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ye ALLIS CHALMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY In 1946 the labor unions at the company's main plant near Milwauke decided to strike for higher wages and other benefits. The management felt, that the unions demand were unressonable and after some efforts the negociations broke down. The longer the strike lasted, the more nerves were on ege, Communist influence was unmistakable. Lawlessness and finalle riots broke out. The police was too weak} the army had to be sent to restore order, After more than a year the strike finally collapsed and the unions hat to accept the employers terms. This result wes achieved purely by the iron nerves of the management. ee In June 1950, Allis Chalmers signed a five year contract with its UAW-CIO unions patterned on the General Motors agreement and since that time has had an outstanding labor realations record Allis Chilmers was incorporated in 1901. After some reorgaup, Since that time it has been eble to purchase or obtain control ob about a dozen companies. It has substantial subsidiairies in foreign countries! England, Cananda and Mexico. Exports constitute about 15 % of sales. Allis Chalmers has two major types of production. One is the tractor Division, which accounts for well over half of the sales and the other is General Machinery, producing a variety of about 1600 items, The first Division has - since the outbreak of the Koréan war - been very active in developing end producing tractors for defense purposes. Especially should be mentioned here the new heavy cargo tractor, then the light tenk, built for rugged terrair and crossing of swamps - the pride and joy of the army -. A new tractor-bullidozer mainly for militery use. For civilian consumption various types of tractors and agricultural machinery are produced such as: agricultural tractors, Hervesters, Corn Pickers, Harrows, Flows,Howers, Industrial tractors, Stationary and mobile power units, graders, ditchers, scrape) and. a multitude of road building equipment. As far as the General MachinerybDivison is concerned only a few items ot the 1600 available cen, obviously, be mentioned: blowers,compressors, crushing machinery, various kinds of pumps, cement plant machinery, electronic equipment, foundry equipment, grain and chemical equipment (the new U.S. Line ship,the United States has installed over 100 various allis Chalmers machinery) fi metallurgical equipment, oil extraction equipment,turbines(for je engines for instance) wood processing equipment and many more.
