Jahncke Urges Shorter Work Week to Harness Machines
Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant secretary of the navy, told the American Legion in Chippewa Falls that cutting hours while keeping high wages is the remedy for mechanization's upheavals. He argued industry must shorten the workweek to absorb displaced workers and noted progress in reducing average hours. He warned the readjustment is violent but predicted a new dawn of prosperity built on controlled mechanization.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
BNE
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Jannckesara
Another Drop in Employment in July 1931 Manufacturing
Washington reports July 1931 manufacturing employment at 70.4 on a 1926 base, down 1.8 from June and 11.2 from a year earlier. Payroll index sits at 59.1, with a 29.6 percent lower worker count and 41.9 percent less spending than 1926. Printing of newspapers shows slight rise, while total payroll declines 11.3, outpacing employment drop.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Bureau of Statistics of
Labor Department
Doak Holds Union Wage Prevails for Washington Painters
Secretary of Labor William N Doak ruled that the union wage scale is the prevailing rate for painters in Washington D C on government work The Alliance Construction Company of New York must pay the $11 eight hour day as dictated by the prevailing wages law following a Labor Department investigation The ruling is final under the act and applies to the Internal Revenue Building contract
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
William N. Doak
Alliance Construction Company of
New York
Alliance Company
Internal Revenue Department
Doak
Washington
Congress
Department of Labor
Sampling the Unemployed Is Statisticians Job
In New Haven Connecticut the Russell Sage Foundation and Yale Institute of Human Relations with the New Haven Citizens' committee on unemployment test a sampling method to measure unemployment. They argue a full city census is unnecessary and that studying a small representative portion can yield accurate estimates when conducted by qualified investigators.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven
Conn
Department of Statistics
The
Russel Sage Foundation
Yale Institute of Human Relations
Citizens’ Committee On
Labor Urges Fair Wages For Boulder Dam Workers
The AFL executive council urged an immediate investigation of wages and working conditions at Boulder Dam Nevada. The Las Vegas Central Trades Council charged Six Companies with below prevailing wage scales and unsafe conditions, calling for government action and a national voter registration drive to back labor reform.
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Atlantic City
N. J
ILNS
Great Boulder Dam
Nevada
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
William N. Doak
United States
Boulder Dam
Doak
Central Trades Council of Las Vegas
Nev
Six Companies, Inc
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Central Labor Council
Las Vegas Council
James E. Cohn
W. C. Robertson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hoover
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Labor Aims to Register 15 Million Eligible Voters
Labor’s national committee for modifications of the Volstead act launches a drive to qualify and register 15 000 000 eligible non registered voters in the United States. The plan operates under the American Federation of Labor and emphasizes using this “army of voters” to express public will on the modification issue.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Friends of Labor
Friends of Modification
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Labor
National Committee For
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Prison Shops Profits Rise From Free Labor Competition
Boston reports prison shops in Massachusetts earning over 1 million dollars yearly by selling shoes underwear knitwear mattresses foundry and metal products to state institutions and private firms. Convicts receive minimal wages while profits grow due to low material costs and steady prices, prompting concern over free labor competition amid hard times.
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Boston
Mass
ILNS
Massachusetts
Boston Evening American
Evening American
Active Labor Man Wins Canadian Parliament Seat
Alderman Mitchell wins the East Hamilton federal seat for the labor party by about 3000 in a by election. He has long served as president of the Trades and Labor Council and been active in the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The Conservative candidate won by 4000 in the general election a year earlier. a separate by election saw the government candidate win in Three Rivers Quebec after the labor candidate withdrew before nomination day.
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Hamilton
Ont
ILNS
Alderman Mitchell
Elec
Mitchell
East Hamilton
Labor Party
Trades and Labor Council
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Three Rivers
Quebec
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Jahncke
Navy
Doles
Edgar K. Wagner
A.F. of
L. Council
Coak
Heatrola
Coal Club
Medrede
Hestrola Free Coal Club
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