Wage Boost Averts Strike
Oakland Calif September 10 drivers in northern California trucking halted a strike as an 18 12 cent an hour raise was agreed to be postponed for review The dispute centers on retroactive dates with January 1 favored by drivers and May 1 offered as compromise The Highway Drivers council members will stay on the job pending talks with the Trucking Association of California The new wage lifts to 138 per hour and a strike could close canneries within days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
California
Highway Drivers’ Council
A. F. mm A
Trucking Association of California
Help Wanted Ad at Dial F-1231
A brief old style help wanted notice offers quick capable help when short handed. The ad uses the line Dial F-1231 as the contact for assistance.
Truck Strike Shrinks New York Papers Across City
New York City newspapers faced thinning editions as a truck strike of 29,000 workers hindered newsprint and distribution. The Times and Herald Tribune cut pages and ads, the Mirror published 16 pages with no ads, Daily News kept ads due to storage, and other papers varied from 12 to 16 pages with restricted advertising or unchanged formats.
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New York
New York City
Times
Herald Tribune
The
Tribune
Mirror
Daily News
Post
JournalAmerican
Sun
World Telegram
Court Halts Power Strike in Pittsburgh Area
A court order ended a power workers strike that threatened 1.5 million people in an 817 square mile region. It barred picketing and required Duquesne Light and the union to negotiate a permanent labor policy and ensure continuous power to the city and its suppliers. About 1200 streetcars were halted but service began to return to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Lawrence Pounds
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburgh
Truck Tieup Shuts Stores Across New York Area
AFL trucking strike halts work on hundreds of millions in construction as 25 000 drivers walk out. Atlantic and Pacific Tea ends 500 stores, Safeway cuts 240, National Sugar Refining suspends 1000 jobs. Mayor adds 2000 patrols. milk remains near normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL
Max A. Foley
New York Building Congress
William O'Dwyer
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A and P
Safeway Food Stores
National Sugar Refining Company
Long Island City
Twenty seven OPA civil suits set for October session
Twenty seven OPA cases have been set for September 30 on the Federal District court docket prepared by Clerk T. Maxey Hari. The OPA cases open the October session and all are jury cases. The federal grand jury will be empaneled October 7, criminal cases on docket set for trial October 14 and non jury civil suits October 21. A naturalization hearing will be held at 2 p.m. October 25.
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OPA
Federal District Court
T. Maxey Hari
Seamen Demand Parity as World Shipping Grinds to Halt
Deep water shipping remained strike bound as C I O seamen demand wage parity with AFL sailors. Joseph Curran led a push for raises matching AFL wins after a stabilization board cut. Atlantic ships tied up, tugboats idle, and New York port operations slowed by ILAs walkout, disrupting coal, fuel, food, and building material shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
A. F.L
Wage Stabilization Board
A. FL Lo
Seafarers International Union
The
Sailors Union of the Pacific
WSB
U. S. Maritime Commission
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Pacific Coast
New York
Marine Division
International Longshore Men's Association
William O'Dwyer
UNRRA
F. H. LaGuardia
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
G. C. Randall
Association of American Railroads
America
Burglary Charges Filed Against Tobert A Sifuentes
Two burglary charges were filed Tuesday before Justice of the Peace Bar Corrigan against Tobert A Sifuentes 141512 North Flores Street. He is accused of taking 40450 in merchandise from Katherine Pappas 1418 West Poplar Street on August 16 and merchandise from Mrs R J Jurney 309 South Navidad Street on August 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace Bar
Corrigan
Tobert A. Sifuentes
North Flores Street
Katherine Pappas
West Poplar Street
R. J. Jurney
South Navidad Street
Million in Back Pay to Puget Sound Dock Workers
Seattle dispatch reports CIO longshoremen received most of 1,195,139 in retroactive wages for Puget Sound dock workers. Checks ranged from a few dollars to four figures, with the largest going to cargo handlers who handled ammunition during the war. Increases cover October 1, 1944, to November 1945 under a War Labor Board ruling.
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Seattle
C.I.O
Puget Sound
War Labor Board
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Calvert
Clear Heads
Walter P. Smart
Independent Association of Employer of the Duquesne Light Company
E. ©. Maher
Mik Dealers’ Association
O'Dwyer
Pana Ote
Mary Secs
San Antonio
Catholic
USO
Consolidated Construction CO
Dick Jones
SID Robbin's
Sid Robbits
Navarro
Beck North
King’s
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