Big Profits And A Big Lie In Labor Fight
The piece attacks C E Wilson of General Motors for labeling unions as monopolies while noting record profits in auto manufacturing and other industries. It cites CIOs study on reduced worker purchasing power and a strike involving 100,000 CIO workers demanding living wages amid wage restraint. It argues strong unions are needed to curb excess profits and wealth concentration.
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C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
Wilson
Gemocraex
Industrie
Wall Street Journal
CIO
UAW Hosts First International Bowling Championships in Detroit
The United Auto Workers stage a nondiscriminatory international bowling meet at Dexter Recreation alleys in Detroit from April 3 to May 4. About 100 teams from across the country participate. Cash prizes include 750 for top 5-man team, 300 for top doubles, 150 for top singles, 300 for best all events, and 300 for best women’s team. Regional events have occurred in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Windsor with upcoming stops in St Paul and Chicago.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
CID
Dexter Recreation
Inti
Jess Corona
Union Recreation Department
American Bowling Congress
Hawaii
UAW
Cleveland
Buffalo
Windsor
St. Paul
Chicago
Urge Letters Be Written To Italy For Democracy
Local members of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Italian descent are urged to write to relatives in Italy to show American workers support for democracy. A Columbus CIO Council campaign mirrors this effort. Letters proclaim the workers’ love of freedom and commitment to speech worship and freedom from fear through democracy.
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Italy
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Columbus
CIO Council
The
Workers of America
Mail Men Demand Higher Pay in Post Office Fight
Local 10 and the Natl Federation of Post Office Clerks report a jump in union loans from 17,506 in 1943 to 158,004 four years later. Patrick Fitzgerald says postal workers seek a $1,000 yearly raise to address rising costs since 1946 and the need to avoid outside jobs to feed families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Credit Union of Local 10
Natl
Federation of Post Office Clerks
AFL
Local 10
Patrick Fitzgerald
Federated Press
Fitzgerald
What Happened To Gardner-A Case At Gardner-Richardson Co
Cincinnati Area Paperworkers Local 1009 questions the stalled National Labor Relations Board action on the Gardner-Richardson case. The union, alleging failure to bargain in good faith and company union tactics, cites firing of Betty Mullin and claims of coercive practices while awaiting board proceedings and a new contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Paperworkers
Gardner-Richardson Co
Gardner-Richardson
Miss Mullin
Law Day Use Of Taft Hartley Test For Unions
Proponents argue unions have not suffered under Taft Hartley but cite litigation over boycotts and the closed shop as proof. The piece notes good economic times hide looming job losses and hours cuts, warning unions to strengthen now against expected employer use of anti union clauses.
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Abe
Prices for moderate income families hit record high
Prices of consumer goods for moderate income families rose to 168.8 percent of the 1935 to 1939 average in mid January, signaling escalating living costs and economic strain for households.
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Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council, Cio
Ohio
East Eighth St
William Black
Walter Grainger
Elmer Kauffman
Ec Hellkamp
Arthur Hartmann
James McLendon
John Dehner
Michael Schweninger
James Rogers
Talmadge Zipperer
Ray Tucker
George Grigsby
Willis Wilder
Wilfred Porter
Isaac Bradshaw
Max Sien
Rollin Silver
James Wigbell
Hugo Klug
Ray Sowder
Nathaniel Jordan
John Patterson
Pee Oon
Congressman Dripp
MacArthur
Paper Workers Local 1009
Gardner
Fanger & Rampe, Inc
Pearl G Broadway Quality
All the Family
Kathman’s
Goodyear Shoe Repair
West Fifth St
Dr. Scholls
Queen City Photo Supplies Inc
Sixth ST
Cherry
John Schwarz
E. McMillan
Elmer Wheeler
America
UNION
Vine
Wcpo
Pieres
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