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Ruling On Wagner Act May Help Settle Bitter Labor Rivalry
The Supreme Court upholds the Wagner Act, enabling peaceful elections to determine union majorities between the CIO and AFL. The ruling may reduce employer disputes but could intensify rivalry as organizers push to sign up members, with conflicts already flaring in Cleveland and across industries as power shifts between CIO and AFL affiliates.
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Willis Thornton
NEA
Bland
U. S. Supreme Court
John Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Wagner
Cleveland
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Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co
L. Mem
SEIU
A. F. of L
A. F. of
Green
Lewis
Stel
Auvos
Lewis’ Textile Workers’ Organizing Committee
United Textile Workers
South
A.F. of L
New England
Machine Printers’ Beneficial Association
Rhode Island
A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
West
I. O. Electrical Union
Great American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Philadelphia
A. F. of L. Union
Philadelphia Storage Battery Co
C. I. O. Union
Chicago
A. F. of L. Machinists
Grinnow
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Northwest
Lewis’ Co. I
Pittsburgh
New Kensington
New York
Bridge
Sun _ Shipbuilding workers
Chester
American Union of Steelworkers
Uions