Wage reopening talk and retirements at Canco
The Executive Board discussed a wage-reopening clause in the two year contract and set a May 26 date for talks with the company. Delegates will attend the University of Indiana Summer School from June 28 to July 2. L. Michael, assistant manager of the Equipment Division, retires in December after decades at the plant. Carl Czimbal’s boring mill was removed, prompting cheers and farewell notes. Bob Smith’s wild men won their first league game in dramatic fashion with a late homer.
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Siar
University of Indiana
L. Michael
Michael
Canco
Carl Czimbal
Carl
Bob Smith
Wild Men
Bob
Aluminum Co Negotiations Started Amid May Meeting Changes
The union says regular May meetings on May 13 and May 16 are canceled as officers attend an international convention. Only May 27 membership meeting remains. The Negotiating Committee met with management to push for a 20 cent hourly wage increase and a social insurance program for all locals. The larger Work Rd plant departments moved to a 32 hour week due to order cuts. Mary Butts, longtime Work Rd janitress, is absent with arthritis.
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Mary Butts
Work Rd
Mary
CIO Council Backs Housing Bill Support urged by CIO group
The Greater Cincinnati CIO Industrial Union Council urged CIO members to ask congressmen to vote for the Wagner Ellender Taft housing bill just passed by the Senate. Credentials listed include Local 1861 United Steelworkers delegates Al Jones J B Posey Joseph Scherra Al Jordan Harold Braun and Local 674 United Auto Workers delegate Richard G Chichester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Cincinnati
CIO Industrial Union Council
CIO
Senate
United Steelworkers
al Jones
J. B. Posey
Joseph Scherra
al Jordan
Harold Braun
United Auto Workers
Richard G. Chichester
1948 Bickford ball team formed for May 6 opener
Local 1895 United Steelworkers announces the 1948 Bickford team, led by manager Phil Graef with Harry Braun as assistant and Eddie Huber as captain. First game set for May 6 at the Norwood diamond, with games each Thursday and notices posted on the shoe bulletin board. Players include Bat sold, Clock, Bennett, Dres, Gradolf, Knopper, Maddux, McCabe, Montgomery, Schanz, Vorwerck, Witte, Wade, Henscill, McCarthy, Sensel and Osborne. Mac McQuilin returns to Dept B duties. Stanley Knopper also back after ptomaine poisoning.
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Bickford
United Steelworkers
Norwood Diamond
Shoe Bulletin Board
Phil Graef
Harry Braun
Eddie Huber
R. Batsold
L. Clock
W. Bennett
E. Dres
W. Gradolf
Wit and Warnings From Labor Scene and Local Tales
A column reflects on Taft Hartley despite Wagner Act praise, noting worker apathy and voting trends in Ohio. It blends political commentary with light local notes about fishing, sport catalogs, and factory punch press work highlighting Dorothy Shapiro and Joe Armstrong.
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Dorothy
Joe Armstrong
Joe
Kroll Recognizes New York CIO PAC
Natl PAC Director Jack Kroll recognizes the newly formed regional CIO Political Action Committee in New York. The regional PAC is authorized to serve as the political arm of the national CIO-PAC in the New York area, replacing the Greater New York CIO Council which opposed national policy.
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NEW York
Regional
CIO
Natl. Pac
Jack Kroll
CIO Pres
Louis Hollander
Kroll
Hollander
National Cio-Pac
Greater New York
CIO Council
National Pac
New York City Cio Council
National Cio
St Louis Enforces Covenants Across 559 Blocks
A city program applies restrictive covenant rules to 559 residential blocks in St Louis, affecting property conditions and neighborhood development. Officials say the covenants guide land use, building standards, and upkeep to maintain area character.
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St. Louis
UTSE Wins B O Dining Employees in CIO Victory
By a 16 to 1 margin the United Transport Service Employees defeated the AFL Joint Council joining Em ployes in a May 1 election among Baltimore & Ohio Railroad dining car staff. Of 631 eligible cooks and waiters, CIO polled 502 while AFL earned 23 and the Railroad Food Handlers had zero votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Transport Service
CIO Union
AFL
Independent Railroad
Union seeks higher pay and shorter hours at Cincinnati terminal
Local 809 and Cincinnati Union Terminal Co. schedule bargaining starting May 7. Union representatives include William Jones local president and Nathaniel Jordan secretary treasurer. They demand a 25 cent hourly raise, 160 hours monthly, time and a half for overtime and double time on Saturdays Sundays and holidays.
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Union
Local 809
Cincinnati Union Terminal Co
William Jones
Nathaniel Jordan
Security Tax Refunds Are Made Easier
The Social Security Administration announces a simplified process to reclaim excess 1 percent social security tax payments. Workers owe tax only on the first 3000 each year and any subsequent employer can withhold the 1 percent without a record. To claim refunds for 1947, obtain forms 843 and SS 9A from a local Internal Revenue Collector office, complete and mail them for repayment. affidavits are no longer required.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Collector of Internal Revenue
SSA
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USA
Joseph Uehlein
Stamey O Eckstein
Cieves
Aluminum Co
Dave Hall
John Schwarz
E. McMillan
Mac McQuilin
Dept
Stanley Knopper
G. I
Mi-Lady Academy of Beauty Culture
Elm Street
Lellant
Courtesy Institute For American Democracy, Inc
Congress
Ohio
Taft
Jack Schulte
Jack
Joe Slusher
Dorothy Shapiro
N.Y. Pac
Madison Rd
Oakley
Uirtia
Eighth St
Premier Press Company
Cincinnati
Becker
Vine
Wcpo
Ploree
Crome
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