Five Day Week Cuts Unemployment Says Electrical Workers
Washington report on a survey by the Electrical Workers Journal finds that unions with a five day week kept about 10 percent more men steadily employed. The piece notes unemployment peaks, causes beyond seasonal slack, and argues shorter hours are a pressing necessity amid mechanization. It cites benefits of more leisure and higher morale among workers.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
The
Electrical Workers Journal
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Engineers Hold Venice Real Estate Investment Plan
Cleveland dispatch notes the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will liquidate its 15 million dollar Venice Florida real estate holdings. Delegates preferred liquidation over a loss making sale or delayed development, aligning with Grand Chief Alvanley Johnston’s policy since 1927. The union has withdrawn from 80 percent of its investments in three years, with 36 projects originally.
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Cleveland, Ohio
ILNS
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Venice
Fla
Brotherhood
Alvanley Johnston
Johnston
United States
Use of Convicts in Rankin County Camp Debated
Gulfport Mississippi reports that Governor Rilho authorized sending state convicts to Rankin county for work on the new insane hospital. Superintendent J W Williamson of the state penitentiary says convicts will be transferred to establish a camp and begin heavy labor immediately, with the governor ordering immediate action. Organized labor protests the move.
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Gulfport
Miss
ILNS
Rilho
Rankin County
J. W. Williamson
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Williamson
Women's 54 Hour Bill Becomes Law in Louisiana
Baton Rouge report notes the legislature cut working hours for women and children to nine hours daily and fifty four hours weekly. Governor Long signed the measure with exceptions for existing factories during canning season and for waitresses, telephone and telegraph workers in towns under 2,500.
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Baton Rouge, la
ILNL
Long
Amtorg Moscow War Arm in U S Woll Tells House Red Investigators
Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor testified before House investigators on red propaganda from Moscow. He linked Amtorg Trading Corporation to Soviet influence, cited interlocking directorates, and urged stricter controls while opposing a federal police force.
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Amtorg
Moscow
U. S
Woll
House Red
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
House Committee
Hamilton Fish
United States
Red High Command
Amtorg ‘Trading Corporation
Gastonia
Congressional
Federated Press
Washington
Brookwood
Garland Foundation
Senate
State Department
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Well
Green says work power must stay high to lift cycle
Montreal report quotes Wm. Green, president of the A. F. of L., addressing the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers. He argues that purchasing power must be preserved during unemployment and rejects the view that recurring unemployment is inevitable, urging action to avoid a long industrial downturn.
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Montreal
Wm. Green
A. F. of L
Convention International Brotherhood of Stationary
Mr. Green
Sociey
Green
Labor Leader Timothy Healy Dies at 64 in Asbury Park
Tim Healy, longtime president of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Otters, dies in Asbury Park at 64. A New York labor figure and former coroner, Healy led, debated, and traveled widely in labor circles, with deep ties to immigrant labor communities and union leadership before his death July 20.
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Asbury Park
ILNSI
Timothy Healy
New York City
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Otters
New York
Tim Healy
Anne
Sagsefl
Ireland
United States
Cleveland
Healy
Portsmouth
England
ALP
L. Pour
London
Atlantic
Secretary of
Labor
James 4. Davis
Tabor
Davis
Castle Garden
Pullman Porters to Parade in Major Cities Sept 6
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters announces simultaneous parades in several principal cities on September 6 to press for union recognition from the Pullman Company. In New York Harlem thousands of Negroes including porters and members of labor and benevolent groups will march up Fifth Avenue carrying signs demanding recognition and better working conditions.
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New York City
ILNS
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Pullman Company
Harlem
Fifth Avenue
Present Pay Scales Maintained By New Anthracite Pact
A three week conference yields a new wage and working agreement between United Mine Workers of America and anthracite coal operators. Wages stay the same, with a plan for cooperation, effective Sept 1, running to Apr 1, 1036, superseding the 1926 pact. Joint committees, check payments, and a permanent panel for cooperation are included.
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New York City
ILNS
United Mine Workers of America
Ie “Gniners
Scranton
John Lo Lewie
United Mine Workers
Antheavite
Dod
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Electrical Workers’ Union
Louisiana
Richman
Richman Brothers
U.S
Richman Bros. CO
High St
Court House
Borah
Lenin and
Trotsky
Kerensky
Fish
Senate Committee
Chairman Fish
A. B
Vuinfurt
Pullman Porters
Lewis
W. W. Inglis
Glen Alden Coal Co
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