Labor groups map prevention plan for silicosis at Washington conference
In Washington D C labor industry medical associations and health authorities met under Secretary Frances Perkins to push prevention of silicosis through engineering controls such as exhaust systems and wet drilling. Labor leaders urge no worker discharge or wage loss and support recurring X ray screening, forecasting four to five months of study before draft legislation.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Frey
Ontario
Canada
Striking Miners Return to Work at Belmont Mine
In Butte Montana 745 miners at the Belmont mine walked out for two days over union demands for Gus Birkett's dismissal. They returned after Birkett announced his resignation and departure from town, with union and company leaders citing his exit as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte, Mont
ILNS
Anaconda Copper Company
Belmont Bore
Gus Birkett
Birkett
No Freedom for Mine Workers in Harlan County
Townsend, attorney for United Mine Workers, told the La Follette committee that Harlan county Kentucky has no free speech or right to organize for miners. He described privately paid deputy sheriffs funded by coal companies, arrests and deportations of organizers, and brutal jail conditions likened to the Black Hole of Calcutta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Knapp
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Harlan County
Kentucky
Calcutta
T. C. Townsend
United Mine Workers
la Follette
Townsend
Senator la Follette
Willians
Logar County
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Kenyon
Vicioux
Cumberland
Middletown
Wates
Macaulay
Chandler
Ray
William Turnblazer
District 19
Taylon County
Sherff
Middleton
Turnblazer
Pennsylvania
U.S. Steel Corporation
NRA
Black Hole
Thomas Ray
Stamping Workers Vote For A. F. L. Union
In New Philadelphia Ohio Belmont Stamping and Enameling workers chose the Stamping and Enameling Workers Union No. 18816 affiliated with the AFL. Of 214 ballots cast 196 supported the union in an NLRB administered election.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
AFLNS
Belmont Stamping and Enameling Company
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries of Labor Formed
Representatives of the national and international labor unions met in Washington on April 10 and 11 to form an international auxiliary named the American Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries of Labor. It will begin with over two million members from AFL and Railway Labor Brotherhoods.
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Vy A. F
L. News Service
Washington, D. C
Women's Auxiliar’ Tional
International Labor Unione
Ameriexan Federation of Women’s Auxiliary
Ies of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Railway Federation of Labor
Railway Labor Brotherhoods
Union Labor Trades Department
A. F. of L. Executive Council
American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor
New
Iiial
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Thomas Donnelly
State Federation of Labor
John P. Frey
Robert J. Watt
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
Victor A. Olander
The
Federation of Labor
Harlan
Kentucky County
Macawley
Nabob
Savage Auto Supply Co
Maple Avenue
A. F. of L. Union
Fine American Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries of Labor
Capital Meeting
Union Laber Trades Department of American Federation of Labor
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