Norfolk idea eyed by labor to wield capital against employers
Labor faces legal and legislative setbacks with a proposed strategy dubbed the Norfolk idea. The plan, developed by the International Association of Machinists, uses labor's capital assets and credit to pressure employers into meeting union demands, and is said to be ready for broader adoption on the Pacific coast.
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Strike at Crescent iron works turns into union shop in Norfolk
E C Davison secretary of the machinists describes a 1920 strike at Crescent iron works Norfolk Virginia. Union control followed by a reopening as a union shop but local bankers and jobbers later refused credit and equipment. The union funded immediate needs and sourced supplies through out of town firms and used pilots association and foreign ship crews to secure orders for the plant.
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Crescent Iron Works
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Aerial Taxicab Costs Compared by MIT Expert
Professor E H Warner of MIT said aerial taxi service in London costs about the same as New York motor taxi service, in a paper delivered at the Society of Automotive Engineers annual meeting in New York.
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