Textile Mills And Packers Get Pay Rise
Washington reports the War Labor Board raised textile workers pay from 50 to 53 cents an hour and granted uniform wage schedules for 143,000 meat packers. The board set regional wage guideposts, standardized vacations, provided work clothes and tools, and linked decisions to Vinson’s fringe-issue dispute. The move aims to protect military production and curb potential strikes by CIO Packinghouse Workers and CIO Textile Workers unions.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Fred M. Vincon
Cio-Packinghouse
Dee
Swift, Armour
Wilson
Cudahy
Morrell Packing Companies
Chicago
Herbert March
H. S. Eldred
Armour
Emil Rieve
C.10
Vinson
OPA
WLB
New England
New York
William H. Davis
WPB Omits Women’s Panties From Vital Clothing List
New York reporters revealed that the War Production Board has deemed women's panties nonessential. WPB orders aimed to reserve rayon wool and cotton for vital civilian goods, listing items like shorts diapers and pajamas while conspicuously excluding panties from the vital list.
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WPB
New York
Garment Center
War Production Board
Washington
Labor Board Seeks Standards in Meat Packing Wage Classifications
The text notes the American Federation of Labor Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen and an independent Swift workers union seeking wage and classification reforms. The board directs establishing a commission to standardize wave schedules and job classifications across the industry to avert unstable economic conditions.
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A. F. L Meat Cutters
Swift Employees
Alse
Labor Department Reports Factory Employment Drop
Albany February report attributes factory layoffs to war plant cutbacks and statewide losses. Despite reduced payrolls, average weekly earnings rose to 50 dollars, up 1.66 from December and 3.07 from January 1944, while payrolls gained 3.6 percent from December but fell 4.2 percent year over year. Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi notes December storms skewing upstate payrolls.
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Labor Department
Albany
State Labor Department
Edward Corsi
Cors
Black Market Sales Testimony At Maj. Marlin Trial
Army undercover agents testified at the court martial of Maj. Walter H. Marlin that black market activity was widespread in the 716th U S Army Operating Battalion dubbed the million dollar battalion. Witnesses described cafes brothels and other venues where operators paid for cigarets coffee and other items and noted large sums gambled at poker games in France.
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Paris
U. S. Army
Walter H. Marlin
Robert P. O'Reilly
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