Paul Weber was an American labor leader. He was the founder and president of the Detroit (Michigan) chapter of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU) from 1939 to 1947,[1] best known for his development of an ACTU "Industrial Council Plan" (which Weber called "economic democracy"[2][3]) versus a CIO Industry Council Plan to foster union-management cooperation in US Labor disputes.[4][5]
Weber also belonged to the American Newspaper Guild (now NewsGuild-CWA),[6] a CIO federation member, which made him "well-versed in union practices."[7]
He also served as editor of Wage Earner, newspaper of the Michigan ACTU.[8]
In 1946, Weber wrote to some Catholic leaders around the nation in defense of Walter Reuther, who he wrote "Walter Reuther is certainly not a Communist... he is their bete noir" even if "Walter and his brothers Victor and Roy started out to be radicals."[9]
In 1947 during a conference of the Catholic Trl-State Congress in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Weber, "Detroit newspaperman and Association of Catholic Trade Unionists leader," joined other Catholics in opposing Communist influence on labor unions.[10]
Works
edit- "ACTU," Christian Front (December, 1938)[11]
References
edit- ^ "The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists-Detroit" (PDF). Wayne State University. 1968. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Steven Rosswurm. "The Catholic Church, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Labor in the United States, 1930-1950 - Background". Catholic University of America. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Steven Rosswurm. "The Catholic Church, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Labor in the United States, 1930-1950 - "The Catholic Viewpoint on Industry Councils"; "Industrial Councils"". Catholic University of America. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Steven Rosswurm (1992). The CIO's Left-led Unions. Rutgers University Press. pp. 135–136. ISBN 9780813517698. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Dennis A. Deslippe (Winter 1991). ""A Revolution of ITS Own" the Social Doctrine of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists in Detroit, 1939-50". American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 102 (4): 25–32. JSTOR 44210275. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Nelson Lichtenstein (1997). Walter Reuther: The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit. University of Illinois Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780252066269. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Matthew Pehl (2016). The Making of Working-Class Religion. University of Illinois Press. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9780252066269. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Steve Babson (1986). Working Detroit: The Making of a Union Town. Wayne State University Press. p. 101. ISBN 0814318193. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Paul Weber to Father William J. Smith S.J." Catholic University of America. 23 March 1946. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Clarence M. Zens (22 September 1947). "PLEA TO PUT TRI-STATE CONGRESS 9/22/ 7 ADVICE INTO ACTION MADE BY BISHOP AS CONVENTION CLOSES". Catholic News Service. p. 1. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ David O'Brien (1966). "American Catholics and Organized Labor in the 1930's". The Catholic Historical Review. 52 (3): 345 (fn57). JSTOR 25017823. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
External links
edit- Websites
- The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists-Detroit papers
- Paul Weber to Father William J. Smith S.J. letter (1946.03.23)
- The Catholic Church, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Labor in the United States, 1930-1950
- Articles
- "The Industry Council Plan as an Instrument of Reconstruction" (1944)
- "Industry Council Plan Explained by Bishop F.J. Haas" (1949)
- "The Industry Council Plan as a Form of Social Organization" (1953)
- "Trade Unions and the Industry Council Plan" / "Les Conseils industriels" (1953)
- Two American Concurrences in the 'Industry Council Plan'" (1954)
- Books
- The Basic Principles of the Industry Council Plan of Pius XI and of the Policy of the Sherman Act (1951)
- Industrialism and the popes (1953)
- "The C.I.O. Industry Council plan : its background and implications" (1955 dissertation)
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