CIO PAC Launches Bretton Woods Campaign Nationwide
The CIO Political Action Committee begins a mass national and local drive to promote Bretton Woods proposals. A pamphlet backed by Sidney Billman urges affiliates to contact lawmakers and educate the six million CIO members about a world monetary program that promises millions of jobs and improved wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
Bretton Woods
PAC
Congress
Cio-Pac
Sidney Billman
World Bank
Cio-Pac Publications
Joseph Gaer
Missouri Valley Authority
Hillman
Urges Union Of Labor And Progressives
Dr. James Loeb of the Union for Democratic Action argues a mix of organized labor and independent progressives is crucial for postwar democracy. He warns Americans will demand full employment and security after the war and asserts the U S will shape global power through wartime production of peace goods.
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James Loeb
Union For Democratic Action
Progressive Citizens Committee
Loeb
America
Dumbarton Oaks
United States
Graduate As Hostesses The CIO Canteen Idea
In Chicago the CIO Canteen launches the Canteen College to train war plant and office workers as hostesses for canteen service. Evelyn leads the program to prepare qualified staff for front line canteen operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Chicago
Canteen College
Evelyn
World Trade Union Pact Ready For Ratification
A draft constitution for the World Federation of Trade Unions was unanimously agreed by the World Trade Union Conference administrative committee in Oakland and will be sent to 35 nations for ratification. The plan outlines a congress every two years, a yearly general council, a 20 member executive committee with seats by region, a management bureau, and proportional voting and fees, with affiliation limited to one national labor body per country.
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San Francisco
World Federation of Trade Unions
World Trade Union Conference
National Labor Organizations of
CIO
Philip Murray
Oakland
UTUC
London
World Labor Organization
WFTU
Bureau of Management
Congress
General Council
Raise Wages After The War Or Sink
Washington news reports Economic Stabilizer William H. Davis calls for a 30 to 40 percent rise in real income after reconversion to peacetime economy while urging firm wage and price controls now. He says wage gains should come as reconversion proceeds and prices stay steady, warning unions about WWI era suppression. He notes AFL entry may be possible as union restructuring unfolds.
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Washington
William H. Davis
U.S
Davis
Buy War Bonds Says Veterans Will Make Good Unionists
Allied Supreme Headquarters reports CIO veteran Russ Nixon argues returning servicemen are not anti union but open to unions. He urges unions to actively reach members, use local servicemen committees, publish a Vmail union paper, and give GIs practical shop support to win their loyalty and address.
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Herbert A. Klein
Paris
U. S
Cpl
Russ Nixon
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
Washington
France
Nixon
Thar
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United Federal Workers
Ruby Roos
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
Helen Thomas
United Auto Workers
Federated Pictures
Ussr
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Latin America
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Africa
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