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THE NEW LEADER Vol. XXIX—No. 13 MARCH 30, 1946—Two Sections—SECTION Z PRICE TEN CENTS WORLD EVENTS Edited by William Henry Chamberlin RECONVERSION and the STRIKE WAVE The Strike...
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THE POSTWAR STRIKE WAVE INTRODUCTION Jack Barbash THIS is an attempt to tell the story of the current strike wave even before it has completely subsided. It seeks to synthesize what the...
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OIL—PROLOGUE ThE Oil Workers' strike, called on September 27, 1945, and involving about 250,000 workers in 16 major oil companies, set the pattern for the disputes which were to be of such moment...
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STEEL—PRICES AND WAGES In a very direct way, the steel negotiations involved not only the union and the corporations, but the Government. Not only because the Government was interested in...
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ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS ThE issue in the electrical workers' strike was a wage increase of (2 a day. 200,000 employees were involved in the major plants of General Electric, Westinghouse, and General...
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MEAT PACKING—GOVERNMENT SEIZURE ThE strike in the meat packing industry was the only one of the large strikes in which the Government resorted to seizure. Three unions were involved: the CIO...
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LONGSHOREMEN INTER- AND INTRA-UNION CONFLICT THE strike of 30,000 longshoremen in New York was as much an inter-and intra-union conflict as it was directed against the employers. The strike...
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DEMONSTRATION STRIKES TrlE Stamford demonstration strike was not alone in seeking to use the strike to dramatize issues. The National Maritime Union called a one-day political strike on December...
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SIGNIFICANCE OF STRIKE WAVE ThE present strike constitutes a planned union offensive on the wage front; planned because the unions deliberately and in advance undertook to establish a policy...
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RECONVERSION Six Months After VJ-Day By W. S. Woytinsky TEN months have elapsed since Germany surrendered and more than six months since VJ-Day, but we are still in the transition from a...
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SDF NEWS NATIONAL: CUtage, "I : National Executive Committee meets at Hotel Hamilton, AdtH 6 7 Confer*nee with Chicago S.D.F. and allied groups on local political action, Sunday. April 7, 11...
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Where the News Ends By WILLIAM HEMKY CHAMBERLIN More Definitions for a Fellow-Travelers Dictionary SOME weeks ago 1 outlined a "fellowlraveler'e dictionary," showing bow normal meaning* of...
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