Ohio CIO Council urges action on unemployment laws
The 21 member Ohio CIO Council Executive Board says workers and families live on diet of bread and soup due to inadequate unemployment compensation laws. The report, to be presented at the 16th convention with 1300 delegates from over 500,000 CIO Ohio members, cites about 200,000 unemployed and calls for improved benefits and broader labor reform.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Cio Council
CIO Ohio
Council
Ohio council notes changes in unemployment pay since 1939
A state council compares 1939 and current unemployment benefits in Ohio. It cites $15 weekly max in 1939, $30 for workers without dependents and $35 with dependents today, and a push for $50 caps. It also notes low payroll taxes and high disqualification rates.
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Ohio
Council
CIO Convention Sets Program for Future in Los Angeles
At the 16th national CIO convention in Los Angeles a program for Citizenship In Operation was set. The group aims for fair unity with AFL, stronger organizing, and domestic social legislation while abroad seeking peace and security amid the cold war. The plan supports annual wage plans, higher wages, and a full review of automation impacts on jobs and the economy. The CIO endorses unity, ethical fund administration, and intensified organization, including a dedicated Leathery Tannery Workers Organizing Committee, and reelected officers for another year with Walter Reuther reaffirming commitment.
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The
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Los Angeles
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Auto Workers
Convention Hails New Hope for Labor Unity
The CIO convention unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing a joint CIO AFL trade union center in America. Walter Reuther led a standing vote approving the unity plan as James Carey and David McDonald of the Steelworkers spoke of continued organizing and preserving affiliate integrity.
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Afl-Cio
America
CIO
Cio-Afl
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Sec
Treas
James B. Carey
David J. McDonald
CIO Steelworkers
McDonald
AFL
Usa-Cio
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Jacob Clayman
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Standing Committee
New York
Leathery & Tannery Workers Organizing
Fur & Leather Workers Union
John V. Riffe
Dave MacDonald
MacDonald
Labor
Carey
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