Word: chrysler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...problem of reconversion was posed by a strike of 45 workmen belonging to Detroit's Building Trades Council (A.F. of L.). They struck because Chrysler Corp. could not assure them that all machinery in the new building would be A.F. of L.-installed. The United Automobile Workers (C.I.O.) had alreadypublicly insisted on doing all the coveted installation (tying in powerand cooling lines, etc.)-in other words, the auto workers should getthe jobs as well as the layoffs occasioned by reconversion...
...Detroit the betting was that Hudson would win the race among the independent manufacturers to market the first car, and that, of the Big Three producers, Ford would lead General Motors and Chrysler...
...poor stock that did not have its fling. Nor was there any sheep-&-goat distinction between war & peace stocks. War-plane-building Douglas Aircraft Co. climbed four points in a few hours to a new high. Right along with it were Chrysler Corp. and General Motors Corp., who hope to make plenty of money in peacetime markets...
Sirs: With the utmost repugnance I read the letter quoted by Major William G. Sears in your April 2 issue. . . . The comparison made by the Major between the situation under which the Chrysler tank drivers threatened to strike and the conditions under which tanks are driven by men in battle is not only malicious, but shows a disregard of the very rights and principles we are fighting for. To insinuate that workers should tolerate any condition where they work because our men are going through worse is nothing short of mean, and presupposes that total war is the normal state...
...Major loses sight of the fact that the Army is doing all it can about the German 88s, the long hours Army men have to drive, and the number of dead that come from tanks. Has the Major investigated to find out whether Chrysler is doing all it can to keep the dust down, or whether the dust is part of the test? . . . Does he know that the threat of strike has its legitimate uses and is most often brought to bear on management to force it to improve working conditions? The Major also loses sight of the fact that...