Woll on Tour Urges Union Life Insurance Support
President Woll tours midwest cities urging stockholders to back Union Labor Life Insurance and to promote group and individual life policies among trade unions. Montreal Musicians' Union obtains a $1,000 per member policy for 500 members secured entirely by mail.
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Woll
Montreal
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Matthew Woll
Mid West
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
Rainard Robbins
Musicians’ Union of
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
What is Workers' Education and Its Socratic Method
The piece explains workers' education as a Socratic method of endless discussion in small classes from five to twenty five. It stresses reading, talks, questions, and a like minded comrade teacher funded by trade unions to study social sciences and remold society.
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Socrates
Labor Bureau disputes Davis unemployment figures
The Labor Bureau Inc. argues Secretary Davis underestimated unemployment. It claims 5,790,000 out of work, far above Davis 1,870,050, and notes data gaps in city population shifts and base-period jobs. It labels Davis report a job-count, not a true unemployment estimate. The group cites its own estimate near six million. Subscribe for the Press.
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New York City
Davis
United States Senate
Labor Bureau, Inc
Bureau
The
Senate
Wagner
A F L Grants Union Charter To 2000 GM Workers Oshawa
The American Federation of Labor grants a charter to a newly formed 2000 worker General Motors union in Oshawa Canada. The group began as a company union but formed a mixed trades organization after a wage reduction dispute with Senhrat Motors. A minister of labor helped end a related strike action, while a broader U S labor disputes report notes multiple settlements and threatened actions across various plants and trades.
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A. F. of L
General Motors
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Oshawa
Canada
James Simpson
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Frank Morrison
Senhrat Motors
Peter Heenan
Allegheny Foundry Company
Glassrere
Butler
Pittston
Concord
N. H
Structural Iron
Cedar Rap’ Lowa
St. Louis
Southwestern Telephone Company
Charleston
Ill
North Shore Power Company
Waukeegan
Seattle
Wash
Red Letter Probe Refused by British Government
London reports the government rejected Labour calls for a new inquiry into the Zinoview letter said to be from Russia to Ramsay MacDonald. Labour claims the letter counseled revolution and aided the party’s ouster from nine months in power. Workers call it a forgery and seek a full investigation.
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London
England
Labor Party
Russia
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Typo Riff on Wage Plea Ends in Arbitration Defeat
Denver printers lose an 18 percent wage claim after a productivity theory argument. The neutral arbiter struggled to apply the theory and ruled against the union, which plans to take the case to the international arbitration board.
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Denver
A. FP
Printinr
International Arbitration Board
Senator Predicts Passage Of Hawes Cooper Prison Goods Bill
Senator Hawes of Missouri forecasts passage of the Hawes Cooper bill allowing states to bar prison made goods from outside. Edward F. McGrady of the AFL argues for trade training in prisons to aid convict rehabilitation. Assistant Attorney General George Davis notes labeling of prison goods and a memorial to Congress.
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New York City
Congress
Hawes- Cooper
Hawes
Missouri
National Committee On Prisons and
Edward F. McGrady
Legislative Committee
The
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
George Davis
Smith
Mawes-Cooper
Hawaii Marriage Patterns Defy Laws Claims
San Francisco Board of Health statistics from Hawaii challenge Japanese assertions that U S laws ban interracial marriage. In Hawaii no such law exists as figures show 41 of 810 Japanese women married non Japanese and 29 of 798 Japanese men married other nationalities. Paul Scharrenberg of the Seamen's Journal questions why Japanese do not take advantage of Hawaii's environment.
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San Francisco
Board of Health Statistics
Territory of Hawaii
United States
Hawaii
Hawaiian Board of Health
Paul Scharren“berg
Seamen's Journal
Loan sharks active in New York City employes investigation
Federal District Attorney Tuttle reports that city workers, taxi drivers, and others are targets of loan sharks. He says lenders charged an average interest rate of 260 percent and federal investigators are examining legal landline companies.
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New York
Tuttle
Egal Landine
Radio Enters Labor Strife in Detroit
International Labor News Service reports a Detroit street railway dispute where unionists formed at city hall to meet the mayor and police, prompting a radio station to call workers back to their jobs. The largely unorganized shop floor grip seeks a step by step solution to ongoing stoppages.
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International Labor News Service
Detroit
Mich
C. V. Ulrich
Lodge 82
International Association of Machineets
Department of Street Railway Management
Municipal
Police Department
Guard of Honor
Fertiz
Detroit Federation of Labor
WWJ
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