The union times., 1943-04-24
As We See It
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 Cross drive was due to the efforts and cooperation of Aircraft Local TAB, I.A.M.-Only the company got the credit for the campaign which was engineered and boosted by the Local.
 AMERICAN LABOR has been 9e.97% faithful to its No-Strike Pledges, reports A.F.L. President William Green. Here is something constructive for Rickenbacker and Pegler to talk and write about for a change.
 "LET TT BE NOTED" said Green, ''that time gained On ,OGr production as the result Of the di- rect union contribution sUas 85 times greater than the tOtal time lost due to att strikes (,OiId cat and those called by nOn-A.F.L. uniOns) affecting sOar production"
 ALL MAINTENANCE and repair work on Hartford Public Housing projects will henceforth be done ex- clusively by union workingmen, Mayor Spellacy has promised busi- ness agents of the Capital building trades unions.
 r THE BOYS of Local 443, Team sters, are wondering when the VILE. is planning to hand down decision on the wage agreements between the union and the First National Warehouse in Bridgeport: and the Epstein-Nevis Co.,, Stam- ford. John J. Allen, secretary treasurer of the Local, states that Epstein-Nevis contract has been in the hands of the Board since Dec. Is, and the First National pact since the first of the year.
 TO VICIOUS anti-union and anti-Semitic propaganda, Abe Levy of Brooklyn, N. Y., is living refu- tatiOn. Abe is a Jew and veteran member of Local 2, United Hatters, Cap X Millinery Workers. Not only is he producing for the war effort, but he has five sons in the armed services. And two more sons will join them soon!
 ONE YEAR AGO IN THE UNION TIMES: "State Trolleymen Auth orize Call For Suspension of Work In Connecticut Co. Systems, As Negotiations Drag Into Fifth Week Workers Are Seeking $l An Hour and Pensions, Among Other Things Express Willingness To Arbi- trate"; Bridgeport And Water bury Machinists Reject Accent Per Hour Increase By C. R. X L. Co.,; Local 443, Teamsters, and Smed- ley Co.,, New Haven, Sign Closed Shop COntract-Teamsters' Bond Purchases Now Total $9,OOO"; Thousands Buy Tickets For Divi- sion 28l's, New Haven Trolleymen, Annual Ball At The Arena"; ''Locai 532, Shop Iron Workers, Sign Clos ed Shop Agreement With Water bury Iron Works''; John J. Egan Addresses Connecticut Labor Rally Held In New Haven Labor Temple Speakers Denounce Anti-Labor Legislation In Congress-; Perley M. HOvey Is Appointed Senior Field Representative In Charge Of Ap- prentice Training Office Just Open ed In Bridgeport; LIAM. Charges Curtiss- Wright Corp, of Caldwell, N. J., With Using The Draft To Eliminate Active UniOnists From Its Plants"; Cleveland Bus Driv- CTS Win 1920 Increase.'
 WOMEN IN ILLINOIS are back. ing bill in the State Legislature to guarantee "equal pay for equal york;" Both the Illinois State Federation of Labor and the Illi- nOis State WOmen's Trade Union League are supporting the measure, which they maintain will give fe- male employees a square deal. Michigan and Montana passed equal pay legislation several years ago. Washington recently passed a bill on the subject. Similar measures are pending in California, New Mexico and New York.
 CONGRATULATIONS to T. E. Murphy, publicity director of the