Transport Employes Appoint Davis To Southern Drive
Earl W. Davis, vice president of Local 809 UTSEU, named to the Southern organization staff by Van A. Bittner director of the drive. Davis also serves as vice president of the Ohio CIO Council and active in the Political Action Committee. The southern drive is expected to begin soon. Back pay from recent negotiations was issued to UTSEA members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl W. Davis
Southern
Davis
United Transport Service Employes Union
van A. Bittner
Ohio Cio Council
Brewery Local Seeks CIO Tie In Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee Local 79 United Brewery Workers files for affiliation with the Tennessee CIO Council amid a national referendum by the international union that could favor joining the CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
United Brewery Workers
Tennessee Cio Council
International Union
CIO
Labor campaign urged to curb injunctions in Ohio
William C. Lavelle, secretary treasurer of the Ohio CIO Council, urged passage of an anti injunction law similar to Norris La Guardia to aid unions. He called for strong political action and cited weak unemployment laws and workmen compensation. New delegates sworn in included Emmit Williams J T Patterson and others from United Transport Service Employes Union Local 94 and United Auto Workers Local 674 who pledged support after GM strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
William C. Lavelle
CIO Council
Greater Cincinnati
al Jordan
Emmit Williams
J. T. Patterson
United Transport Service
Frederick Herron
National Maritime Union
John Sink
Nora Rolsen
Clarence Rau
James Wolfram
Edna Denham
Jewelry and Novelty Workers Union
O. O. Howard
United Auto Workers
CIO
United Steelworkers settle two strikes as more plants remain picketed
United Steelworkers end two strikes this week while six plants remain on picket lines in Cincinnati area. Local 1988 agreed with Edwards Manufacturing on pay and benefits to May 31 1947. Local 2022 gained union shop and check off at Dr Williams Valve Co with staged wage increases and a 55 hour week. Union leaders pledged strong support for organizing Cincinnati Milling Machine Co and the remaining plants Queen City Steel Treating Co Cincinnati Bickford Tool Fosdick Machine Huenefeld Stove Cincinnati Butchers Co Smith Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers
Edwards Manufacturing Co
Dr. Williams Valve Co
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co
al Whitehouse
District 25
Queen City Steel Treating Co
Cincinnati Bickford Tool Co
Fosdick Machine Tool Co
Huenefeld Stove Co
Cincinnati Butchers Co
Smith Mills
Labor Message Urges Solidarity and Political Action
A union editorial argues military victory alone cannot solve world troubles and calls for organized labor to unite, press for political action, and secure postwar gains. It notes retroactive pay from 1946 contracts at Shell Luggage Goods Co and Ohio Wool Pullers, with wage boosts of 15 to 19 cents as praise for union efforts. The writer plans to attend May meetings in Atlantic City after leaving for New York on May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Solidarity
Shell Luggage Goods Co
Mendel Drucker Luggage Goods Co
Ohio Wool Pullers
International Finance Committee
International General Executive Board
New York
Atlantic City
Poll tax Democrats form alliance to push price control
Democrats allied with reactionary Republicans in the House target price controls as their first major move. President Truman failed to stop a marriage but still has leeway to perform a prompt divorce if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Pres. Truman
Local Delegates Read For National Steel Convention
Al Whitehouse director of District 25 United Steelworkers will lead the delegation to the Steelworkers annual convention May 14-18 in Atlantic City. Other delegates include Al Jordan Arthur Bishop Ray Sowder James Gallagher Glen Hess William Black Louise Whitehouse Doris Childers Louis Leopold Hodge Kennedy Warren Maxwell Joseph Eyermann Norb Litchfield Maurice Wigbels Charles Mahoney Harry Alexander Alvin Alexander Peter Wheeler Charles Smith Joseph Kreutzer Ed Zeuch David Hall Philip Yutze and Pat Mulvey. Warren Maxwell named Ushers Committee member and Eyermann on Constitutions Committee with Whitehouse on Officers Report Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Whitehouse
United Steelworkers
Atlantic City
Whitehouse
Cincinnati
al Jordan
Arthur Bishop
Ray Sowder
James Gallagher
Glen Hess
William Black
Louise Whitehouse
Doris Childers
Louis Leopold
Hodge Kennedy
Warren Maxwell
Joseph Eyermann
Norb Litchfield
Oscar Karhoff
Maurice Wig
Wage increases at two plants linked to union talks
Carl Johnson of the Textile Workers Union announced wage gains in two plants this week. Hooven and Allison Co in Xenia will get a general 10 percent increase retroactive to April 10 with stronger seniority and vacation pay, Local 21. Carnation Co in Maysville, Kentucky, will receive a 7.2 percent retroactive raise to April 1 for Local 567. Negotiations continue at another Carnation plant in Maysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johnson
Textile Workers Union
Johnson
Hooven and Allison Co
Xenia
Carnation Co
Maysville
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