U E News Strike Continues At J H Day Co
Union Local 766 continues its strike against J H Day Co amid stalled negotiations and a 5 cent general wage offer tied to contract concessions. War Labor Board data show wage gaps of 8 to 13 cents below comparable plants. UE notes this is the union’s first strike in five years in Cincinnati and calls for independent issue evaluation. Si Parnell of the treating room dies after illness following duty. colleagues recall him warmly.
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Stager
J. H. Day Co
War Labor Board
J. H. Day
Cincinnati
Mr. Stager
Ue-Cio
Formica Hotel Back Pay Settlement Reached After 17 Months
After a long negotiation, the Executive Committee wins back pay under a WLB directive. A settlement is in place and management will start to issue back pay checks. The goal is to have funds in employees hands by Christmas, aiding many workers including Rollin H. Everett, the Charter Candidate.
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WLB
Return of veteran Moeller boosts Formica shop team
Technical Sgt. Bob Moeller returns to his Formica machine shop job after eight months in China as a B 24 radio operator. He earned 42 missions and the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. His family notes joy as Marine Cpl. Charles Boyd, in Hawaii, calls home. A new baby girl was born to Floyd Houston's family on Sunday November 11 with no name chosen yet.
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Bob Moeller
Formica
China
Gertrude Brown
Cpl
Charles Boyd
Hawaii
Baby Shiela
Floyd Houston
the Tool Room
CIO Radio Program Highlights Living Wage Benefits
Philip Murray president outlines the jobs for all program and how a decent living wage boosts buying power for workers and the nation. A WSAL broadcast at 10 p.m. Monday presents the next program in the series on November 26.
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CIO
Philip Murray
WSAL
Local 757 Praises Elmer Kauffman for PAC Work
The Local 757 membership cheers Elmer Kauffman financial secretary for his PAC campaign effort that helped Rollin H. Everett win a Cincinnati City Council seat. They note his dedication, daily office work, and belief he will continue to contribute to labor politics.
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Cincinnati
Rollin
Local 757
Elmer Kauffman
Rollin H. Everett
Coun
Elmer
PAC
Kauffman
Negotiations Conclude At King Machine Tool Co
King Machine Tool Co. and UE Local 766 reach agreement improving seniority and job standards. Wages rise 5 to 18 cents per hour with a reopening clause for within year adjustments. This links UE Local 766 with prior gains at Cincinnati Time Recorder and signals broader industry talks at Hisey-Wolf, Lodge and Shipley, and G. A. Gray plants.
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Stager
Cincinnati
Hisey-Wolf Machine Co
Lodge and Shipley Machine Tool Co
G. A. Gray Co
Wage Directive From Cleveland Prompts Cincinnati Meeting
The Labor movement reports receipt of the wage directive from Cleveland and a management meeting to follow. An agreement on pay increases and back pay may be signed soon, with preliminary work beginning. Local 757 urges CIO members in Cincinnati to support President Murray’s wage resolution and push action ahead of the November elections.
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Cleveland
PAC
Linton
Harry S. Truman
W. P. Stacey
Schwellenbach
Philip Murray
Executive Committee of Labor and Management Conference
Washington
CIO
Cincinnati
Local 766 Backs Strike Sentiment at GE Service Shop
Local 766 United Electrical workers back a $2 a day wage increase campaign at the GE Service shop. Waldo Stager reports 98 percent of local workers signed a strike petition under the Smith Connally Act. UE-CIO says 95 percent of its plants nationwide signed petitions at Westinghouse and GE.
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J. H. Day Co
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Waldo Stager
General Electric Service
Ue-Cio
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Stager
Westinghouse
General Electric
Secretary of Labor
NY housing plan calls for commandeering vacant dwellings
At a housing and jobs conference in New York City under the Greater NY CIO Council a five point program was adopted. It tops the plan with a demand for commandeering vacant dwellings or imposing an excess room tax to address emergency housing needs.
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New York
Greater NY Cio Council
Congress Faults Strikes and Job Uptake
Marquis Childs notes that Congress decries strikes and workers refusing offered jobs while many Congressmen fail to meet their own responsibilities. The column critiques lawmakers for inconsistency and neglect of duties.
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Congress
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By al Thielan
Charter
By Mae Rist
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Western Printing Co
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Labor
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King Machine Tool Co
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