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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1949
Page
5
The excerpts summarize key resolutions passed by the CIO Executive Board during meetings in Washington D C on May 17 18 and 19 1949. The document lists decisions affecting union policy organizing strategy and labor relations from that period.
The CIO Executive Board reiterates its oath to enforce the CIO constitution and carry out conventions. Unwilling members should resign, and affiliated unions must demand resignations and nominate replacements who will comply with the constitutional duty.
The document cites a 1948 corporate profit peak and 1949 earnings alongside falling sales and rising unemployment. It argues profits must not drain consumer purchasing power and calls for distributing national income via price reductions and wage gains to support expanding production and avoid a downward economic cycle.
The CIO urges unions to assist unemployed members as unemployment rises 50 percent from 1948 across eleven months of 1949. Proposals call for dues relief, unemployment compensation support, health aid, and a local committee to monitor job placement, welfare services, and public works to spur immediate employment.
The executive board reaffirms support for the Thomas-Lesinski bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act. It rejects injunctions as ineffective, urges Congress to act this session, and calls for final Senate and House votes to move ahead without harmful amendments.
The CIO calls for redistribution of income to raise workers' share, higher wages, lower unit profits, and volume production. It demands federal housing and public works, farm price supports, and rapid planning to keep mass markets and employment strong. The plan targets government spending to prevent downturn.
The CIO endorses the North Atlantic Pact as a necessary step in American foreign policy. It states confidence the defense agreement with Western European nations will not divert funds from economic reconstruction to arms and supports officers testifying before Congress in favor of the Pact.
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