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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1945
Page
8
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that bituminous coal miners, UMW members, are entitled to portal to portal pay, aligning with the ore miners ruling. Travel underground is work under the Fair Labor Standards Act, counted in the workweek for wage purposes.
In San Diego Local 333 of the Painters union the first woman, 28 year old Mabel Denham, mother of two and eight-time blood donor, won approval from the examining board and took the oath beside five male candidates amid a housing manpower shortage.
The AFL executive council on May 7 declared there is no possibility of the federation joining with forces seeking to destroy the International Federation of Trade Unions or aligning with a group of unions claiming to represent free labor worldwide under the World Trade Union Congress banner.
Macy department store workers opposed management anti labor policies by appealing to customers and won substantial gains. Wages improved, working conditions enhanced, union security strengthened, and about 1500 new members joined the union.
The AFL executive council unanimously approved the new labor management charter while the U S Chamber of Commerce board was taking similar action. Earlier the CIO executive board endorsed the code of industrial peace.
Individuals are urged to contribute to defray operating costs of 32 private and church related Negro colleges and universities. Send checks payable to United Negro College Fund Inc to Campaign Headquarters Room 39 612 West Ninth Street. Encourage editors and radio personalities to press influence on the President and Congress and to hold meetings write letters and telegrams to sway political parties and groups.
The quote urges collective action to fund efforts, urging groups to cooperate through organizations and make timely contributions as a pivotal moment arrives. It emphasizes mobilizing resources and coordinating support.
The article notes Ford saying no Willow Run plans and the plant being scrapped as expendable. Rumors persist of tractor operations returning there idle until Congress clears reconversion, with Ford blaming delayed legislation and promising jobs if civilian production resumes. Thompson calls for ending the Little Steel Formula to protect take-home pay as 40 hour shifts and overtime shift losses loom.
Rapid mobilization of war workers at Ford plants leaves Detroit authorities stretched as CIO United Auto Workers demand swift action to avert mass unemployment. War Manpower’s Cushman notes Willow Run bomber plant closure as natural, while UAW chief Thomas warns of universal Detroit unemployment without better planning.
The Cincinnati Branch NAACP, led by Theodore M. Berry, sent a telegram to Secretary of State Stettinius in San Francisco representing 7 000 citizens. It urges the American delegation to press for equality of peoples, an international bill of human rights, and abolition of colonial systems in favor of international trusteeship with subject peoples represented.
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