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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1944
Page
11
The text lists officers and committee roles for Local 647 UAW CIO with Kay Gentile Jerry Maxey and William L. Kircher noted as editor and secretary treasurer and recording secretary vice president respectively. The fragment reflects union leadership with titles and positions on the editorial board and stewards.
By Robert Spitzmiller, President Local 647, UAW-CIO, laments few dissenters attended General Membership meetings. He praises militants for defending workers rights and warns against forces seeking to erode privileges under Democracy.
A wartime labor dispute at Wright Aeronautical pits management against the union over gender discrimination. Workers praise women’s wartime contributions while management seeks to lay off women first, despite high profits and government price concessions. The union vows no discrimination and readiness to use all means to defend women workers.
A reader recalls Top Management claiming supervision is the worst in the nation while noting the plant’s unions face a possible expiration of the company contract. The piece argues the union will be pressured to re-sign members and cites management’s stance as shaping shop floor sentiment. A reference to a young man named Dewey closes the excerpt.
The Cyclone publishes this week the newly elected union stewards. The list names the stewards assigned to each stewardship role in the recent election period.
The Edu cational Department partners with the Red Cross to publish donor names in the CYCLONE ahead of repeat donation dates. Read lists for NOVEMBER 27 donors and reminders to fulfill or cancel appointments. Emphasizes ongoing need for blood plasma and urges bringing new donors to the drive.
The memo questions managements faith in unions to recruit and keep members amid a push for new authorization cards. It notes Robert Lee, a first-shift truck operator, has joined the armed forces and recalls a union member organizing a service member’s birthday collection, asking if such conduct is tolerable.
A reader responds from Dept. 802 describing alarm over company policy that prohibits certain employee actions. The letter laments procedures undermining morale as workers strive to contribute to victory during wartime production.
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