Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lights in Room 5-202 of Detroit's massive General Motors Building burned into the dawn one night last week. In that same room two years ago, the United Auto Workers' fiery Walter Reuther and G.M.'s management had cursed each other, touched off the fuse for a costly 113-day strike...
...similar contract for U.E.'s 40,000 G.M. workers. That fact seemed sure to have an effect on U.E.'s negotiations at Westinghouse and General Electric. Next day, the lyday Chrysler strike was over. Michigan's dapper Governor Kim Sigler dashed from Lansing to his Detroit office, where Chrysler and the U.A.W. had resumed peace talks. A few hours later, Chrysler and the union agreed on a flat 13^ increase. Ford, which had proposed a wage cut, faced a bargaining date with U.A.W. June...
...interested in stability. The only C.I.O. leader who could be unhappy about it was Boss Phil Murray. His steelworkers, tied to a contract which forbade a strike, had got nothing (TIME, May 3, 17). But there was some wistful talk that the steelmakers might pick up the Detroit cue. The prospects for a peaceful labor summer in big industry looked almost rosy...
...Detroit 7, New York...
...Detroit 5, Washington...