Labor Wins Equal Voice On NRA Governing Board
President Roosevelt added Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers to the National Industrial Recovery Board, giving labor two seats. Sidney Hillman remains, with two industry reps, two professors, and a chairman. Murray replaces a lean toward broader labor influence as the NRA reorganizes before new recovery legislation.
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NRA
United Mine Workers
Richberg
Clay Williams
Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
National Industrial Recovery Board
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Murray
Donald R. Richberg
S. Clay Williams
Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Organized Labor
William P. Witherow
Richberg, Hilman, Murray
Witherow
Bradstreet, Inc
Walter H. Hamilton
Yale University
L. €. Marshall
Johns Hopkins University
Whiteside
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John S. Lewis
Donald Riehberg
Richmond Hosiery Co pleads guilty in code violation case
Richmond Hosiery Company of Rossville Ga pleads guilty in U S district court to six counts for violating the hosiery industry code production control rules Judge E Marvin Underwood imposes a 1000 fine The company signs a compliance certificate and the related injunction suit is dismissed. A conspiracy count was nolled.
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Atlanta, Ga
ILNS
Richmond Hosiery Company
Rossville
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
United States District Court
E. Marvin Underwood
J. F. Fowler
Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Richmond Hosiery
Day bellwethers strike forces Daytona lumber mill shutdown
About 300 workers at the Dayton Veneer and Lumber Mills plant walked off the job over a pay cut and longer hours, forcing a complete shutdown of the Dayton, Tennessee facility.
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Dayton, Tenn
ILNS
Dayton Veneer and Lumber Mills
Two Big Employers Endorse Labor Organization in Testimony
Louisville tobacco firms Axon Fisher Tobacco Company and Brown Williamson Tobacco Corporation backed the American Federation of Labor before a Senate Education and Labor Committee. Colonel Wood Axton of Axon spoke of collective bargaining benefits and urged Wagner bill passage, while H M Robertson of Brown Williamson advocated union shop benefits and fairer tobacco profits.
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Mit
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Warner Labor Disputes
Washington
C. Am
Axtom-Fisher Tobacco Company
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville
Col. Wood ¥. Axton
American Federation of Labor
Colonel Axton
Axton
H. M. Robertson
Brown & Williamson Corporation
Mr. Robertson
Brown & Williamson
Senate
Wag
Two States Enact Unemployment Insurance Measures
Washington and Utah have approved unemployment insurance laws aimed to conform with the federal economic security program. Edwin E. Wittes reports Washington passed the senate 11 7 and the house 39 4, signed March 21, while Utah’s bill cleared the house unanimously and awaits the governor’s signature. Both acts become effective when the federal unemployment insurance law is enacted.
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Washington, D. C
ISNS
Washington
Utah
Edwin E. Wittes
Economic Security Committee
Senate
House
Witte
Labor rights voice advocates union protections in tobacco firms
The testimony argues workers should not see labor as a commodity and supports rights to organize. It cites Brown & Williamson plants in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Virginia as unionized under the Tobacco Workers International Union since 1998, citing inequitable distribution of tobacco dollars as a management concern.
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American Federation of Labor
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