Tiny Tots Toil in Shanghai Factories 12 Hours a Day
Report by International Labor News Service details China’s child labor under harsh conditions in Shanghai mills. Children as young as six work 12 hours daily for pennies while living in poor housing with unsafe heat and dust. Matches and silk filatures expose them to phosphorus, hot water, and injuries, with little or no social protection.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
China
Shanghai
Co Ion
Commission
Jok er in Labor Board Award Increases Railroad Pay
The U S railroad labor board granted about 6 percent raises to 45 000 engineers and firemen on 45 western lines but working rules changes may offset the pay rise The move largely benefits the carriers by solidifying rules making future changes hard The board acted without hearing from workers prompting contempt charges against several union leaders now on appeal
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
United States Railroad Labor Board
Donald R. Richberg
Chicago
Richberg
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
Brotherhood
Wilkerson
United States Supreme Court
Illinois
Labor Board
Coal Lockout Looms in El Paso After AFL Meet
John L. Lewis warned during the AFL convention that a general lockout of bituminous coal miners may begin April 1. He said the push marks the first major wage attack in basic industries since 1922. Some coal owners favor the move to curb losses and push prices, despite talk of mine closures. Anthracite owners are reportedly profitable.
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el Paso
Texas
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
A. F. of L. Executive Council
A. F. of L. Warns on Labor Banks and Investment Companies
The A. F. of L. convention urges caution in forming labor banks and warns members about securities, investment, and holding companies. The executive council stresses these entities lack mandatory reporting and regulatory oversight and urges careful scrutiny of any such investments.
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el Paso
Texias
A. F. of L
Executive Council
Higher Pay for Judges Urges Federal Salary Increase
A nationwide committee seeks Congress to raise federal judicial pay. The plan would lift the chief justice salary from 15000 to 20500 and associate justices from 15000 to 20000, with raises for circuit and district judges.
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New York
United States
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Small's Fees Plot to Oust Governor of Illinois
Chicago report outlines a bipartisan plan led by George E. Brennan and Edward Brundage to oust Governor Len Small via court action rather than impeachment. The scheme targets Lieutenant Governor Ford Sterling and Senator James J. Barbour, with Brundage and Brennan backed by big business interests and labor opposition, while Small's supporters cite his acquittal on the 1917 19 charges.
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Small
Illinois
Chicago
Minis
Len Small
Frank Burton
Springfield
State Supreme Court
Sterling
Ford Sterling
James J. Barbour
Evanston
Senate
John P. Devine
Devine
George E. Brennan
Edward J. Brundage
Brennan
Ilinois
Brundage
Barbour
Republican Party
Jef
la Follette
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