March gains in employment and payrolls rise
Secretary of Labor Perkins released March figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing private industry employment up 419 500 from February and weekly payrolls rising 12 904 000. Manufacturing up 255 000 jobs and nonmanufacturing up 163 600 with payrolls up 8 475 000 and 4 487 000 respectively.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Molders Win 10 Percent Wage Increase Pact
Washington report says the International Molders' Union and Manufacturers' Protective and Development Association reach a 10 percent wage increase for molders and caremakers. A 40 year old collective bargaining tradition is renewed as a new agreement runs from June 18 to year end after a June hearing and board recommendation.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Labor Board
International Molders’ Union
Manufacturers’ Protective and Development Association
Molders’ Union
New York
Lawrence O'Keefe
International Molders' Union
Printing Unions demand union label for A A A printing
Washington Allied Printing Trades Council continues pressure over A A A printing, accusing the association of using non union shops. Council treasurer Fred S Walker says protests lack reliable evidence and calls for clear union shop confirmations before any amnesty.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Allied Printing Trades Council of Washington
American Automobile Association
Whch
A.A.A
Fred S. Walker
Washington Allied Printing Trades Council
A. A.A
Automobile Association
Wisconsin Senator Proposes Ten Billion Public Works Extension
Senator La Follette introduces a bill to amend the national industrial recovery act for an additional ten billion dollars for a public works program. The plan extends the program to June 1936 and allows flexible use of funds as the president sees fit while overseeing continued employment and stimulus.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
la Follette
Wisconsin
National Industrial Recovery Act
LaFollette
Inquirers
PWA
Buffalo Strikers Win Union Recognition at National Aniline Plant
The Buffalo Regional Labor Board upheld the demand of 1,100 striking workers at National Aniline and Chemical Company for recognition of their union. Strikers have been cut since early March while a separate 2,000 aeronautical workers strike in two plants continues with no wage increase.
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Buffalo, N. Y
ILNS
Buffalo Regional Labor Board
National Aniline and Chemical Company
Buffalo
Labor Day Change Opposed by President Green
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor opposes Rhode Island bills to move Labor Day to the third Monday in September arguing the first Monday is the national standard. He urges the Rhode Island Federation of Labor to mobilize against the measure and defend labor’s holiday as a fixed date.
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Rhode Island
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Elizabeth M. Cahir
Rhode Island State Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
United States
Congress
Congress of
District of Columbia
Territories
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Labor
House
Senate
Pay Raise Hopes Rise for Public Works Staff
Secretary Ickes urged that public works employees receive the five percent pay restoration granted to other federal workers. He admitted uncertainty but said the Public Works Administration is working to protect salaries and that equitable restoration is likely.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
Public Works
Public Work Administration
Iskes
Omaha strike halts street car service across two cities
A citywide general strike by union workers shut down all street car service in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The union demands recognition, reinstatement of ten discharged employees, and wage increases ranging from five to twenty cents per hour.
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Omaha
ILNS
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Union Wins Wage Ruling for District Construction Laborers
Washington officials ordered contractors on District of Columbia projects to pay prevailing wage rates after charges that builders paid 35 to 45 cents per hour. The order covers Gallinger Hospital addition Woodrow Wilson junior high Calvert street bridge with standard rates 40 60 62 75 cents per hour for various labor roles.
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Washington
District of Columbia
John C. Gotwall
John Locher
Washington Building Trades Counci
Gotwals
Locher
Larry Kelly
Bacon-Davis
Gallinger Hospital
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Calvert Street Bridge
NRA Code Violated by 146 Mattress Makers
New York alleged NRA bedding code breaches citing use of second hand materials in mattress making. State Compliance Board summoned 147 manufacturers to a hearing led by Lamont Du Pont Copeland to resolve conflicts with state labor rules, with violator names forwarded to the National Compliance Board. Optimism is cited as Helen Keller quote.
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New York
NRA
State Compliance Board
Lamont Dupont
Copeland
Special Trade Practice
State Labor Department
Washington
National
Laundry owners in Bronx respond to state wage law
Forty four Bronx laundry operators faced charges for not paying the state minimum wage for women. Thirty four agreed to pay at least 31 cents an hour for a forty hour week. Four others will decide promptly whether to comply or face publication as payers below the minimum. Six were non compliant. Elmer F. Andrews urged fair wages under the NRA code to level operating costs and prices.
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New York
Bronx
State Department of Labor
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Maryville Barbers Win Three Shops For Union
Three more Maryville barber shops have signed to recognize the Journey men Barbers' International Union and will employ only union barbers pay the union scale and follow union rules. There are now six union barber shops in Maryville. The new recruits came through conferences led by H. Clay Ammons president and O. L. Pierce secretary treasurer of the Knoxville Barbers' Union.
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Maryville
Tenn
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
H. Clay Ammons
O. L. Pierce
Knoxville Barbers’ Union
Amoskeag Weavers Strike Shuts Down One Mill Unit
About 150 workers at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. bag mill in Manchester New Hampshire walked out on strike shutting down that unit while other plant sections remained in operation. The action disrupted production but did not close the entire facility.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co
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