Convention Actions at Cleve land CIO Meeting
William H. Black reports on the 5 day CIO convention at the 15 000 seat Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Key actions include expelling UE for communist alignment, chartering the IUE CIO, expelling FE for not merging with UAW, empowering the Executive Board to expel anti democratic unions, increasing per capita dues to fund organizing, and reaffirming Taft Hartley policy plus active CIO PAC support in 1950 elections.
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Union meet schedule lists numerous local and joint sessions
Amalgamated Clothing Workers and affiliated unions announce a series of meetings at diverse venues including 1015 Vine street and Central Turners Hall. Sessions cover Joint Board and Board of Directors on November 14–21, with numerous Local chapters meeting November 12–23 at varied times and locations.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Vine Street
Auto Workers
Whetsel Avenue
Central Turners Hall
Walnut Street
Oddfellows Hall
Montgomery Road
Norwood
Steel Workers
Vine St
Redman’s Hall
Carll Street
Junior Order
Spring Grove Avenue
Newport Steel Strike Ends In Cleveland Bargain
The Newport steel strike ends with workers returning to their jobs at 10 cents, as negotiated by United Steelworkers District 25 leader Al Whitehouse in a hotel room in Cleveland during the CIO Convention. The settlement strengthens the district’s bargaining stance as other plants hurry to sign USA contracts. John L. Lewis’s mines are reported to operate between now and November 30th.
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United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Federated Pictures
Local 1858 Settles With Powell Valve Company
After long negotiations Local 1858 United Steel Workers and William Powell Co reached a contract at Woodward High School on November 5. The pact offers a 6 cent wage rise plus a 2 cent job evaluation increment after February 1 1950 and a 4 cent noncontributory social insurance plan from April 30 1950. The agreement runs to April 1951 under a wage reopening clause from May 1949 with union negotiators led by Al Whitehouse and district staffers listed.
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Frank Jenson
Alvin Brech
Ernie Stockmeyer
Frank Strasser
Gregory Humpert
Otto Gampert
Fred Lohmer
Charles Carter
Norbert Lichtfield
Fred Phillips
Leon Bolinger
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