AFL Rail Unions Decry 16-Cent Wage Award
More than a million AFL railroad workers won a 16 cent an hour wage increase from a special arbitration board. Unions vow to seek another raise under the Railway Labor Act, calling the award unsatisfactory and promising prompt action. Leaders of the Railway Employes Department, and three operating unions, plan meetings to chart next steps amid accusations of neutral bias and stalled postwar wage equity.
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Chicago
AFL
AFL Railway Employes Department
Bert M. Jewell
Railway Employes’ Department
National Mediation Board
Carrier
Ernest M. Tipton
Missouri Supreme Court
Herbert B. Rudolph
South Dakota Supreme Court
Labor
Knight
The
Carmen
Milliman
Waymen
Florida Unions Oppose Ban On Closed Shops
The Florida Federation of Labor adopted a resolution creating a committee to campaign against a proposed state amendment forbidding closed shop agreements. The convention also planned legal steps to block taxation of union owned property and endorsed higher unemployment benefits and a longer benefit period.
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Miami
Leman
Florida Federation of Labor
Watson
Legislatute
Green Sees 30 Hour Week in Atomic Age Reform
AFL President William Green at the Workers Education Bureau dinner urges faster education of workers to seize opportunities of an atomic age. He foresees a shorter work week, possibly 30 hours, and notes atomic energy could be redirected to humane industrial use under UN oversight.
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Green
New York City
AFL
William Green
Workers Education Bureau of America
Commodore
American Federation of Labor
Labor Education Calls for Broader Scope and Methods
A political advocate urges expanding labor education by widening its scope, broadening teaching methods, and enlarging its objectives to benefit more people rather than a favored few.
Local Beer and Liquor Permit Transfers Listed
A list of permit holders and transfers includes Earl Hilsercoop DBA Earl's Linden Bar 703 Williams Ave Hamilton D-1 Virgil Buchanan DBA Parkway Cafe 910 Yankee Rd Middletown D-2 Marg't Meymann DBA Wayne Beverage Service 1835 Wayne Middletown C-12 Walter Fortner DBA Stone Tavern 701 Greenwood D-2 Albert W Jennings Geo H Berger DBA Old Blacksmith Shop Hanover Twp Hamilton D-2 Geo J Renners Sr DBA East Hamilton Real Estate 1605 Alsace D-1 Gus Vallen DBA Liberty Rest 1212 Central Middletown D-1 Mildred Weiland 412 Main Hamilton D-1 Transfers Geo W Daugherty 8028 Teh to Rob't J Zerr DBA Daugherty's Cafe 3029 Teh Dei
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Earl Hilsercoop
Williams Ave
Hamilton
Virgil Buchanan
Parkway Cafe
Yankee Rd
Middletown
Marg’t Meymann
Wayne Beverage Service
Wayne
Walter Fortner
Stone Tavern
Greenwood
Albert W. Jennings
Geo
H. Berger
Old Blacksmith Shop
Hanover
J. Renners Sr
East
Hamilton Reat
Alsace
Gus Vallen
Liberty Rest
Central
Mildred Weiland
Main
Public Health Nurse Week Saluted By Women's Bureau
Miss Frieda S. Miller head of the Women’s Bureau U S Department of Labor salutes the American health nurse during Know Your Public Health Nurse Week April 7 to 13. She notes wartime nurses and peacetime public health nurses are often the same people and lauds their day by day work across agencies. Estimates place over 20000 women employed as public health nurses nationwide and in territories by local state and national agencies.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Frieda S. Miller
Women’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
United States
Territories
Public health nurse ratios discussed amid staffing gap
The discussion notes a current ratio of one nurse per about 6,500 people versus a standard of one per 2,000. If the ideal standard were reached today, over 69,000 public health nurses would be needed, meaning about 49,000 more nurses are required to service the population.
Bill Creates New Labor Department Offices
The House approved a bill creating the offices of Undersecretary of Labor and three assistant secretaries. It would add two more administrators for Secretary Schwellenbach, abolish current assistant posts, set officer salaries at $10 000 a year, and require Senate confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
House
White House
Schwellenbach
Senate
British House Repeals 1927 Trade Union Disputes Act
The House of Commons votes 349 to 182 to repeal the 1927 Trade Union Disputes Act banning strikes and direct union political participation. Cheers rose as the result was announced in London.
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London
England
House of Commons
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Florida
MR. Ward Pennington
Krebs
Fulton Lewis, JR
WMCH
United Nations Organization
Chicago Market CO
Geo. W. Daugherty
Rob
T J. Zerr
Daugherty
Dei
Labor Dept
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