Rail Unions Bar Wage Cut Expansion in Talks
A F Whitney of the Railway Labor Executives Association states unions will not entertain further wage cuts beyond the existing 10 per cent deduction. Basic rates stay as is, and any plan to make the cut permanent is rejected. He cites 110,000 railway jobs lost and urges against a new wage-cut cycle, urging labor to resist actions harming national prosperity.
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Whitney
Chicago
ILNL
A. F. Whitney
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
America
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Railroad Labor Executives Association
United Mine Workers Elect Lewis Murray and Kennedy
John L. Lewis of Springfield Indiana was re elected president of the United Mine Workers of America. Philip Murray of Pittsburgh was re elected vice president and Thomas Kennedy of Hazleton Pennsylvania was re elected secretary treasurer. All three were unopposed and will serve two years.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kennedy
Hazleton
National Auditing Committee
Bricklayers Union Buys Washington HQ Building at Auction
The Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union purchased the B. H. Smith building at 815-817 Fifteenth Street NW in Washington for 335,000. The nine story structure features a banking room, mezzanine, vaults and 120 offices and will serve as both investment property and permanent union headquarters.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Masons
International Union
Washington
Union
B. H. Smith
Fifteenth Street N.W
The
Robert T. Highfield
Mount Vernon Savings Bank
Richard J. Gray
F. H. Smith Company
Brick Players
I C Commission Says Six Hour Day Feasible for Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports a six hour day for railroad workers is feasible with sufficient revenue and would add 60 000 to 100 000 jobs while raising annual operating costs by about 630 to 670 million dollars. Labor groups plan a vigorous campaign backed by unions in Chicago and Washington. Cincinnati and Cleveland briefs note opposition to a sales tax and ongoing labor agenda at the convention.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Embloyen
Congress
International Labor News Service
Commit
Vote Swings To Five Day Week In Nationwide Union Push
International Typographical Union may lead a national shift to a five day work week. With one third of referendum counted, 19,764 ballots from 32 large local unions are tallied and 14,075 favor the proposal. President Charles P. Howard notes early results show a two to one or better margin. Agriculture in France cited as key to national economics over industry.
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Indianapolis
Low Mood Harms Children Warns U S Bureau Chief
U S Bureau Chief Grace Abbott reports in her annual Children’s Bureau review that Depression hits families and children welfare workers fear the future costs. She cites poverty across coal states and the South, demoralization among young men, and drop in milk consumption in New York Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Grace Abbott
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Abbott
Middle West
South
Michigan
Mississippi
Ice advertising cartoon sparks industry debate in San Francisco
A San Francisco cartoon shows two men on an ice truck with a wife joke as the punch line. Leon Livingston Advertising Agency fired off letters to 100 papers questioning the cartoon’s fair treatment of the ice trade, asking if it’s worth $100,000 in ad volume. Editors largely said they would stay fair to all industries.
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San Francisco
SLNS
Leon Livingston
Extend Monitor Plan for Building Trades Disputes
New York City based report notes a two year extension of the monitor plan governing jurisdictional disputes in the building trades. C. G. Norman, chairman of the Building Trades Employers Association, announced the measure affecting unions within the AFL building trades department.
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New York City
ILNS
C. G. Norman
Building Trades Employers’ Association
A. F. of L. Building Trades Department
New Wall Covering and Knit Fabric Developments
A treated felt sheet serves as a carrier for an embossed lacquered surface simulating glazed tile in a new wall covering that resists fading and washing. A new worsted yarn passed feathers into the wool, with estimated year production nearing a million dollars. Industrial accident payouts reached 15 474 899 across 46 368 cases in the first half of the year, a decline from last year, with 528 deaths reported overall.
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New York City
ILNS
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United Mine Workers
Lewis, Murray and Kennedy
Robert F Wagner
Robert G. Taylor Mortuary
C. W. Gath CO
Merry Christmas
West Side Motor Co
I. C. Commission
Bank
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States Congress
A. F. of L
Committee On Legislation
Thomas F. Flaherty
Calumet Waterway
Executive Council
Andrew Furuseth
National Federation of Federal
American Federatin
David R. Glass
Fritz Rager
Vienna
Green
England
Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries
J. J. McNamara
France
U.S
Reds
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Miss Abbott
Salvation Army
Atlanta
W. C. Frechtling Co
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