New American Tool Contract Brings Wage Gains for 600 Workers
Six hundred employees of American Tool Works Co. won a 15 cent base rate increase last week after a re opened contract negotiation led by Talmadge Raley of United Electrical Local 766. The package includes a 5 cent add to base, an 8 cent general rise with retroactive 8 cents to March 25 and full 15 cents effective April 29, plus retention of the current expiration date and continued bonus plan. Members voted nearly unanimously to strike to push the wage demands and pledged higher local defense fund contributions. Local 766 is negotiating at Gray Planet Co. and seeking reopening at King Machine Tool Co.
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American Tool Works Co
Talmadge Raley
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Local 766
Raley
Gray Planet Co
King Machine Tool Co
Textile Workers Convention backs southern drive in 1940s
Almost 1,300 delegates at the Textile Workers Union biennial convention in Atlantic City endorse CIO Southern organizing push. President Emil Rieve cites wage gains since 1943, notes 80% of southern textile workers are unorganized, and warns that political action is essential to the drive. Rieve, Baldanzi, and Pollock are reelected. dues rise to 1.50 a month and per capita to 0.75.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Textile Workers Union
CIO
TWUA
Emil Rieve
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
George Baldanzi
CIO Southern Committee
Baldanzi
Rieve
Sec.Treas
William Pollock
Meta Howard
The
Cincinnati Vocational Guidance Association
Local 761 Strikes At Breese Co
Negotiations between Local 761 United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers and Breese Bros Co produced some minor points. Breese Bros unit of Local 761 struck on Monday to press wage demands. Ray Tucker president said an agreement would be reached quickly.
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Local 761
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Breeze Bros. Co
Ray Tucker
Breese Bros
Tucker
UK News 757 Rejects Dues Increase
The Local 757 union members voted down a proposal to raise monthly dues to $2 citing falling contributions to defense and strike funds. The piece urges support for workers at Local 765 with small weekly or monthly contributions and promotes a union shop slogan and postcard activism.
Maritime Union Charges Isthmian with Unfair Labor Practices
National Maritime Union filed unfair labor practice charges against Isthmian Steamship Co. Frederick Herron reports nineteen union members, including delegates to the forthcoming national convention, were arbitrarily fired from the SS Sea Fiddler for union activity. He notes wage gains, overtime increases, and dangerous tank work pay, with a strike planned May 11 at Central Barge Lines.
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Isthmian Steamship Co
National Maritime Union
Frederick Herron
Auto Workers PAC leaflets distributed at Norwood plants
Local 674 United Auto Workers circulated Political Action Committee leaflets Monday at the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants in Norwood urging workers to vote labor. The circular pledged every CIO PAC endorsee as worthy and promised labor gains if elected. Distributors included O O Howard William Lanneman Harrison Dunseth James McCant Joseph Maxim and R G Chicester. Ed Hellkamp noted Chevrolet hiring many new employees and upcoming car line shifts.
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United Auto Workers
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Norwood
Political Action Committee
Cio-Pac
O. O. Howard
William Lanneman
Harrison Dunseth
James McCant
Joseph Maxim
R. G. Chicester
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