Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their G.A.W. victory the seamen could give much of the credit to the breakthrough at Ford Motor Co. by Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers. As for the U.A.W. itself, it wasted no time in pressing on to the next automaker with an expiring contract: American Motors...
...pointed out that American is already paying higher wages than the Big Three, and its books are just beginning to show a profit (v. a $654,390 loss in 1955's first quarter). But last week the U.A.W. made it clear that the independents must follow the Ford-General Motors pattern. Said Leonard Woodcock, U.A.W. vice president and Reuther's chieftain for American Motors: American's auto workers need G.A.W. "even more than the bigger firms because of its ups and downs in employment...
...Worlds to Conquer. The auto workers also stepped up the pressure on another big industry: farm equipment. John Deere & Co. has already gone through three bargaining sessions over G.A.W., and the union is demanding nothing less than a contract like the one at Ford. Reuther has also notified International Harvester Co. and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., whose contracts expire in August, that the U.A.W.'s new contract demands will include G.A.W...
Personal real estate transaction of the week: The Dunes, a 50-acre Long Island seashore estate, was bought by Auto Tycoon Henry Ford II (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) from retired (66) Cinemactor Richard (Tol'able David) Barthelmess...
...plant site often depends on how much fresh water is available. After World War II, for example, General Motors wanted to take over a Lima (Ohio) plant that it had operated for the Government, but backed out because it could not get a guarantee of future water supplies. Ford Motor Co. built a huge new plant at Walton Hills, outside Cleveland, but only after the city agreed to extend its water mains. If Denver cannot find more water, its industrial growth must grind to a halt...