Washington and the Nation
Washington and the Nation Labor Notes The ILGWU Convention DaVID DUBINSKY, president of the International l.nilies' Garment Workers' Union, in presenting a full and detailed financial report to...
...Adolph A. Berle, Assictant Secretary of State, declared that he favors a mixed economy for t he USA, supplementing private enterprise and initiative with government planning...
...Tha major reason seems to be that with postwsr consolidation in metals, CIO would be stronger by amalgamating its lesding metal products union...
...a • a Steel Merger The merger between the Steal Workers Union CIO and the Aluminum Workers Union CIO, which had bee n reported in The New Loader several wee ha age, wws ratified tale week by the Aluminum Workers' convention...
...The amendment would freeze certain AFL contracts from NLRB elections...
...Townaend, the first Negro to be elected to tha CIO Executive Board, reported that the union now bad more than 12,000 members...
...Tha convention adopted a no-strike pledge for tha durstion, and a resolution for n fourth term for FDR...
...Another reason is that steel production msy decline in favor of aluminum after the war and the two unions will face common problems of sdjustment...
...This aid will be extended to other liberated lands...
...John L. Yancey was re-elected secretarytreasurer...
...The ILGWU adopted a resolution demanding the solution of the murder of Carlo Treses by the FBI...
...The 8IU also charges that the NMU soaks to exploit alien session to gala control of the International Transport Work, e n ' Federation...
...Various reasons have been ascribed for the merger...
...Seamen Fight teees Act T*HE Seafarers' International Union is making a fight, with AFL support, to restore the bonuses for seaman, ended by the Maritime War Emergency Board...
...Townsend Reelected President 0T$f 4-CIO W l L L A R D TOWNSEND, national Preaident of the United States Transport Service Employees of America, CIO, was reelected to office at the fourth convention of the union last week...
...While we acknowledge our debt to the Red Army, we do not consider it just and right that Europe be Sovietized...
...From our own experience we know that when Communists seixe control of a trade union its democratic roots die...
...Tha SIU denounces tha National Maritime Union for following the Communist line, declaring that the NMU, in departing from trade union pimciples, will become a "labor front" at the mercy of shipowners, whom the Communists are new placating in the name of "stabilisation...
...He supported Du bin sky's demand that the unions clean house and rid themselves of racketeers...
...Washington and the Nation Labor Notes The ILGWU Convention DaVID DUBINSKY, president of the International l.nilies' Garment Workers' Union, in presenting a full and detailed financial report to the union's convention in Boston, urged that all unions voluntarily submit such reports, to silence criticism of the financial conduct of unions and as an aid to the elimination of racketeering...
...Luigi Antonini will be the AFL delegate...
...Frey Rider D E S P I T E bitter opposition from CIO, an amendment to the National Labor Relations Act, sponsored by John P. Frey of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL, passed the House this week...
...The new group will be known as tha United Steel and Aluminum Workera of America...
...William Green told the convention that a joint delegation of AFL and British trades union representatives is being sent to Italy to aid in rebuilding the Italian trade unions, essential to democracy...
...Green urged immediate creation of a United Nations Council, opposing unilaterial action by Russia...
...Tha Steal Union convention two weeks age voted approval of the plan...
...The ILGWU has total liquid assets of 116,183,692, a gain of $9,330,275 in the past four years...
Vol. 27 • June 1944 • No. 24
