Westinghouse Strike Ends and Production Resumes Nationwide
The International Union of Electrical Workers and Westinghouse Electric Corp reach a five year contract ending a strike that began mid October. Nine plants in Massachusetts New Jersey West Virginia New York Ohio resume today while East Pittsburgh UE plant remains on hold. The deal includes pay and production method safeguards and shifts to meet changing conditions.
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Washington
West of Electrical Workers
IOE
Inghouse Electric Corp
International
West- Westinghouse
Robmatter
Somejinghouse
Lat ME Bincinn
Anwnine Heavy Machinery
Pittsburgh
Cah
LEDS
Eeu
We Uvisponny Inn
Les
Earli
IUE
Westinghouse
General Electric Co
Ith
IVE
Bloodshed Over Dogs Highlights Labor Negotiations
A Bloomington scene recounts John B Brown firing on stray dogs at a chicken coop with a 12 gauge shotgun, killing one and allowing another to escape. The broader report notes government backed contract talks, rehiring prospects for 36 workers, and provisional wage and living cost adjustments through renegotiations slated for 1958. The pact delays arbitration, with several plant locations and partial layoffs detailed.
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Bloomington
Ill
John B. Brown
Wipe Your Wheels Charottesville Street Cars Disappear
In Charlottesville officials auctioned 183 remaining street cars sold to Mexico City after rains left Albemarle County mud on pavements. The council directed the city attorney to redraft an ordinance to enforce wheel-wipe requests.
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Charlottesville
Detroit
Lottesville
Mexico City
Albemarle County
Corneil
Westinghouse Strike Costs Millions Over Time Study Fight
The 156 day Westinghouse Electric strike cost both sides millions as AFL CIO and Independent United Electrical Workers pressed over time study and contract length. Production stalled at plants accounting for half of the firm’s output, with losses in sales and wages totaling tens of millions.
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James B. Carey
TUE
Westinghouse Products
Eeason
John Moody
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
Federal Mediation Service
Citiens
Sharon
IUE
Major breakthrough in releasing stored sunlight in atmosphere
The Air Research and Development Command reports a lab discovery to free chemically stored sunlight from atomic oxygen using nitric oxide. A test at Holloman Air Development Center sent rocket gas aloft, producing a bright light expanding to about four lunar diameters and three miles wide before fading.
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Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
ARDC
Holloman Air Development Center
New Mexico
Murray Zelikoff
Holloman
Earth
Detroit transit switches buses on most streets
Buses have replaced streetcars on nearly all Detroit streets and remaining lines will convert to buses soon as part of a city transit overhaul.
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Detroit
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