District 7 mobilizes defense fund for Cincinnati
The United Electrical workers district board unanimously approves a plan to fund and publicize a local defense program in Cincinnati. The long range effort includes political action, 100 percent PAC responses, and workforce protections, with organizing for white collar workers and job protection measures amid economic downturn.
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District 7
Ohio
Kentucky
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Cincinnati
PAC
Dixie Drive boosts CIO southward membership by 70 percent
Director Van A. Bittner reports the CIO has about 680,000 southern members, up from 400,000, in the first year of the organizing drive. He cites 1,000 volunteer organizers, civil rights violations faced, and rapid gains in North Carolina Texas Tennessee with emphasis on wood, agricultural processing, textile, steel and packinghouse sectors.
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Dixie Drive Nets Cio
Atlanta
CIO
van A. Bittner
South
Bittner
Laurel
Miss
NLRB
North Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
757 Local to Sponsor Radio News Program
United Electrical workers group Local 757 will sponsor The Other Side of The News, a CIO weekly local radio program airing at 8 15 P M Monday night on WSAI.
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United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
CIO
WSAI
UE News Back-To-Work Effort Fails in 9th Week of Lodge Shipley Strike
United Electrical Union Local 766 remains on strike at Lodge & Shipley in its ninth week as talks stall and the company declines meeting. Local 766 members plan a June 20 meeting to nominate delegates for the VE convention in Boston the week of September 21.
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766
Lodge-Shipley
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Lodge & Shipley
Tom Raley
Raley
Washington Veterans Hall
East 8Th St
Boston
Local 766
Formica Notes Update Local 757 Members and Departures
Ada Lowe on leave in Los Angeles to care for her ill son Ronnie returns soon. Ralph Price of Machine Shop dies June 14, a Local 657 member. condolences to his wife. George Rowe’s father dies June 11. Edwin Vonderahe undergoes hospital operation this week. Friday collection day for Lodge and Shipley strikers urged. Corrections issued for omissions in last week’s nominations list with July 3 election. Frank Marlowe named as Shipping Dept steward, replacing earlier misnaming. Exie Jenkins visits from California. Kathryn Kramer returns to Formica replacing Rose Dean.
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Ada Lowe
Los Angeles
Ronnie
Ada
Ralph Price
Ralph
657
Formica
George Rowe
Edwin Vonderahe
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lodge
Shipley
the Sun
Elmer Kaufman
Horace Phelps
Roman Seibert
Frank Smith
Shipping Dept
Frank Marlowe
Brother Marlowe
Exie Jenkins
California
Exie
Kathryn Kramer
Rose Dean
Kay
Jurisdictional Disputes Minor in 1946 Strikes
Jurisdictional disputes accounted for just 3.5 percent of strikes and about one two hundredth of total work stoppage time in 1946. The finding highlights that broader labor actions dominated by other causes were far more impactful than jurisdictional clashes.
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