Illinois Labor Head Urges Active Union Drive to Beat Judges
John H. Walker of the Illinois State Federation of Labor calls on Illinois unions to actively support candidates friendly to labor. He notes a system where judges are chosen by precinct committeemen allied with party bosses, limiting voter choice. He urges union members to elect precinct committeemen in both parties and backs a direct primary approach to restore voters’ power in 1928.
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Illinois
Chicago
John H. Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Walker
Chancery Courts
Len Small
General Assembly
Cook County
Supreme Court
Small
Harry M. Fisher
State Supreme Court
Fisher
Threatened Chicago transit strike averted by new arbitrators
A threatened Christmas strike by 21 000 Chicago surface and elevated line workers was averted after a conference in Judge Wilkerson s chambers. New arbitrators Alderman Oscar F Nelson and Guy A Richardson will hear evidence on a 15 cent hourly demand versus a 5 cent cut, with a third member to be chosen if needed.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Wilkerson
Mahon
Federal Court
William Hale Thompson
Oscar F. Nelson
Chicago Federation of Labor
Kickham Scanlan
E. J. Mellhaith
Detroit
Guy A. Richardson
Union Used to Defeat Bond Issue in Subway Row
New York report says the Interborough Rapid Transit Company controlled union was used to defeat the $300,000,000 subway bond issue. Attorneys for the Amalgamated Association of Street Car Men filed a letter to Mayor Walker alleging political use of the union by the transit company.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company-controlled
Union
Walker
Amalgamated Association of Street Car Men
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