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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1947
Page
6
UK readers note layoffs and transfers at Formica amid contract negotiations, with a three million dollar order backlog and shifts blamed on new labor rules. Elmer Kauffman questions reasoning, cites heavy work for women, and urges readers to pressure lawmakers after a Columbus demonstration.
Gardner-A suit resists bargaining as Local 1009 United Paper Workers accuses Gardner-Richardson Co. of bargaining with individuals. Strike leader Chester Mason says letters offering 6c raises prove breach of good faith. Picket lines stay strong as union seeks to maintain insured care for workers and calls for federal health insurance.
The Court of Appeals upheld a stay of execution granted to Waldo Stager, staff representative of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, after he served three days of a 30 day sentence for malicious destruction of property. J W Brown, his attorney, obtained the stay claiming improper procedure.
Twelve Cincinnati AFL CIO leaders met Lord Inverchapel the British ambassador in an informal one hour conference at the Netherland Plaza. CIO figures Walter Grainger Al Jordan and Joseph Lepate attended with AFL group led by Jack Hurst. They discussed labor conditions in Cincinnati and Britain and the British economic crisis.
United Electrical workers gained an Ill4ec wage increase and six paid holidays after negotiations with Allis-Chalmers Co Norwood. Esther Tice says the six holidays boost take home pay, and the NLRB directs an election within 30 days against an independent union. Local 765 has previously defeated the independents in two elections.
The Sun reports an error. UE meeting on Tuesday May 6 at United Workers offices 506 Bell Block was for UE local elected officers, not all CIO local union presidents and shop stewards.
The General Electric unit of Local 766 United Electrical ratified a national agreement granting 111 percent wage increases and six paid holidays. Unanimous approval followed a meeting last week. The lodge and Shipley unit strike actions remained static as the local sent mass telegrams and petitions signed by over 500 members to Senator Taft, with Cincinnati Communications Workers Union joining in.
Raley stated the U S Conciliation Service is arranging a meeting between the company and the union to resolve the differences. Picket lines are being maintained at the two company locations.
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