League Labor Organization Aids Toilers in Many Lands
The text outlines how Ireland and Ethiopia joined the International Labour Organization through the League of Nations, noting the distinct memberships and the ILO’s broader reach. It highlights China Brazil India and Japan’s progress in labor standards, including a ten hour workday for adults and eight hours for under 17, with restrictions on young children’s employment. Brazil forms a national labor council to implement Versailles treaty provisions, covering conciliation, protections for women and youths, apprenticeships, industrial accidents, and social security aims to foster industrial understanding and rational management.
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Ireland
Ethiopia
League of Nations
International Labor Organization
Labor Organization
League
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
China
Brazil
Japan
India
Labor Council
National Labor Council
Republic
Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
Bandeira de Mella
International Labor Conference
Allentown Building Trades Council Grows as ILO Unions Expand
The International Labour Organization unions in Allentown Pennsylvania are organizing a building trades council as the unions in the city continue to grow with two new member unions joining. The effort aims to secure labor conditions satisfactory to both workers and employers under the council’s framework.
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Allentown
International Labor Organizat Unions
Tion
Industrial Safety Day Proclaimed in Albany by Gov Smith
Governor Smith designates January 16, 1924 as Industrial Safety Day to promote cooperation among employers workers and the public in preventing industrial accidents. He notes 1300 deaths and 800000 injuries last year and calls for a state wide education campaign and observance by industrial civil educational and social groups.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
State Department of Labor
Labor Department
Federated Press Under Fire Over Communist Propaganda Claims
Ellis Searles accuses the Federated Press of being the chief propaganda arm for Russian communists and bolsheviks. He recounts investigation findings, defends authorship of United Mine Workers articles, and demands proof if the Federated Press denies links to the Moscow Communist center and the Herrin massacre.
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Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers Journal
Washington, D. C
Federated Press
America
Bolsheviks
Russia
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Organized Labor Movement
B. C. Clarke
Clarke
Central
Communist Organization
Communist International
Moscow
American Federation of Labor
Herrin
Illinois
October industrial deaths total 160 in New York
Albany reports 160 industrial deaths in October to the state department of labor. Most fatalities stemmed from accidents with some due to industrial poisoning. The deaths include a superintendent of a importing firm who died in the recent earthquake, and in New York City a department store payroll messenger was shot during a holdup.
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Albany
N. Y
State Department of Labor
New York City
Prosecution in Mine Trial To Rely Upon Testimony By Inmates
District 17 United Mine Workers officials face a fifth Fayette county trial in January on Logan county indictments from 1921 tied to the Kanawa valley uprising. Prosecution plans to use West Virginia state penitentiary inmates as witnesses, promising them freedom if officials are convicted.
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International Labor News Service
Charleston
W. Va
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Fayette County
Logan County
Kanawa
Frank Keeney
Fred Mooney
William Buzzard
West Virginia
Moundaville
Greenbriar
Moundsville
Keeney, Moon
State protection urged for aliens in New York
New York officials call for an advisory council to shield immigrants from fraud and exploitation. State Industrial Commissioner Shientag notes aliens face swindlers in labor camps, agencies, and shipping agents while educated citizens lose millions to stock and land scams. The goal is safer treatment and enforcement amid difficult, vital challenges.
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New York
Shientag
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