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The Chicago Star
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Ten thousand white and Black workers at the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s Camel cigarette plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, struck this week, picketing at 73 gates after rejecting the company's 5.5-cent hourly wage offer and demanding 15 cents, citing 1946 profits of $49,309,000 before taxes. They are members of the CIO Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers union.
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The old ad slogan about "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" came home to roost at the 73 gates of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina this week.
Ten thousand striking workers at the Camel cigarette plant walked, not a mile but thousands of miles, on the picket lines. They are members of the CIO Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers union of America.
White and Negro workers marched side by side in that Southern city after the company made its "final offer" of only 5 1/2 cents per hour increase.
The workers demanded the standard 15 cent wage increase and pointed out that the company profits for 1946 amounted to $49,309,000 before taxes.
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Winston Salem, North Carolina
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This Week
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Ten thousand striking workers at the Camel cigarette plant, members of the CIO Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers union of America, picketed at 73 gates after the company made its final offer of only 5 1/2 cents per hour increase. White and Negro workers marched side by side. The workers demanded the standard 15 cent wage increase, pointing out company profits for 1946 amounted to $49,309,000 before taxes.