Postal Workers Union Uses White House Visit as Wage Bill Barrage
Resentment grows after a postal workers union visit to the White House amid a veto of a wage bill. The National Federation of Postal Clerks urges living wages while criticizing administrative costs and the parcel post system. They argue postal workers deserve pay tied to costs and oppose excess postmaster salaries and the mail-order dominance.
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Postal Workers’ Company
Washington
White House
Postal Workers
Congress
Republican National Committee
Mile
Flaherty
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Parcel Post
Supreme Court blocks signature withdrawals on initiative
Olympia, Wash. The state supreme court ruled signatures cannot be withdrawn from an initiative bill aimed at banning private schools. The court said the secretary of state lacks authority to add or remove signatures, citing that duties are additive and he cannot perform quasi judicial signature withdrawals. Certifying officers might handle such actions.
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Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Old Age Pension Act Struck Down by Court
Dauphin county court declares the old age pension act unconstitutional saying it conflicts with the state constitution. The act provided for $1 a day to residents over 70 with property under $3,000 and faced a $325,000 appropriation last year to launch the program.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Hargest
Inefficient Funds to Meet Act Requirements
The fragment notes insufficient funds to satisfy the act’s mandates, indicating a shortfall impacting compliance. Key entities are not fully clear, but the report points to a financial gap hindering progress or implementation.
Workers Warned Against Quotas in Mine Mill Job Fields
Trade unionists urge workers not to be drawn by claims of high demand in these sections. They cite a surplus of workers and note organizing efforts under the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers.
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Oklahoma City
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Oakland Launches Morning Daily Record Paper
The Union Labor Record prints a new morning daily in Oakland California created as the Daily Record. It claims to be the citys sole morning newspaper serving a population around 300000 across the bay from San Francisco.
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Oakland
Cal
Union Labor Record
Bay
San Francisco
The
Daily Record
New Haven Rail Strike Continues Despite Narrow Vote
In New Haven a vote of 3093 to 145 keeps the strike by striking shopmen of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad active. Workers refused to declare the strike off after the tallied ballot.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Textile Workers to Meet in New York Convention
Officials of the United Textile Workers of America have issued a call for the twenty third annual convention to be held in New York City beginning Monday September 8.
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New York
United Textile Workers of America
Building Trades Idle Not Climate Cause Says Hoover Panel
A report by a committee appointed by Secretary Hoover finds seasonal idleness in U S building trades is mostly caused by customs and management, not weather. It urges year round work, better data, and cooperative planning between labor and management to stabilize employment and reduce overhead.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
United States
Pacific Coast
Silk industry harmed by substitutes and unfair tariffs
The United Textile Workers of America argue the silk trade suffers from manufactured substitutes and high tariffs that push costs onto consumers. President McMahon cites price padding through silk weight loss and mineral additives, blaming these practices for wage pressures and reduced U S competitiveness.
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New York
Vhoniae FP
AleMalian International Pridey
United Textile Workers of America
Textile Worker
McMahon
German Workers Lose 8 Hour Day As Unemployment Rises
The 8 hour day in Germany is fading as unemployment weakens worker resistance. Decrees on December 21, 1923 and January 1, 1924 extended exceptions to the 8 hour standard, restoring near prewar hours in several industries including printing, metallurgy, chemicals, and textiles.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Germany
R. C. Miller
United States Department of Commerce
Miller
Mr. Miller
Reading
McMahon on Silk Industry and National Pride
President McMahon argues no pride in citizen manufacture as people face control. He notes the country stands alone with a silk industry not on an hourly basis, contrasting with nations that operate shorter hours.
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McMahon
Folding Fur Company Challenges Wisconsin Minimum Wage Law
Folding Fur Company of Stevens Point has asked a federal court to block enforcement of Wisconsin minimum wage rules for women and minors. The Wisconsin Industrial Commission set 25 cents per hour for cities over 5,000 and 22 cents for smaller towns, with lower rates for inexperienced workers under ten. The company argues workers accept lower pay, but the commission prohibits such rates.
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Superior
Wis
Folding Fur
Isis Company
Stevenes Point
State Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
State Commission
Textile Workers Claim NC Mills Foster Inequality
Salisbury reports a plea to religious and civic leaders urging aid for nearly 100,000 textile workers in North Carolina. The text argues workers lack citizen rights and self-determination, facing employer control over employment and housing, leading to illiteracy and limited opportunity.
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Salisbury
N. C
Coronas
Textile Workers Joint Council
North Carolina
Chicago movie musicians reach one year contract
The Chicago Federation of Musicians secured a one year agreement with a 10 percent wage increase. Downtown houses will pay $84.50 a week and other movie houses $78. The downtown rate is the highest in the country. The union is fully organized in the film theaters.
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Chicago Federation of Musicians
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Start Labor Daily
Carnegie Corporation of New York
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
John Donlin
Building Trades Department
James P. Noonan
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers of America
R. J. Weber
Lions Club
Hamilton
Ohio
Weber
Palace Theatre
Palace
Palace Theatre Magazine
P. O
Commission
Carolinas
Chicago
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