Labor Voices Over Passaic Textile Strikes and Police Tyranny
Special to International Labor News Service reports Essex Trades Council protests New Jersey officials for brutal actions against workers in Passaic and Bergen counties during textile strikes. It cites martial law, jailed leaders, high bail, and restricted free speech and picketing, urging Governor Moore to act to restore civil rights.
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International Labor News Service
Newark
N. J
Passaic
Bergen
Essex Trades Council
Moore
Coolidge
Maas
Forstmann & Muffmin Mills
Garfield
Mill Company
Norman Thomas
Nitwits
President Coolidge
Jersey
Paterson
Passaic County
Orig
Mingo
Logan
Coal Corporation
West Virginia
Colorado
New Jersey
Baker
Garfield, N. Jr
Charley Morgan
Ikers
New York Legislature Shown Hypocrisy on Labor Law
A New York labor brief says the legislature failed to pass key labor bills while the building trades press for revival of the prevailing wage law after a Supreme Court ruling. It cites Oklahoma v. NY law knockdown, stalled Sheridan-Phelps bill, and rushed measures eroding rest and compensation rules amid a looming subway and public works crisis.
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Supreme Court
New York Subway
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
United States Supreme Court
Assembly
Senate
Uncontrolled machines blamed for evils by union leader
Grand Rapids meeting hears A. F. of T. organizer William Collins warn that unregulated machine production harms workers. He compares it to sweatshops and says American workers are among the lowest paid despite high wages abroad.
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Grand Rapids
Mich Snleas
Rerulateul
Wm. Colling
A. F
Collins
Canadian Mills Show High Pay Lifts Efficiency
Ontario pulp and paper workers average 1312 yearly vs 1027 in Quebec. Net product per wage employee is higher in Ontario by 4408 dollars, while capital per mill favors Quebec, yet Ontario shows greater efficiency with more value added per worker. If Quebec matched Ontario efficiency, thousands could shift to other production.
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International Labor News Service
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Quebe
Pulp and Paper
Quebec Mills
Mail charges too high for publishers says ASSA rep
A representative of the American Newspaper Publishers Association told a congressional joint committee that in some cases the post office department bills publishers over ten times the service cost. He cited truck transport on a 0 mile haul costing $70 while the office charges reach $283.
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Washington
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Joint Committee of Congress
Ates
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Your Highness
Albany
N. Y
Tans
Dun Cohen Ter
High St
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