Wage issue pressurizes conference despite CIO setback
The CIO delegation to the national labor management conference plans to push for wage increases, exploiting a loophole via a new Public Hearings Committee. A minority report may reach the floor, while AFL head William Green outlines the union stance as the session continues.
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Eperated Press
Washington
CIO
National Labor Management Conference
Conference On Industrial Peace
Walter P. Stacy
AFL
Pres
William Green
Veterans First for Tampa Seamen in CIO Plan
In Tampa Florida the CIO backed plan by seamen and local groups to prioritize ships carrying returning GIs starting December 1. Edward Gordon port agent said troopships take precedence over commercial vessels and union sailors from Tampa will not be assigned to non troopship runs while soldiers wait to come home.
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Tampa
Fla
Edward Gordon
Port
America
Cincinnati Families Sit Below National Income Averages
A city planning report shows Cincinnati ranks seventeenth out of twenty two large cities in average family income and fifteenth in per capita income. The study cites 1939 figures from FHA data, revealing half of district families earn above 1500 dollars while half fall below.
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Cincinnati
Sherwood L. Reeder
FHA Division of Research and Statistics
Reeder
PAC Workers Plan Continued Campaign Effort For Next Year
The meeting will map ongoing work to back Rollin H. Everett’s City Council win and strengthen PAC operations for next year’s elections. Ward chairmen and field directors from current campaigns will discuss organization gains and future strategies across numerous wards.
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Hamilton County Political Action Committee
Rollin H. Everett
Picure
PAC
Jack Methard
Everett
Ben Herman
Roy Beck
Ann Klein
Workers face cuts as law yields cheap postwar jobs
Former defense workers in Cincinnati face loss of unemployment benefits after refusing low wage offers. Lillian Weir and Louise Ittel declined jobs at 45 and 50 cents hourly, citing family needs. George Meyer of Local 647 says employers push substandard pay, urging letters to Governor Lausche for a fair reading of the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Weir
Wrights
Delaney Wood Heel Co
Sefioe
Meay
BUC
Louise Ittel
Mer
BAC
Meyer
Lausche
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Nati Maritime Union
Federated Press
Rollin H
Herman
Jack Kroll
Everett Committee
William Hopper
D. G. Walker
al Wright
Orville Sanderfield
Bryan
Jim Marsh
Moore
Revy Balkin
Berd
Ittel
Luncar Nachazel
Well
SUN
George Meyer
United Automobile Workers of America
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