Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-10-05
Oil Workers
Intensity Strike

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Whether the independent
dealers who have railroad sid
ings and have been able to get
deliveries of tank cars could
handle the local situation is
questionable. No comment has
been made by the unions on
what action if any would be
taken to dry up these sources of
supply.
No Washington Settlement
Up to Wednesday afternoon
there had been no settlement
between the Oil Workers and
the industry which was still in
a "a hour adjournment to take
the offer of the oil industry un-
der consideration.
In the conciliation talks held
in Washington, the Standard Oil
Co. made an offer of an inn
mediate Is per cent wage in
crease with any additional raise
to be decided upon by an ar
bitrator if the union would
agree to abide by the decision.
This was taken under advise
ment by the union officials
headed by o. A. knight, presi-
dent of the international union.
Warehouse Strike Continues
Strike of warehousemen in six
Toledo plants went into its sec
ond week with no settlement in
sight. All A. & P. stores have
been closed by the strikers, and
produce which was in the A. &
p. Warehouse was donated to
Toledo hospitals after the strik-
ers offered to aid in loading it.
Up to Wednesday night, the
United States Cancellation Serv-
ice had been unable to bring
the warehouse managements and
warehouse workers together:
Principal objection of the ware
house managements is to joint
meeting with the union. The
union is seeking a uniform con-
tract with all warehouses. Prior
to seeking the contract, the
warehouse arrangements them
selves were in disagreement
with individual clauses in their
contracts which were not in the
contracts of the other plants.
Unions Are Determined
Members of both the ware
house workers and Oil Work
ers unions expressed their de
termination to win their points
and have no indication of weak
ening. The oil strike will be
settled in Washington, whereas
the warehouse workers strike is
purely localized. Both are au-
thoriZed strikes.
Despite the warehouse and
Oil Workers strikes, the labor
situation is definitely improved
in Toledo so far as unauthorized
work stoppages are concerned.
Returned to work in the past
week are the employees of the
Textileather Corp, members of
the Textile Workers Union and
employees of the Unitcast Corp.
of Local 48 UAW- -CIO.
Local f66, Amalgamated
Clothing Workers walked out of
nine downtown Toledo stores on
Monday of this week when their
wage demands were not met
by the store arrangements after
their old contracts had expired.
Effected by the walkout are
Bonds, Lamson's, Lion store,
Lasalle & Koch's, Tiedtke's B.
r. Baker, Nichols, Hoffman
Thomas and Weber's.
Ransom IL Randolph Lockout
Locked out on Monday of this
week were 100 members of the
Ransom and Randolph Unit of
Local II, United Auto Workers
CIO after the company manage
ment claimed a showdown had
taken place.
Local II officials stated that
100 grievances many of them of
long standing existed in the
Ransom a. Randolph Co. plant
and said that the workers were
ready and willing to return to
work.
At the present time, the
United Auto Workers do not
have a single work stoppage in
Northwestern Ohio in line with
the policy laid by the Inter
national union at its recent