Wage rise drive to preserve take home pay in UAW drive
Major CIO unions push for wage increases to restore purchasing power after overtime cuts. United Steelworkers and United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers seek 2 a day for nearly two million workers, while UAW demands 30 percent to keep take home pay steady on a 40 hour week. Immediate 5 percent raise offered to avert strike, but 30 percent final.
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UAW
CIO
United Steelworkers
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
United Auto Workers
Auto
The
Detroit News
Following a Union Leader on a 24 Hour Duty
United Steelworkers organizer Al Jordan based in Cincinnati covers wage cases across District 25. He travels to Cleveland for a WLB hearing then to Middletown and Hamilton for mass meetings and wage negotiations. He later visits Dayton Springfield Minster and New Bremen before returning home to catch up on desk work.
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WLB
Middletown
Hamilton
Rally For Jobs
Dayton
Springfield
Minster
New Bremen
Lima
Jordan
Hamilton Rallies Are Successful
Two large CIO meetings in Hamilton attracted many leaders and hundreds of attendees. Frank Bender led the CIO program, with UAW, Methodist and Catholic speakers, praising full employment and a rally for jobs at Music Hall and Roosevelt Junior High School.
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Clothing
Hamilton
Fenmont Center
Miami Valley
Home Front Committee
CIO
Frank Bender
Charles Rigby
UAW
Paul Miley
Edward Stafford
L. L. Denning
Hartmann
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Roosevelt Jr. High School
Kermit Eby
Music Hall
Rally For Jobs
American Legion
Community Chest and Chamber of Commerce
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Federated Press
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Richard Frankensteen
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Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
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USA
al Jordan
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Eighth St
Premier Press
Cincinnati, Ohio
Queen Optical Co
Palace Theatre
East Sixth ST
Boston
Whetsel Ave
Madisonville
Ohio
Eric Stern
Aufdemkampe
Freeman Avenue Parkway
Darleen Demos
America
Federated Pictures
Cincinnati Cio
al Whitehouse
Art Hartmann
Whitehouse
Ed Beckett
Butler County Industrial Union Council
Sullivan
Men & Boys Clothing
Lockland, Ohio
Roblee
Avon
Roblee’s
Oxford
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