Murray Urges Repeal of Taft Hartley Law in CIO Letter
CIO President Philip Murray, recovering from surgery, sent a letter to the House Labor Subcommittee on HR 2032 advocating repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and re enactment of the Wagner Act with revisions. He argues the law harmed free collective bargaining and fueled bias and political manipulation. The letter references CIO General Counsel Arthur J. Goleberg’s analysis and criticizes opponents for misrepresenting popular will and using polls to support their position.
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CIO
Philip Murray
House Battalion and Labor
Thomas-Lesinski
America
Murray
Mr. Carey
Taft-Hartley
Arthur J. Goleberg
First Hurdles In Fight For Liberal Laws Cleared
The Ohio House passed the Fair Employment Practices Act on March 23 despite pressure from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The bill goes to the Senate for confirmation as Republicans mostly opposed it in a party split. Meanwhile the Senate, on March 22, approved a bill to raise unemployment benefits and relax current limits, paving the way for further action. CIO and AFL urged broader unemployment protections, with Toledo locals Whaley and Robbins detailing hardships at the current $21 cap and calling for 1949 level benefits. The Chamber of Commerce ran a campaign against liberalization, opposing amended B B 142 on the Senate floor.
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Ohio House of Representatives
State Senate
House
UAW
Toledo
Edward Whaley
Robbie Robbins
CIO
Jacob Clayman
AFL United
Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Great Lady Recalls Days As Organizer in 1890's
Mary Lou Sauer profiles Margaret Bondfield, England’s first female cabinet minister, detailing her union work with the Shop Assistants Union and the General Workers Union, her rise from shop clerk to Labor Minister, and her lifelong commitment to workers’ rights and international labor affairs.
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Margaret Bondfield
England
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Eekly
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Ohio
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Robert A. Taft
Earl T. Wagner
Charles H. Elston
Thomas Lesinski
U.S. Congress
Washington
D.C
Labor
the Sun
Garfield
FEPC
AFL
By Mary Lou Sauer
Distributive Trades Union
Retail Clerks Union
British Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
Britain
Ernest Bevin
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