Shift After Leave
The text notes several employees reporting back to work on the second shift last week. Howard Andress Bertha Hornal Alice Eggleston Rose Ley Loretta Sauer inspection 2 Stella Hoff and others returned from leave of absence or were recalled.
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Howard Andress
Bertha Hornal
Alice Eggleston
Rose Ley
Loretta Sauer
Stella Hoff
Officer Workers Suspend 6 Locals in CIO split
The United Office and Professional Workers Union suspended six industrial insurance locals, representing about 1,300 workers in St. Louis and New England. UOPWA officials expect a majority to stay, while secessionist leaders claim thousands nationwide want to quit. The dispute centers on Taft-Hartley compliance and third party support.
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New York
United Office & Professional Workers
CIO
United Paperworkers
UOPWA
James Durkin
St. Louis
New England
Union
Postwar toll marks 1947 industrial accidents
The 1947 record toll reports 17 000 deaths and 2 000 000 injuries from industrial accidents, underscoring severe postwar safety challenges.
Clothing Workers Learn Union Structure at Information Class
New members of Local 241 Amalgamated Clothing Workers attended their first information class last week. They are six months in the union and will attend four June sessions, ending June 25 with a discussion of Local 241 contract with Beau Brummell Co. The June 11 session at Graphic Arts High School will cover the Amalgamated’s history and organization.
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Local 241
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Beau Brummell Co
Blumberg Urges Preserve Industry Bargaining
Washington urged maintaining industry bargaining to prevent a return to sweatshop wages and no security in old age and sickness. The note warned that moving back to the old days would be a tragedy for workers in the men’s clothing industry.
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Washington
ACW Leader Blumberg Opposes Two Anti-Labor Proposals
Exec. Vice President Hyman Blumberg of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers CIO testifies against industry-wide bargaining bans and welfare fund limits. He cites local bargaining failures, urges industry-wide contracts to stabilize employment and improve conditions, and praises the union’s self‑funded insurance program as a model for others.
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Hyman Blumberg
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
CIO
ACW
Eleven states ban industrial homework laws
Readers learn that only eleven states have enacted prohibitions on industrial homework. The snippet notes limited legislative action across U.S. jurisdictions and highlights a trend toward restricting certain types of industrial homework practices.
Education Dept plans fall classes in Cincinnati area
Emmaia Ferrara, director of the Cincinnati ACW's new Education Dept, plans a pilot pad con and similar classes for other locals in the fall.
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Emmaia Ferrara
The
Cincinnati Acw
Miss Ferrara
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Clarence Rau
Jim
Local 256
Clarence Ray
Mary Scott
Stella Reed
Mildred Martin
Leona Lamb
Mildred Brown
Bee Room
Georgia Tucker
Kay Tierney
Midwest
Formica Notes
Rose M. Stivers
Schramm
Rugh, Ic
George FP. Rocklet, Meg
Union Headquarters
Brotherhood Bldg
Blumberg
U.S
Seiberling
Seiberling Takes
Harrison Tire
N. E. Cor. Court and Race Parkway
Union Newspapers
Union Stationery
Western Printing Co
Sycamore Street
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