President Roosevelt Backs Federal Action On Wages Hours Child Labor
Roosevelt calls for federal minimum wages and maximum hours and the abolition of child labor. He pledges WPA workers won’t be removed from relief to accept starvation wages in private industry. He cites NRA ruling and studies DOJ bills on federal licensing of corporations.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Roosevelt
NRA
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
O'Mahoney-Mead
New Bedford
Massachusetts
WPA
Non-Union Bridge Job Sparks Labor Disturbances
The Illinois river bridge project in Bureau County sees labor unrest as public officials let the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company hire non union workers. Pickets clash with drivers while Sheriff Miller uses 200 depots to guard strikebreakers. State police assist as organized labor vows to press for union recognition and votes loom.
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Hennepin, Lil
APLNS
Bureau
Putnam
la Salle
Illinois River
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company
Sheriff Miller
Bureau County
Labor unions win music contract at Warner Bros theatres
Philadelphia unions report fresh victories with Local Union No. 77 forcing the return of live music in Warner Bros theatres after a September dispute. A weeklong contract secures nearly 200000 dollars in wages for union musicians across combination vaudeville and moving pictures venues. Local 1955, Cigar Makers, after a month long strike, saw Bobyow Brothers, Inc. sign a contract recognizing the union as sole bargaining agent with 40 hour weeks and higher wages, with state and federal labor officials joining the settlement.
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Philadelphia
AFLNS
American Federation of Musicians
Warner Bros. Theatren
Warner Bros. Theatres
International Union of América
Bobyow Brothers, Inc
State Department of Labor and Industry
Conviliation Division
U. S. Department of Labor
Municipal Ownership Blocked by Utility Co
Missouri Pacific Service Company files injunction suit to halt Trenton Missouri municipal electric plant construction in Kansas City federal court. Case seeks to stop proceeds of a $15,000 bond sale to the Public Works Administration and names City of Trenton and Fairbanks Morse & Co. as defendants.
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Trenton
APLNS
Missouri Pacific Service Company
Kansas City
City of Trenton
Fairbanks Morse & Co
Chicago
Public Works Administration
Brewery Workers In St Louis Get 11 Percent Raise
Brewery workers in the St Louis area receive an 11 percent wage increase retroactive to November 1 after talks between 10 brewing firms and the Missouri Brewers Association led by secretary Jules R Field.
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St. Louis, Mo
ILNL
St. Louis
Jules R. Field
Missouri Brewers’ Association
Birthday Ball Labor Drive Prompts Telegraphers Lead
E. J. Manion accepts as chair of the rail road labor section for the Birthday Ball. D. B. Robertson and Felix Knight join early, with labor nationwide backing the event. Telegraphed birthday greetings will be signed for 25 cents each, with Postal Telegraph handling transmission free of charge.
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E. J. Manion
Nation
Ball
Washington, D. C
LLNS
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Manion
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Felix Knight
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
United States
Labor Division
Carpenters
Keith Morgan
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Arbitration Board Rules for Rehiring and Wage Increases
A joint arbitration board ruling requires reemployment for workers displaced by new machinery, with shorter hours and higher wages. The decision, aligning with railroad practice, names the Illinois Power and Light Corp as a dual employer union setup. Wage rises of 21 to 80 percent and back pay for previously dismissed workers are ordered. Collective bargaining should occur directly between I P L and the Brotherhood.
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Chicago
ILNS
Local 702
International Brotherhood of Electricieal Workers
Utility Operators’ Association, Central Group
Arbitration Board
Utility Operators’ S Association
Electrical Workers
Illinois Power & Light Corporation
I. P. L.corporation
Brotherhood
Santa Claus Boss Pays Debts for 76 Employees at Ambler Plant
J Harvey Gravell, president of American Chemical Paint Company, distributed about 100000 in Christmas gifts to 76 workers at Ambler. Each emnployee received a personal check to cancel debts from mortgages to hospital bills. Gravell says the gifts reflect loyalty and a fresh start under Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Philadelphia
ILNS
American Chemical Paint Company
Ambler
Santa Claus
J. Harvey Gravell
Philadelphia Record
Gravell
Gravel
Roosevelt
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