Flurry Of Labor Troubles Eases With Some Settlements
A nationwide labor turmoil shows a slight improvement as a federal conciliator secures an agreement to avert grain flow disruption over the Great Lakes and a state mediator in California reports optimism about a seven day CIO strike. Yet New York truck drivers, West Coast maritime workers, and Detroit auto plant workers remain far from settlement amid ongoing tensions.
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Great Lakes
CIO Oi
California
New York
West Coast
Detroit Auto
Carl Carlgren
AFL
Reach Agreement on Hourly Wages in Duluth Port Strike
In a 10 hour session workers approved a 1b-cent hourly wage increase retroactive to July 1 with adjustments in job classifications and benefits. The deal caps four months of talks while Carlgren returns to Minneapolis to press a separate AFI grain processors strike settlement. Nationwide oil and gas disputes and West Coast labor actions also surface as unions push higher pay and refuse non- Communist affidavits.
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Carlgren
AFL
Minneapolis
Luther Youngdahl
California
Glenn Bowers
Federal Conciliation Service
Bowers
Shell Oil
West
Los Angeles
Nevada
New York
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Local 807
Newark
Seattle
CIO
Carpet shipments from Tientsin reach over 1.13 million square feet
In nine months Tientsin China shipped 1 134 963 square feet of carpets to America, reflecting a strong export volume. The report highlights steady cross Pacific trade and notable carpet exports from China to the United States.
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Tientsin
China
America
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