What Do Workers Lose In Strikes Analysis
Washington examines a 1920 Monthly Labor Review article by Edson L. Whitney on the costs of strikes. It notes the difficulty of compiling strike statistics, with divergent figures in the steel strike of 1919–1920 and argues that apparent losses to employers are often overstated and not reliably quantified.
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U. S. Bureau OF Labor Statistics
Washington
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Edson L. Whitney
Monthly Labor Review
No Cuts for Key Men in Union Contracts Renewals
The Chicago Commercial Telegraphers Union of America reports no wage reductions as contracts are renewed with United Press International News Service and Universal divisions. Officers announce the firm stance while maintaining its record of no concessions.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
United Press, International News Service
Universal
Fletcher Attacks Ship Subsidy as Subversion of Trade
Senator Fletcher of Florida denounces the ship subsidy proposal as likely to siphon funds to banks brokers and insurance firms involved in foreign shipping. He argues wage differentials are small and that American seamen’s pay is generally lower or comparable to Canada and Britain, with only Japanese crews showing higher wages in certain ship classes.
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Washington
Fletcher
Florida
United States
Furuseth
Philip Mason
Canada
Shipping Board
What Farmers Are Paid
Montgomery Alabama weekly report lists average prices to farmers for the past week. Sugar cane syrup 60 cents per gallon sorghum syrup 40 cents per gallon hogs 9 to 10 cents per pound cattle 3 to 30 cents per pound chickens 22 cents per pound eggs 20 cents per dozen butter 30 cents per pound.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Wall Street Rejects Harding Plan for Railroad Strike Endgame
Wall Street executives rally the black flag against public welfare as they oppose President Harding’s peace proposal. The plan seeks recognition of railroad labor board decisions, withdrawal of strike lawsuits, potential rehearing, return of striking workers with full seniority, and no discrimination against nonstriking employers, while eastern managers and finance interests resist the seniority terms.
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Harding
New York
Wall Street
United States
Railroad Labor Board
Ja Secord
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Strikes Across U S Wallop Coal and Rail Workers
Washington reports move to break nationwide coal and railroad strikes as authorities and employers press to end the living wage mobilization. About one million workers massed from Atlantic to Pacific with minimal violence while unions claim solidarity and a government backed contract framework expires March 31, 1922. The piece blasts anti union theories and notes troops in western Pennsylvania fail to compel a return to work.
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Washington
Mars
United States Treasury
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
Pennsylvania
White House
Mooney Juror Affidavit In Divorce Case Emerges
In San Francisco an affidavit filed with the divorce plea of William V. MacNevin wife of the Mooney juror alleges he gained political influence from serving as foreman and held talks with assistant prosecutor Edward A. Cunha at home and elsewhere. MacNevin and Cunha deny the assertions while the prosecutor labels the affidavit unqualifiedly false.
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San Francisco
Mooney
William V. MacNevin
MacNevin
Cunha
Oxman
Bandits and Oil Interests Shape Tampico Kidnaping Debate
Senator from North Dakota argued that the Tampico kidnapping pattern appears staged to embarrass Mexico amid debt negotiations with international bankers and oil interests. He blamed press agents and noted Obregon’s quick deployment of federal troops to Tampico to quell the unrest.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
North Dakota
New York City
Obregon
Tampico
Thomas F. Lee
National Association For the Protection of American Rights
Senator McCormick Pushes Child Labor Constitutional Amendment
Senator McCormick of Illinois introduces a joint resolution proposing an amendment to empower Congress to limit or prohibit labor by persons under 18. The measure, drafted by Samuel Gompers and supported by the permanent conference for abolition of child labor, joins a history of failed attempts under commerce and taxing powers.
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Illinois
Congress
Washington
Permanent Conference For the Abolition of
McCormick, Ofllinois
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
United States Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Child Labor Committee
National Women’s Trade Union League
National Consumers’ League
National League of Women Voters
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Tents Erected on Church Lawn After Miner Clash
Canonsburg Pennsylvania reports a clash between Reverend John J. Hughes and Pittsburgh Coal Company officers over evicting miners from community houses. The company posted signs forbidding trespassing on land slated for miners’ use, as workers plan to set up tents on a church lawn.
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Canonsburg
John J. Hughes
Pittehurg Coal Company
Privet
Washington Speech Sparks Labor Interference Talk
In Washington, vice president J. Conlum of the International Association of Miners hints that newspapers drop yarns on mail interference. He says the strike slows mail, and mobilizing truck convoys could disrupt mail delivery, while officials dispute the claims and point to transport disruptions as tied to employment actions. The note references Postmaster General Work and a cabinet meeting as context amid the dispute.
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Washington
Po J. Conlum
International Association of Min
Conlon
Niwalt
Myng Bud Mos
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