Steelworkers Report Big Pay Gains For District 25 Members
The United Steelworkers of America District 25 reports millions in gains for its members from 25 companies through bargaining and disputes. Increases at Brighton Screw and Manufacturing Co and Curiton Foundry, retroactive to 1944, plus back pay at Andrews Steel Co, Wm. Powell Valve, Lunkenheimer Valve, and other firms, reflect higher hourly rates, vacation pay, and night differential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers of America
al Whitehouse
War Labor Board
Brighton Screw and Manufacturing Co
Curiton
Andrews Steel Co
National War Labor Board
Wm. Powell Valve Co
Lunkenheimer Valve Co
Union and Co
WLB
UE Stewards Conference Earns High Praise in Cincinnati
Nearly 100 shop leaders from Local 766 plants and 26 guests from Locals 757 761 and 765 attended the UE Stewards Conference at the Linton Hotel. Reports praised organizing gains at American Tool Works and 88 straight grievances at Lodge and Shipley Machine Tool plants yielding about 60000 in back pay. A resolution pledged intensified organizing and political action with a push to PAC and anti discrimination measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Stager
Linton Hotel
Local 766
Herman Schwegman
Jack Parker
American Tool Works Unit
Jacob Koehler
Lodge and Shipley Machine Tool Unit
Parker
American Tool Works
Koehler
Lodge
Shipley
VUE
Rollin Everett
Greater
Cincinnati
Wih Pac
UAW Local 647 Backs Rollin Everett for City Council
Local 647 members urge a citywide push to elect Rollin Everett, calling for ten additional first-choice votes per member and a turnout on Tuesday to keep the union's progressive city campaigns moving forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollin Everett
Formica Rotes Describes Courtship Amid Postwar Adjustments
Alberta Bernhardt of the pulley inspection department took a few days off this week. Her soldier boyfriend Sgt Conn Carboy has been discharged from the armed forces. The couple's romance is widely talked about by Formica workers as they consider a future wedding. Mary Cooper quits to return to home duties. her husband is recently discharged and back with a small daughter, prompting Mary to resume domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Bernhardt
Pulley Inspection Department
Conn Carboy
Armed Forces
Formica
Pulley Department
Mary Cooper
Mary
Important Steel Meet Called by District 25 Union Leaders
An important meeting of United Steelworkers officers and committeemen in District 25 is convened by Al Whitehouse to explain actions by the Steelworkers Wage & Policy Committee and the International Executive Board. They seek a nationwide strike vote to demand a $2 daily wage increase, affecting about 20 plants in the Cincinnati area and over 5000 workers. Plants named include Aluminum Industries American Can Cincinnati Bickford Tool Cincinnati Butchers Supply Edwards Mfg Fosdick Machine Tool Huenefeld Lunkenheimer Co National Lead Phillips Pumps and Tank Will iam Powell Queen City Steel Treating D. T. Williams Valve and Williamson Heater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers of America
District 25
al Whitehouse
Steelworkers Wage & Policy Committee
International Executive Board
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Cincinnati
Aluminum Industries
American Can
Cincinnati Bickford Tool
Cincinnati Butchers Supply
Edwards Mfg
Fosdick Machine Tool
Huenefeld
Lunkenheimer Co
National Lead
Phillips Pumps and Tank
William Powell
Queen City Steel Treating
D. T. Williams Valve and Williamson Heater
Veterans Return to Plant Highlight Local Workforce
Discharged veterans rejoin the plant with Carl Grote Ray Black Jim Cox Paul Keith and Johnny Wachter among them. Johnny Wachter who flew 50 missions as a B 24 turret gunner in Europe and Ploesti shared experiences while promising to aid the control lab. Others Scottie Davis Owen Ward and Pete Kuhn resume duties. more women are recalled to the machine shop. Final appeal urges readers to vote in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Grote
Ray Black
Jim Cox
Paul Keith
Johnny Wachter
Johnny
Italy
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Ploesti
Roumania
Scottie Davis
Owen Ward
Pete Kuhn
Rollin Everett Backed by Local 310 in Council Campaign
A special Oct 28 meeting of Aluminum Local 310 USWA at Red Men’s Hall featured Rollin Everett as guest speaker, urging turnout for the Nov 6 election. Note urged attendance for the Thanksgiving Dance Nov 24 at Veterans Hall Cumminsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aluminum
United Steelworkers of America
Red Men’s Hall
Carll St
Rollin Everett
Jabor
Veterans’ Hall
Cumminsville
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UE Stewards
Everett
James Marsh
Cincinnati Time Recorder Company
Greenhills
William WN. Hawley
Greenhills Community
UAW
Wright
By Mae Rist
By al Thielen
Council
Rollin H. Everett
Hemple
Ed Hempel Sr
George Dienesch
George
John Walz
Albert
East Fifth Street
Defense
Frida
Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue
Witte’s
Northside
Spring Grove Ave
Powers St
Madison Rd
Oakley
Kohstall
Vine St
Elmwood Place
Men & Boys Clothing
Lockland, Ohio
Varey
Zipper
Kathman
Goodyear
Dr. Scholls
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