Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Irving Potash, C. I. O. Fur Workers Union man, objected, saying that Russia had merely drawn a line in Poland to protect itself from Germany, the floor exploded with boos and sarcastic cries of "Heil Hitler!" As Potash struggled on, booing broke into thunderous shouts of "Take him away! Down with Hitler...
...York chums waged war. At a Manhattan County committee meeting of the party, a divisional director of Mr. Quill's union leaped to the platform, with a pack of Communist sympathizers, took over the proceedings. The lights flashed off, on, off again. Amid the hullabaloo the Quillsters voted down the anti-Communist resolution, yelled recriminations at those who objected, elected Leftist Congressman Vito Marcantonio chairman of their rump unit. Mr. Marcantonio declined, but he sideswiped the purgers as actors "playing the role of international statesmen. They should go back to ringing doorbells and climbing stairs...
...businessmen have done very well in the twelve-month just past. They took in $1,800,249, spent $1,697,376, had $546,504 in cash on hand Aug. 31. Their reported, dues-paying membership was up 383,267 to 4,006,354. Outside analysts always take union totals on suspicion, generally deflate the Federation's official figure by at least 1,000,000 to get at the actual, paid-up membership. But the most significant story of A. F. of L., 1939 was not in totals claimed or actual. It was where those reported gains were made...
Core of the Federation has always been its construction unions. Now the A. F. of L. membership base is shifting and widening. Biggest gainer-and biggest union in the Federation-is Dan Tobin's Teamsters, up 40,800 to 350,000. Coming up fast are the butchers, laundry workers, operating engineers, retail clerks, hatters. Tough, clever George E. Browne's stagehands (up 14,200 to 42,000) lost their fight to hog all theatrical performers (TIME, Aug. 21) but they have just won another and vital struggle to keep A. F. of L. supreme in Hollywood studios, downing...
CINCINNATI, Ohio--William Green, who rose from the coal mines of Ohio to leadership of 4,000,000 craft union workers, today was elected President of the American Federation of Labor for his 16th consecutive term...