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Labor Looks Back on Bad Year in Capital
A historical survey of 1953 labor politics tracks the shift to a Republican Congress, battles over Taft Hartley amendments, and labor pushbacks led by CIO and AFL unions. It notes key appointments, court rulings, wage fights, and organizing efforts shaping labor policy through mid year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
General Motors
Charles Wilson
Defense
R. T. Stevens
Army
CIO
Stevens
Martin P. Durkin
AFL
Taft-Hartley
Alan Haywood
Taft
NLRB
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO Auto
Allan Haywood
Wilkes- Barre
Taylorville
Cio-Afl
GOP
Daniel Reed
N.Y
Ike
Robert Denham
Labor Department
Industry-Labor-Public
US Supreme Court
American Locomotive
John Riffe
Haywood
Philip Murray
Sperry Gyroscope
New York
Ohio Bell Telephone
CIO Communications
Wall Street
Reuther
Ben Fischer
Mexican Confederation of Labor
Mexico
Albert M. Cole
Federal Housing and Home Financing Agency
American Medical Association
Federal Security Agency
Edward F. Howrey
Federal Trade Commission
Goodyear
AFL and Cio Unity Committee
Hobby
Cole
Parke M. Banta
Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Welfare and Agriculture Departments
Interior
McKay
Hells Canyon
Northwest
Federal Housing and Veterans Administrations
Big Steel
Ford
Chrysler
Nathan Feinsinger
George Taylor
American Woolen Company
CIO Clothing
Milwaukee
CIO Brewery
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman
Philip Murray Memorial Foundation
Philip Murray Homes
Chicago
Uaw-Cio
Iam-Afl
White House
John Edelman
Guy Farmer
Kaiser-Frazer
Willow Run
Wall Street Journal
Alabama
Cio-Pac
Washington
NAM
Taft- Hartley
Martin Durkin
Labor
AFL Cio
John W. Vandercook
Armour
Flint
Mich
Lester Johnson
Wisconsin
Johnson
James P. Mitchell
William L. Hutcheson
AFL Carpenters
Indianapolis
Ohio
Lausche
Cleveland
Thomas Burke
Sen
Morse
Sidney Hillman
Allan