Textile and Tobacco Gains Amid Broad Manufacturing Shifts
Washington reports October manufacturing employment down 0.5 percent from September while payroll totals rise 1.2 percent. Year over year, employment 5.3 percent lower than Oct 1926 and payrolls 7.5 percent below. Textile and tobacco groups show gains. iron, steel, vehicles decline.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Industri Flour
Siron and Steel Group
Labor leader backs five day week gains and productivity
William Green of the AFL argues the five day work week is economically sound and socially necessary. He notes productivity per hour rose across key industries and that costs declined as hours shortened, with a shift from six day to five day weeks gaining momentum since 1919.
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New York
William Green
A. F. of L
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
Green
Trade unionism and communism linked by Barr
William H. Barr of Buffalo told the National Founders' Association conven tion that trade unionism and communism belong in the same class while showing favoritism to communism. He warned business men not to fear the communist label and argued for autocratic control in both labor and government.
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New York
William H. Barr
Buffalo
National Founders’ Association
Barr
Large Rich Corporations Push Low Coal Prices for Dividends
President John L. Lewis charges railroads and big buyers union busting in a drive to sell coal at $1.60 to $1.25 per ton while freight costs rise. He links this to dividend growth and wage suppression, warning of strife, crime, and a new era of servitude if the miners lose.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
General Motors
Mellon
Jacksonville
Great Railroad
Italians Lose Liberty Under Fascist Regime
New York based Italian newspaper Il Nuovo Mundo reports in five years of Fati rule the regime has abolished voting rights press free speech and assembly petition rights expatriation and citizenship rights and introduced obligatory syndicalism death penalty and suppression of liberty of conscience in courts.
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New York
Fati
Il Nuovo Mundo
the New World
Labor union appeal boosts relief for striking miners
The Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union, based in Washington, sent 35,000 to United Mine Workers president John Lewis and urged all unions to donate money and goods for miners in distress.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers
International Union
Presidentohn le Lewis
United Mine Workers
Isound
Itevoval
Young Trade Unionists Fight For 48 Hour Week Strike
The Federal mill strike in Philadelphia enters its third week as Gustave Geiges of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers praises young unionists for maintaining a firm 48 hour week stance. He notes many strikers lack prior experience yet show strong solidarity and willingness to endure hardships for the cause.
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Herne
Phe Peesons
Golle
Velin Haive
Gelves
Thuscht of
Gersunel
Threehop
Aldeltmen
Nur Pink
Trade Dalunism Ein
Che Pedepul
Phila
Amalgaated Employes Alarm Over Interborough Expenditures
Amalgamated Association of Street and Elovink Railway Employes accuses the Interborough Rapid Transit Company of spending vast sums on a private campaign to influence voters and suppress unions. They warn the company seeks an injunction to curb labor and use its own union as an employer ally. The union cites control of about 14 000 workers and a company union as central to this strategy.
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New York
Transit Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Basliwre
Arkel
Amalga- Witlel Association of
Street and
Elovink Railway
Hiraluet
Union
James
Ti, Coleman
Amalgamated
Interborough
Hedley
Carpenters Win Five-Week Strike in Toronto
Toronto carpenters victory ends five week strike with union shop established and wage increase of ten cents an hour starting next year. More than 1200 carpenters involved and all legal proceedings dropped.
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Toronto
Canada
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