Three U S W Officers Expected at District 25 Conference
Three of the four top officers of the United Steelworkers of America are set to attend the District 25 two day conference at the Hotel Gibson Roof Garden on Oct 20 and 21. David J. McDonald secretary treasurer will speak, with Clinton Golden and Van A. Bittner assisting Murray. The event features wage news, speeches from War Production Board member Phillip J. Clowes and others, plus a Saturday banquet with notable acts.
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United Steelworkers of America
Gibson Root Garden
Clinton S. Golden
van A. Bittner
Murray
David J. McDonald
Hotel Gibson Roof Garden
Novelty Workers Win Small Pay Increases At Card Co
Members of Plaything Jewelry and Novelty Workers Local 256 ratified a new contract with U S Playing Card Co. A blanket 3 cent hourly raise for 10 months and 2 cent raise for the next 10 months apply to most staff. those already above the entry rate are exempt. Overtime on Saturdays is time and a half, with voluntary time off ignored. Five years service earns 90 hours paid vacation. one to five years earns 45 hours. An annual cost of living adjustment may follow the first 10 months. An Entertainment Committee reports a party and buffet at the Alm Hotel on Oct 27 with a large turnout expected.
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Alm Hotel
Bank Rejects $1 Bond Cashing Fee Scheme in Chicago
Chicago's Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank rebuffs the common practice of charging a $1 identification fee for cashing small government bonds. The stance contrasts with other banks in town known to impose such charges.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank
Local 1861 to hear contract draft Friday
United Steelworkers of America Local 1861 will hold a regular meeting at 8 p m Friday Oct 5 at the Junior Order Hall 3938 Spring Grove Ave. The group will hear the first reading of the new by laws and discuss the subject. A report on new members and plant membership percentages will be given. The following week the committee will likely meet New York company officials to discuss job evaluation.
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William Medick
United Steelworkers of America
Spring Grove Ave
New York
Detroit Liberal Daily Prospectus Seeks Broad Sponsor Support
The Committee For a Liberal Daily in Detroit has secured several hundred sponsor names for a new liberal daily paper. The prospectus frames the venture as a social force speaking for the people, criticizing biased advertisers and pledging fair treatment for minority news and commentary.
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Detroit
Committee For
Steward Works Members Receive Back Pay Check
Harvey Boland of Local 1728 uncovered a 10 point math error in a 1943 job evaluation at Lun Kenheimer Valve Co that reduced a stockroom clerk’s wage to 89 cents per hour. The error, effective January 1944, produced a back pay of 154 dollars for the Steelworkers member.
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Lunkenheimer Valve Co
United Steelworkers
Steelworkers Union
Harvey Boland
Boland
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Rail Union Forms Central Legal Aid for Accident Cases
The United Railroad Workers of America CIO creates a national Legal Aid Office in Philadelphia to handle all on the job accidents under the Interstate Commerce Commission. A. B. Martin notes hospitalization and expert staff, with investigators to educate members on procedures. Injured members are cautioned not to sign papers and to report cases promptly.
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United Railroad Workers of America
CIO
Philadelphia
A. B. Martin
Martin
Interstate Commerce Commission
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