South Carolina Labor Bills Defeated Boosting Union Sentiment
In Columbia the South Carolina Senate killed two labor bills after the House passed them. AFL President Green urged passage to aid workers’ rights to organize. Labor leaders say defeat strengthens union resolve and collective bargaining over legislation as a remedy for industrial woes.
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South Carolina
Birmingham
Ala
SLNS
Senate
Green
American Federation of Labor
House
South Carolina House
Dowell E. Patterson
State Federation
Mr. Patterson
W. H. Keith
Greenville
S. C
Gaffney
Patterson
Strongest Union Speaker Addresses Akron Painters
Columbus attorney Richard L. Garnett told Akron’s Painters Union that his union is the strongest in the world and has business agents seated in all courts. He spoke to local members promising robust support and influence in legal matters.
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Akron
Ohio
Richard L. Garnett
Columbus
Painters’ Union
Workers Are Victims of Machines President Green Tells Senators
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor told a Senate commerce committee that 3,700,000 workers were unemployed in February 1930. He warned that mechanization and new processes displaced wage earners, costing the nation nearly $1 billion in wages in the first quarter. He urged stronger data gathering and federal employment services to reduce unemployment.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Committee On Commerce
Green
Miget
Federal
Mr. Green
Congress
Labor address urges home life and high wages for American families
Wit. Green and A. Foof Li defend organized labor as essential to home life. The National Radio Homemakers Club sponsors the radio talk urging high wages, stable income, and policies to abolish poverty and unemployment to protect American institutions.
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Washington
Wit. Green
A. Foof Li
Clab
Tehoo
Wage cuts reported at Durham hosiery mills
Wage cuts by the Durham Hosiery Mill and by the American Tobacco Company's hosiery plant in Durham are reported by union officers. The Durham mill recently adopted a short time schedule and similar pay reductions are noted at Golden Belt Hosiery as well.
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Philadelphia
Durham Hosiery
Durham
N. C
American Federation of Full Fashioned
United Textile Workers
American Tobacco Company
Golden Belt Hosiery Company
Parker Named to Supreme Court
President Hoover nominated Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte North Carolina to succeed the late Associate Justice Sanford on the U S Supreme Court He is 44 and one of the youngest elevated to the court Parker was appointed to the federal circuit by Coolidge His friends say he is not a liberal
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Washington
Hoover
John J. Parker
United States
Charlotte
N. C
Sanford
United States Supreme Court
Parker
Coolidge
Miller Sees Baumes Law as Serious Liability to Society
Sp encer Miller Jr spoke at a Women's Trade Union League event at Town Hall Club on the Baumes laws arguing the fourth offender provision is illogical and shifts focus from the offender to the crime. He warned the law could erode hope for parole and escalate state liability, noting the high costs and potential bias against reform.
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Miller
New York
N. Y
Women's Trade Union League
Town Hall Club
Spencer Miller, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Workers’ Education Bureau
Thomas Mott-Osborne
Sing Sing
Auburn
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