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Guaranteed Wage (G.W.) General Correspondence. (Literature, books, articles, etc.), 1945-1946

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

Report: "Justification of Budget for study of G.W. plans (1945)," "Application of Income Taxes to Funds Implementing Wage Guarantees (1946)." Correspondence between Meyers and Mat Heineman (VP Franklin Buick Advertising Corp); Paul Joerzog (NWLB); Arthur Jacobs; (Exec. Labor Letter); Thomas McManus (Assistant Counsel Joint Reg. Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions); NP Feinsinger (Law Professor, U. of Wisconsin); Samuel H. Thompson (Assistant Director, National Planning Assoc.); William H. Davis (Director of Eco. Stab.); Katherine Pollak Fllickson (Assistant Director of Research, CIO) regarding chiefly routine (requesting copies of complements, critiques on articles in magazines, addresses), setting up appointments. Arguments used in the maritime and trucking strikes; industry investigation in respect to the annual wage; study of the steel industry; gov't interest payments: Proctor & Gamble plan. Nunn-Busch Plan- Unites three factors: 1. Payment to worker of a fixed % of volume of business done, 2. Guaranteed min. annual wage, fluctuating with skill level, 3. Overtime work at straight pay to balance hours not worked during the slack period. Also, clippings, bibliography of union agreements guaranteeing employment on annual wage plans

Dates

  • 1945-1946

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

4 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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