Transport Employes Support 65c Minimum Wage Bill
Local 609 members besieged Senators Taft and Huffman with letters and postcards urging passage of the 65c minimum wage bill. The Terminal workforce plus other employees joined in. the Women’s Auxiliary of U.T.S.E.A. pledged full PAC support and backed labor candidates Ernest J. Waits and Talmadge Raley for the Ohio Legislature.
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Taft
Huffman
Women's Auxiliary
U.T.S.E.A
PAC
Ernest J. Waits
Talmadge Raley
Ohio
Store Employees Installation Set for April 5
Installation of newly elected officers for Local 390 United Wholesale Retail and Department Store Employees will be at 8 p m Friday April 5 in Room 206 1015 Vine Street Recording secretary Norma Odle said The regular meeting will also be held and all members are urged to be present.
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United Wholesale
Vine Street
Norma Odle
Newspaper Guild approves pact and begins negotiations
A unanimous yes vote by the Cincinnati Newspaper Guild at the Racing Record last week allows contract talks to start soon after the company reversed its plan to appeal the NLRB ruling. Guild organizer Bill Blatz will assist in negotiations and James Golden returns home from service.
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Cincinnati Newspaper Guild
Racing Record
NLRB
Bill Blatz
AVC Protests Tennessee Brutality
Cincinnati Chapter American Veterans Committee condemns police treatment of Negro citizens during the Columbus Tennessee riot on February 25. The resolution cites search and seizure without warrants beating and confinement and looting of Black businesses with two deaths. Copies were sent to President Truman the attorney general and Tennessee Governor.
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Columbia
Tenn
Cincinnati
American Veterans Committee
Truman
Tennessee
Columbus
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Donald Jones
NAACP
Lincoln Community Center
Back Pay Unites UE-757 Members Across May 1944 Cohort
The bulletin notes that former Formica employees who left after May 28, 1944 and before 1945 will receive checks by April end. It urges members to donate to a defense fund, mentions photostats of large checks for publication, and thanks Mae Rist for her remarks following her husband's death.
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Formica
757
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Ben Suddarth
Edith Westermeyer
Roman Siebert
Fred Young
Ed Heimes
Cherry
Kirby
Allis Strikers Tell Why They Are On Picket Line
A group of Allis employees explain their reasons for striking. Engine lathe operator cites skilled work and high value. Carl, a motor and generator winder, earns 97c and supports the idea of a union. Harry Pressly notes 75c hourly pay and a push for a real bargaining stance. Marie Brill seeks equal pay for equal work while caring for her invalid husband and managing home tasks. Herman Matherly demands a decent contract and weekly pay. Rev. Ray Sturch condemns company coercion and pledges to stay with the union for better wages and conditions.
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Herman Matherly
Ray Sturch
Cocairman
Welfare
Pilgrim Church
Mason
Circular Aluminum House Promises Futuristic Home Package
Fuller Houses launches a circular aluminum home priced at 6500 installed with heating and plumbing. The 36 foot diameter hemispherical design holds 12 000 cubic feet and ships 8 homes per boxcar. The model nods to Buckminster Fuller’s 1927 Dymaxion concept unveiled at the Willard Hotel on March 21.
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Fuller House
Willard Hotel
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Newspaper Guild
Guild
Welcoms
James Golden
Enquirer
AVC
Mae Rist
Allis
Lewis
Carl
Harry Pressly
Marie Brill
Marie
Sturch
Hilltop Furniture CO
McMillan St
Washington
Fuller Houses, Inc
Harvey W Brown
Intl. Assn
Intl
James Dickerson
United Steelworkers
CSO
Fanger & Rampe, Inc
Pearl & Broadway
All the Family
Mammoth Outlet
Freeman Ave
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
Five Point Cafe
Spring Grove
Northside
5. Pollack
Drs. Briner
Schantz, Haley
Stephen
Vine ST
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