Take 48 Hour Week if Bosses Don’t Give It
United Textile Workers president Thomas F. McMahon announces a push for a maximum 48 hour work week across the textile industry. He urges both organized and unorganized workers to strike or move to shorter hours if employers refuse. Affiliation plans include the Associated Silk Workers joining the UTW and efforts to unite lace workers and the American Federation of Textile Operatives.
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New York City
ILNS
United Textile Workers of America
Thomas F. McMahon
McMahon
Associated Silk Workers
The
Lace Workers
American Federation of Textile Operatives
Fall River
Mass
Trade unionists called by death in multiple cities
Obituaries note the deaths of several labor figures on July 24 25 across the country. James W Mullen editor of the San Francisco Tabor Clarion and labor statistics chief died in San Francisco. Richard J Kane a Lynn labor leader died in Boston Swampscott. Paul J Maas a veteran Typographical Union member and Bricklayers official died in Washington DC Chicago.
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San Francisco
ILNS
James W. Mullen
San Francisco Tabor Clarion
State Bureau of Labor Statistics and Law Enforcement
Cedar Rapids
the Clarion
Mullen
Draft Board
Fair Trade Board
San Francisco Labor Council
Typographical Union
Estate Commission For
Rolph
Boston
ILNL
Richard J. Kane
Labors’ Union
Big Lynn
Swampscott
Washington, D. C
LNS
Paul J Maas
The
Chicago
Maas
Indianapolis
Hoffman Gets Prison Sentence As Strike Sequel
Alfred Tiny Hoffman, organizer for Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, is sentenced to two years in prison and a $1,750 fine by Judge Samuel E. Shull after a conviction on conspiracy and related charges tied to a strike at Mammoth Hosiery. Appeal filed. Hoffman released on $5,000 bail.
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Stroudsburg
ILNS
Alfred “Tiny” Hoffman
Hoffman
Samuel E. Shull
Mammoth
Edward F. McGrady
Elizabethton
Tenn
Alberta Bachman
Bachman
Rebher
Cleveland Hotel Strike Ends After Year-Long Lockout
The Cleveland waiters, musicians, and stationary engineers unionized staff ended a protracted year long strike after talks led by International President Edward Flore. Hotels drop individual contracts, pledge rapid rehiring, and pledge to avoid discrimination in vacancies, with the US Labor Department conciliators aiding the process.
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Cleveland
ILNS
Jed
Haylie
United States Tabor Department
Department
A. Te Paulkner
Charles Bendheim
Bendheim
Maulkner
W. Stiles
Koones
Hotel Association
Penn
Winton
Bendhei
Faulkner
International Union
Railway Clerks Facing Job Loss Amid Consolidation
New York City reports show railway clerks facing dismissal as consolidation plans touch 14 unions. Vice President Rod Chapman leads talks with G Walter Jener and NY Central officials over transferring 195 clerks and 58 families to new homes as Erie line shifts trigger 1,107 employees moving from NYC metro area to Cleveland and beyond. Most Erie workers reside in northern New Jersey towns awaiting final transfers by late September.
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New York City
ILNS
Dematini
Rod Chapman
G. Walter Jener
0. &. Board of Mediation
Aml
Offieids
New York Central
Michigan Cental
Cleveland
Cincinnatii
Chee
St Louis
Brotherhood
New York
Dettroi
Cincinnati
Erie Road
Erie
Hearhy
New Jersey
World War Soldiers Join Out-of-Work Army
Indianapolis officials of the American Legion will cooperate with the U S department of labor employment service to aid veterans. Officials fear many World War soldiers are out of work and demand a major effort to connect them with jobs, as the key relief strategy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
U. S. Department of Labor
Cireles
Legion
Department
Rocky road for wage cutters in Indiana capital
In Indianapolis deflation sparks resistance as Musi bOel employees refuse drastic pay cuts and theatres drop stage shows to become picture houses. The Indiana Theatre and Lyric Theatre move to show only films, affecting dozens of musicians while city workers debate wage cuts. County and city officials resist reductions, urging raises for laborers and warning against health and tax risks. Justice Brandeis quotes close.
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Indianapolis
Tnd
TLNS
Hoover
Musibii
Moving Picture
Livief
Indiana Theatre
Skouras Bros
Publix
Lyric Theatre
Marion
City Sanitary Department
Stroet
Sanitary Department
Anti Volstead Crusade Gains Steam As Labor Seeks Reform
Tremendous interest surrounds the national organizing campaign of labor's national committee to modify the Volstead act. Secretary-Treasurer J. M. Ornburn reports rapid newspaper enlistment and plans for faster growth to expand organizer reach. Labor aims to restore freedom lost to Volsteadism and unlock vast employment potential in a swift drive.
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National
National Organizing Campaign
Labor
National Committee For Modification of
U. S. Lumbermen Wake Up
Walter H. Scales of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association warns New Orleans readers that wartime Russia seeks to wreck world markets through convict labor exports. He cites ruined Scandinavian, Finnish, and English lumber sectors and warns Russia may export cotton to the United States, urging greater business and government cooperation to protect Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Ilns
Russia
Walter H. Scales
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Europe
England
Scales
United States
Louisiana
Mooney trial witness dies in Durkee Oregon
Frank Oxman, the prosecution’s key witness in the Mooney trial, died in Durkee Oregon on the fifteenth anniversary of the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing. Oxman testified to seeing Mooney and Billing place a suitcase at the explosion site, a claim later contested by the defense.
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Frank ©. Oxman
Thomas J. Mooney
Durkee
Ore
San Francisco
Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Oxman
Billing
Plate Printers Union Plans Aid for Idle Members
In Philadelphia at a convention the International Union of Plate Printers and Die Stampers outlined plans to assess working members to aid unemployed members and endorsed a rotation of work to spread duties.
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Philadelphia
ILNS
International Union of Plate Printers and Die Stampers
Uncle Sam
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Joseph
C. W. Gath CO
Chicago Market Co
Sam
Mlure
Edward Flore
Flore
U. S
Wapes
Indiana
Justice Brandeis
Ornburn
NOTA
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