Changes In Agriculture Drive Labor Strife On Western Farms
Public Affairs Committee pamphlet Adrift on the Land by Paul S. Taylor warns of wide spread conditions echoing Grapes of Wrath. It cites westward power farming, mechanization, large wage labor operations, and mobile reserves as causes of farm worker displacements and strikes in California and Arizona.
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New York City
ILNL
Public Affairs Committee
Paul S. Taylor
University of California
Arizona
Washington
Rockefeller Plaza
American News Company
Remington Rand Ends Nine Company Unions
The Remington Rand settlement disestablishes nine company unions across six plants affecting about six thousand workers. The deal bars discouragement of AFL and other unions and covers nineteen AFL unions under the Remington Rand Joint Protective Board. Arbitration will address seven discharge cases dating to 1987. David Morse will serve as arbitrator. The unions acknowledge the agreement ends one phase of the labor dispute but warn more talks are needed for a full settlement of wages hours and working conditions.
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David A. Morse
National Labor Relations Board
Vincent Scamperino
A. F. of L
Poll Tax Abolition Urged By A F of L
Washington hearing on a bill to outlaw poll taxes for voting heard strong support from the American Federation of Labor. Paul Scharrenberg cited statistics showing that in eight states thousands of poor citizens are denied suffrage.
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Washington
D. C
American Federation of Labor
Lee Geyer
California
Paul Scharrenberg
A. F
House Judiciary Committee
Scharrenberg
Norton Amendments To Labor Act Gain Broad Congressional Support
In Washington the National Labor Relations Act amendments gathered solid backing from the House Labor Committee and AFL aligned groups. President Green and AFL leaders urged affiliates to push Congress for prompt enactment while Meany cited favorable New York State experience supporting the craft unit changes and extended union protections. Labor Board expansion, craft unit designation, election fairness, and one-year contracts are proposed safeguards to correct perceived NLRA flaws.
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Washington, D. C
Friends of the National Labor Relations Act
Congress
Norton
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
House
Senate
William Green
A. F P. of L
International Association of Machinists
C. SO
George Meany
A.F. of L
Mary Norton
New York State Labor Relations Act
A. F. of L
C.I
Empire State
Labor Board
Green
Meany
New York State Labor Relaations Board
National Labor Relations Board
C.I.Q
Iean
New York hotel strike ends after 13 months
In New York City the 13 month long hotel strike against the Hotel Governor Clinton ends with management recognizing the New York Hotel Trades Council and agreeing to re employ strikers on terms satisfactory to the union. The dispute began March 20, 1939 and ended April 9 with intervention by Father John P. Boland.
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New York City
ILNS
Clinton
New York Hotel Trades Council
A. F. of L
John P. Boland
State
Rela
N J CIO IGNORES LEWIS BACKS F D R
Newark New Jersey The C I C Labor's Non-Partisan League of New Jersey rejected John L. Lewis advice and endorsed a Roosevelt third term. New Jersey locals of Amalgamated Clothing Workers and Textile Workers Union led the revolt, adopting a resolution praising Roosevelt for advancing social progress and decency.
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Newark
N. J
C. I.C
League of New Jersey
John L. Lewis
Reague
Roosevelt
Mr. Lewis
New Jersey
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
The
Textile Workers Union
Mr. Roosevelt
Ladies Garment Local Votes 4 to 1 To Reaffiliate
New York Local No. 155 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union voted four to one to reaffiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The election concerned whether the union should return to the AFL. Local 165, the Knit Goods Workers Division, led the ballots. ILGWU had joined CIO in 1935 but later withdrew and has operated independently since.
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American Federation of Musicians
New York Hotel Trades Council
A. P. of L
New York
N. Y
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Knit Goods Workers’ Division
G. W.U
Labor pushes for higher wages and six hour week
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged unions to fight to raise wages to a higher scale and to back a six hour day and five day week while avoiding involvement in the European war. Matthew Woll urged using economic power to halt war material shipments to Germany via neutral countries.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Unit of
Matthew Woll
A. F
United States
Germany
Green
A. P. of
Hitler
Stalin
Woll
England
France
Strike Shuts Seattle Stove Plants Over Wages
Union polishers and buffers halted operations at two Seattle stove factories and one in Everett, idling about 175 workers including molders and stove mounters. Strikers pressed for a wage raise from 90 cents to one dollar per hour.
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Seattle, Wash
SLNS
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RAND
A.B
Remington Rand, Inc
American Federation of Labor Unions
Elinore M. Herrick
GEO. Kappel
Chicago
A. F. OF
Mens Garden Wabin
Ivown
Straten
N. J. Cio
Lewis
F.D.R
Ladies’ Garment Local
A. P.L
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