Nazi Labor Code Denounced By Green As Enslavement
Washington press release reports President William Green of the American Federation of Labor condemning Germany's new labor code as finishing touch in reducing German workers to servitude. He denounces abolition of unions, outlawed strikes, and coercive shop councils under state supervision and employer control. The AFL calls for a boycott of German goods and services until workers can organize freely and Jewish persecution ends.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Germany
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Green
Organized Labor Movement of
Hitler
Tode
Louisiana Trappers Gain Better Prices Under Code
New Orleans reports the trapper price code now in effect pays trappers 58 cents for tops laid down in front of the buyer, improving on earlier prices often as low as 7 to 18 cents. The change benefits both landowners and the men who spend two months in Louisiana marshes each year.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Louisiana
I. T. U. Head Sees N. R. A. of No Help To Skilled Men
Chicago and Indianapolis dispatches quote International Typographical Union president Charles P. Howard condemning the national recovery act as applied to printing. He asserts skilled trades will rely on organization, not government, and notes long history of collective bargaining. He cites Johnson crisis comments and cites Knox and McCormick in Chicago intrigue rumors.
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N.R. A
Howard
Chicago
ILNS
Hugh S. Johnson
Charles P. Howard
International Typographical Union
Typographical Journal
General Johnson
Mr. Howard
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Daily Tribune
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Drake Hotel
Republican National Committee
United States
Indianapolis, Ind
National Recovery Act Administration
Washington
Settlement of Philadelphia taxi strike backed by National Labor Board
Washington reports the Philadelphia taxi strike settlement approved by the National Labor Board. Senator Wagner praised the agreement as voluntary, cooperative with the board, and in line with prior Philadelphia and NLB recommendations. He noted patient diplomacy led to a final accord shaping union and cab company terms.
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Washington, D. C
SLNS
Philadelphia
National Labor Board
Taxi Drivers
Wagner
Philadelphia Regional Labor Board
Pepper
Labre
Consumers protest price hikes at New York hearing
Frederick R. Hoisington Jr Meyer Parodneck and J Charles Lane of the Emergency Conference of Consumer Organizations accuse milk coal copper and other goods of extortionate price rises at a hearing before NRA division head A D Whiteside. They cite price boosts from 17 percent for coal to 250 percent for copper hot water boilers and warn that wage gains since 1932 fail to offset living costs.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Frederick R. Hoisington, Jr
Meyer Parodneck
J. Charles Lane
Emergency Conference of Consumer Organizations
Fourth Avenue
New York City
A. D. Whiteside
NRA Division
New York
Cigar Union Offers 50000 Advertising Fund to Industry
The Cigar Makers International Union proposes a 50000 fund to boost tobacco industry advertising on condition employers drop opposition to unionization. President I M Ornburn signs the offer to 125 employers. initial 10000 would be pledged after 5000 members joined, with 10000 more per 5000 new members up to 50000 annually. The union also offers to arbitrate disputes and seeks swift adoption to revive the industry.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Cigar Makers’ International Union
I. M. Ornburn
Ornburn
Cuban Capitalist Firms Threaten Nationwide Strike Over New Workmen Compensation Law
Cuban industrial and commercial concerns largely owned by American capitalists threaten a nation wide strike by closing their doors unless the government amends the recently enacted work men s compensation law which makes employees liable for both accidents and illnesses.
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Havana
Cubs
Gotham Printers Seek Strike Vote Sanction
New York City union leaders of Typographists Local No. 6 petitioned the international headquarters in Indianapolis to sanction a referendum strike vote. President Leon H. Rouse urged a 6 hour day or 39 hour week and restoration of 1929 wage scales. action by the international council was not yet announced.
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New York City
ISNS
Typographical Union No. 6
International Typographical Union
International
Indianapolis
Leon H. Rouse
No. 6
Rouse
International Executive Council
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Green
A. F. of
L. Head
NRA
Nonpareil Printing Co
Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio
Congress
Maye
Joseph A. Wise
Union
Gotham
Krebs
Philco Victor Victor Majestic
Philco
Philco U
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