Labor Day and the Fight for Union Rights in 1949
The piece reflects on Labor Day origins and defense of workers rights, praising the United Steelworkers of America for gains won through collective bargaining. It details wage aims of 12 percent, expanded benefits, job security, and a social safety net, while noting corporate resistance to union advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. McGuire
Fifty-Third
Congress
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Knights of Labor
Labor
United Steelworkers of America
Union Fight for Social Insurance Brings Results
The United Steelworkers of America and American Can Co. reach a social insurance contract covering 15,000 members in about 28 plants. Cincinnati Local 1861 gains life, sickness, hospital and medical benefits plus future pensions and a wage increase. A nationwide bargaining committee formed. strike actions and talks led to negotiations beginning mid August, with plans pursued in Cincinnati and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
San Jose
California
Cincinnati
al Jordan
Joseph Uehlein
Jones
Murray on democracy and collective bargaining in the face of totalitarian threats
The speaker urges forthright use of free collective bargaining to avert mass unemployment and raise living standards while defending civil liberties. The CIO expresses commitment to these goals and readiness to act, as workers defend democracy against both communist and fascist attacks and resist threats to rights and living standards.
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CIO
America
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