Compensation Act Covering Longshoremen Biggest Gain in 1927
An annual survey notes major labor law advances in 1927 across 44 states and Congress. It highlights the federal accident compensation law for longshoremen, higher weekly benefits for federal workers, and expanded maternity, vocational rehab, and older worker protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Labor News Service
New York City
Congress
American Association For Labor Section
John B. Andrews
Association
New York
Idaho
Maryland
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Montana
Kansas
Colorado
Nevada
Kentucky
Arkansas
California
Indiana
Ohio
Maine
Iglesias to Havana observer for Pan American Conference
William Green president of the AFL and the Pan American Federation of Labor asks Santiago Iglesias to go to Havana as observer for the Pan American Conference starting January 16. Iglesias will meet Cuban and Latin American labor representatives and relay AFL and Pan American Federation of Labor support for workers welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Santiago Iglesias
Pan- American Federation of Labor
Havana
Iglesias
Labor of
Cuba
Colorado Guard Split Over Official Pets
The Colorado national guard splits amid a coal strike with Adjutant General Newton accused of padding payrolls with uniformed pets. Salaries for these officers dwarf those of enlisted men, fueling social tension and economic wreckage amid the I W W driven conflict led by Rockefeller’s Colorado Coal and Iron Company’s union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado National Guard
Newton
I. W. W. Camp
Rockefeller
Colorado Coal and Tron Company
Nation's prosperity tied to high wages urges unions
Duluth News Tribune editorial backs organized labor's high wage theory. It argues steady employment at fair wages boosts buying power, raises living standards, and sustains business and industry, noting low wages do not build lasting prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Duluth News- Tribune
Organized Labor
The Wrong Kind Union Tale in the Jungle
A fable shows Animals unite against the Lion after a promised reform. The Goat Sheep Calf enter the cave while the Fox remains outside, warning that Unity favors the Lion. The Lion calls the resulting stew a triumph, delivering a cautionary moral about forced alliances and power.
Amalgamated Wins Reversal Of 1926 Court Injunction
The circuit court of appeals partially reverses a 1926 injunction against Interborough Rapid Transit officials and union leaders, remitting the case to the lower court for a decision on a more limited injunction. Labor leaders call it a victory for unions and the courts as the fight over company unions and employee recruitment continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated
International Labor News Service
New York City
First Blood
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
New York Traction
Circuit Court of Appeals
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Edward P. Lavin
Harry Bark
Joseph G. Phelan
James F. Walsh
Interborough Company
Interborough Company “Union
Interborough
Lavin
Justice Delehanty
American Federation of Labor
Hugh Frayne
A. F. of L
Labor
I. R.T
James H. Coleman
Carmen
Quackenbush
B. A. Larger
United Garment Workers
John J. Leary, Jr
the World
Excelsior Bakery
The
A. F. Or I
Immigration Bills and Cheap Labor Exploitation Debate
The article argues that pending immigration bills in Congress aim to liberalize laws, expanding gateways for cheap labor and potential worker exploitation. It cites an Illinois editorial asserting many measures disguise schemes to flood the U.S. with migrants for investor benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Lynch
Illinois State Journal of
Springfield
Congress
Sara Conroy Labor Leader Dies After Surgery in Brooklyn
Sara Agnes Conroy a prominent textile workers organizer and longtime secretary treasurer of the United Textile Workers of America died at 57 in Brooklyn after a throat illness led to surgery and a fatal cerebral血 clot. She helped lead a major Roxbury carpet factory strike and held national labor posts and appointments under Wilson and Harding. Burial took place in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Labor News Service
New York City
Sara Agnes Conroy
United States
United Textile Workers of America
Brooklyn
St. Edmund’s Church
Boston
Joseph P. Cowboy
Roxbury
United Textile Workers
Cowboy
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Colorado Guard
Victor A. Olander
Aesop
Spirit of the
Federal Department of Agriculture
New England
Immigration
Sara Conroy
Samuel Gompers
Afel
United States Shipping Board
Wilson
Conboy
Council of National Defense
British Trades Union Congress
Washington
Harding
Federation Bank
New York State
National Commission On Prisons and Prison Labor
New York Housing Commission
Smith
House
Bill
John
Columbus
John H. O'Neill
Molders’ [International Union
Molders’ Union
Axminster
Klearflax
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