Mediation Board Report Praises Collective Bargaining on Railroads
The first annual report of the National Mediation Board extols collective bargaining as the path to labor peace on railroads since 1926. It notes 3021 agreements, with 77 percent on Class L roads, covering 71.1 percent of workers, and that most deals involve unions over company or system arrangements.
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Mediation Board
Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Mediation Board
National Association of Manufacturers
Miners sue Harlan officials over rights suppression
Fourteen miners in London Kentucky filed federal suits totaling 350000 against Circuit Judge James M. Gilbert and Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton claiming civil rights violations by mine operators and authorities in Harlan county. Attorney C T Townsend of the United Mine Workers said further suits for at least 150000 would follow. One plaintiff, Robert Sanders, said he and three others were jailed after traveling to Cumberland to sing at a miners meeting and warned to stay away on pain of death.
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London, Ky
Harlan County
James M. Gilbert
Pineville
Theodore R. Middleton
Harlan
C. T. Townsend
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Gilbert
Middletown
Robert Sanders
Virginia
Cumberland
Union organizers sue police over Garden State strike arrests
Midland Park New Jersey unions head Warren Montross and Elmer Hamm sue two policemen and the chief for 50000 dollars claiming arrests during Garden State Hosiery Mill strike. Montross charged with inciting to riot Hamm accused of calling a girl a scab released after seven hours bail. police refused judge’s order. Police crackdown provokes mass picketing by 600 workers and public support grows.
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Midland Park
N. J
ILNS
Warren Montross
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Elmer Hamm
Branch 7
Garden State
Montross
Hamm
Bergen County
Wilfred Nutt
Electricians Co-Operate In Rural Wiring Program
Administrator Morris L. Cooke of the rural electrification administration has met with Dan W. Tracy of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Earl V. Peek of the National Electrical Contractors Association to develop the most economical rural wiring system. Full cooperation is assured with REA financing available for lines built with REA funds or private financing.
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Washington, D. C
Morris L. Cooke
Rural Electrification Administration
Dan W. Tracy
International Brotherhood of Electrica Workers
Earl V. Peek
National Electrical Contractors’ Association
SEC Reveals Utility Lied in Financial Statement
The SEC reports a large public utility filed a registration showing a 110 million dollar capital surplus and 12 million earned surplus yet footnotes exposed improper accounting. The balance sheet would show a 153 million dollar drop and a 30 million dollar deficit if proper practices were used. Other cases include an investment trust misusing 80 thousand dollars for investments and endowed bonds sold to teachers with only five thousand backing pledges.
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Commission
SEC
Hart
Men of
Washington
Ship Owners Refuse 20 Percent Wage Increase
Demands of the International Seamen's Union of America for a 20 per cent wage rise were rejected by the American Steamship Owners' Association. The contract, expired December 31, was renewed for 80 days. Committees will canvass union members on Atlantic ports about the wage rejection, with a hoped agreement before the extension ends.
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New York City
LLNS
International Seamen's Union of America
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Atlantic
Anthracite Mining Shows Big Job Drop in November
Philadelphia ILNS reports a sharp fall in mining work and wages across 32 Pennsylvania anthracite companies. From mid October to mid November the payroll declined about 21 percent and wage disbursements fell 49 percent, per Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia indexes for the Anthracite Institute.
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Philadephia
ILNS
Rolla of Pennsylvania
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Anthracite Institute
Bosses Guilty in NY Workmen’s Comp Evasion Case
In New York City two convictions for evading the workmen’s compensation law bolster state efforts to end co partnership schemes. Magistrate August Dreyer and Judge Charles W. Boote uphold state views that alleged partnerships between employer and employee mask the true relationship, risking penalties under the workers’ compensation act.
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New York City
ILNS
Elmer Fy Amews
August Dreyer
Charles W. Boote
Yonkers
Special Sessions Coult
le Aiternes General
Muistrate Dreyer
Abtefige
Unclear text on rocket racket and Wolken label probes
Fragmentary report describes an unfamiliar scheme involving a pay envelope time probes and a Wolken label branding. It mentions a shop card and button but offers no concrete names, dates, places, or outcomes.
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Wolken
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