The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-12
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

HOUGHTON, Mich = Every brew
cry in Michigan is now under con-
tract with the signing of an agree
ment between the Init. Union of
United Brewery Flour Cereal & Soft
Drink Workers (AFL) and the Bosch
Brewing Co., last holdout.
NEW YORK.-Dr. Ralph w Robey,
hired by the Natl. Assn. of Manufac-
turers to make a survey of some 900
social science textbooks used in the
dreds of pages of excerpts which
showed that the books contained
many economic facts. He called this
"un-American."
CHICAGO. = Campbell's soups are
now union-made. The firm has
signed contract with the United
Cannery Agricultural Packing & AL
lied Workers (CIO) covering 5000
workers in it's Chicago and Camden
plants. Annual wage raises totaling
100000 are provided
WASHINGTON - Revised amend
ments to the national labor relations
act have been introduced in the house
by Rep. Robert Ramspeck d., Ga.)
at the request of the AFL. The
amendments would increase the board
from three to five, limit power to
change certification for year, and
permit appeals in representation
cases.
WASHINGTON. - Fear that wage
increases will cause price increases
is not going to deter the CLIO from de-
manding for it's members greater
share of corporate profits, said CLIO
Pres. Philip Murray in a speech to
the American Assn of School Admin
istrators.
WASHINGTON. - ALL Pres. Will
liam Green has denied that he had
told Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of
the British Trades Union Congress,
that the AFL would relinquish its
right to strike.
WASHINGTON.-O to the
pending attempts to deport Pres. Har-
ry Bridges of the Intl Longshoremen's
& Warehousemens Union (CIO) was
expressed by the executive board of
the Natl Lawyers Guild (unaffili-
ated).
LACKAWANNA, N. Y Thirteen
thousand strikers started back to
work at Bethlehem Steel Corp. on
Feb. % when a 2-day strike was sue
cessfully terminated On the major
issue of the walkout, reinstatement of
800 men laid off for disciplinary rea-
sons, the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee (CIO) won hands down.
DUBUQUE, Iowa-Protection Of job
and seniority rights for draftees has
been obtained for employees of IL COM
panies here in citywide drive by
the Dubuque Trades & Labor Con-
gress.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The solid
south became little less solid for
the Democratic party in Tennessee
following a 3-day meeting here that
ended in the formation of the Tonnes
see Commonwealth Federation. The
300 delegates represented organized
labor, farm and negro groups and
church organizations
DETROIT.-A strike in the great
River Rouge factory and two other
key plants of Ford Motor Co. may be
called in 80 days unless the company
bargains, the United Automobile
Workers (CIO) announced Feb. 26.
HOUSTON, Tex. = The Associated
General Contractors of America was
told at it's annual convention here
that labor is not sabotaging national
defense
MAYNARD, Mass.-The United Co
operative Society Of Maynard opened
the community's first super-market
here Feb. %. More than $4,000 was
invested in structural changes and
equipment.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0. - Hearings on
charges of unfair labor practices
against the Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Co., one of the companies involved in
the 1887 Little Steel strike, will final
Iy get under way here March 13.
CHICAGO. - The 18th anniversary
Of the founding of the Cooperative
League of the U. S. A. will be marked |
by anniversary dinners In Chicago and
New York. The league was founded
March 18, 1916.