Five Day Week Urged by AFL Leader in Building Congress
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor told the New York Building Congress that electricity will drive the five day week. He argued electric power boosts efficiency and that shorter hours can be adopted without raising costs, noting foreign inquiries into American efficiency. The speech emphasized industry readiness and progressive employer support.
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International Labor News Service
New York City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
New York Building Congress
Gary
W. W. Edgerton
Toom
Labour scarcity prompts protest over English workers import
Vancouver reports the Dominion government will admit agricultural workers and domestics from England. Labor spokesmen call it a back door attack on living standards, noting an oversupply and reliance on harvest labor, with Calgary and prairie towns under strain from unemployed idle men. Domestic servants are said to be plentiful and under pressure.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Dominion
Lit
England
Labor Statesman
Prairies
Calgary
Trade union aid offered to 2000 striking box workers
In New York trade union officials aid 2000 striking paper box workers who refuse to accept the anti union shop. Most strikers are young girls.
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New York
Greed Costs Coal Operators Advantage In Export Market
Washington D C Those who mock coal operators see a shift as British strike and rising export demand expose merchandising flaws. Miners Union argues wage scales are sound and operators can pay Jacksonville scale plus 5 percent when demand supports output.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
South America
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Miners’ Union
Fleet Corporation
Stereotypers Win Wage Increase in Akron Newspapers
Stereotypers on daily newspapers in Akron Ohio won a weekly wage boost of one dollar plus time and a half for overtime bringing day work pay to forty five fifty per hour.
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Akron
Ohio
Engineers Say Industry Can Save Million Workers From Toll
Harold V. Coes argues in a report to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that moving to materials-handling equipment and restructured production could cut materials-handling payroll from about 22 percent of the national manufacturing payroll to 2 billion, freeing over 1 million workers from back-breaking labor and improving efficiency across American industry.
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International Labor News Service
New York City
Harold V. Coes
Chicago
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Imaterials
Society
Mr. Coes
Garfield Council Demands Dismissal of Special Police
Passaic New Jersey Garfield councilman Moro accuses special police of strike breaking at Forstmann Huffman mill. He urges discharge as taxpayers seek relief from duty during a 110 month textile strike affecting Passaic Lodi Clifton areas. Mayors and mill bosses oppose removal.
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Passaic
N. J
Forstmann & Huffman
Garfield
Moro
Burke
Botany Mills
Lodi
Clifton
Botany
Would Trick Carpenters in New Orleans
Organized carpenters warn fellow craftsmen that New Orleans has an excess of carpenters and anti union contractors are trying to flood the city with mechanics.
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New Orleans
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