Hours Regulation Held Only Hope For Industry
In Washington D C Emil Rieve president of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers testifies before the senate judiciary committee in favor of the Black 30 hour week bill. He warns that without federal hours regulation industry faces insolvency and calls for swift congressional action alongside state measures to curb wage cutting and ruinous competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Washington D. C
ILNS
Emil Rieve
American Federation of
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rieve
Edelman
US Congressman Seeks Action On Machado Cuba Rule
Hamilton Fish of New York has introduced a House resolution targeting Cuban leader Gerardo Machado. The measure accuses Machado of suppressing freedom, tyranny, and neglecting life and property, amid renewed assassinations and mass emigration. It argues the Platt Amendment allows US intervention to restore a government protecting liberty and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Hamilton Fish
New York
House
Gerardo Madhdo
Cuba
Fish
Foreign Affairs Committee
Machado
Miami
Tampa
Key West
Washington
United States
University of Havana
Labor Bank Reports Quarterly Profit Amid Reorganization
New York City ILNS reports Federation Bank and Trust Company president Jeremiah D. Maguire announced a 7 percent profit on outstanding capital for the last quarter of 1982. The restructured bank, once closed in 1981 and reopened in 1932, is noted as the largest labor bank in the United An oance. Directors elected include Edward Canavan and Louis G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
ILNS
Jeremiah D. Maguire
Federation Bank and Trust Company
Peter J. Brady
United An
Indiana Labor backs old age pension bill in Indiana
Organized labor in Indiana promotes an old age pension bill introduced by Representative W J Black in the lower house. The plan, aligned with the Democratic platform, taxes cigarettes and tobacco to fund pensions for residents over 65, limited to 25 dollars monthly and 300 dollars yearly, effective January 1 1934, administered by county commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
LNI
Indiana
Assembly
W. J. Black
Govenor
Mellon Soviet scheme to trade cattle for oil fizzles in Canada
Western proposal aimed to swap Canadian cattle for Russian oil and coal, relying on Dominion funding. The Canadian government’s ban on Russian coal could not be lifted without breaching recent concessions to British coal. The Mellon Aluminum Company plan faltered as McCall Frontenac Refining bought only two shiploads amid protests. Col Mackie, Russia trade agent, not informed, fueling theories of a political plot to embarrass the government and deny a claimed $7,000,000 cattle market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
ILNS
Dominion
Mellon Aluminum Company
Quebec
McCall, Frontenac Company
Col. Mackie
Canada
Labor to Publish Names of Concerns Buying Foreign
Labor urges a Buy American push and calls for publishing the names of firms that import foreign goods with the value of imports. Edward F. McGrady warns unemployment tops 11.59 million in December 1932 and advocates government purchase of American products to create work, urging state and local action nationwide.
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Edward F. McGrady
Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Women’s Democratic Educational Council
McGrady
United States
American Labor Movement
France
Belgium
Japan
China
Federation Opposes Further Pay Cuts for Federal Workers
Washington reports the American Federation of Government Employes denounces salary reductions as unpatriotic and harmful. The union asserts federal workers are loyal, pass competitive exams, and stayed on during boom years, urging Congress not to impose more pay cuts or harm economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Government
Congress
America
Arizona and Tucson lift wet laws by statewide vote
Arizona and Tucson are described as dripping wet after the state repealed its wet laws by initiative at the November election. The Tucson city council followed, repealing its liquor ordinance due to broad voter support across the state and Pima County.
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Tucson, Ariz
ILNS
of Arizona
Tucson
Old Pueblo City
Pima County
Green Urges Senators To Vote Down Pay Cuts
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urges senators to oppose further federal salary reductions. He argues wage cuts harm labor, depress buying power, and delay economic recovery, urging a vote against the senate economy committee's proposal for another 1.67 percent cut. He stresses protecting living standards to restore normal conditions and boost demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Washington, D. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Economy Committee
Senate Economy Committee
Labor
United States Senate
New York Photo Engravers Union Sees 30 Hour Week Trend
At the annual New York Photo Engravers Union meeting Mathew Woll of the AFL noted a shift toward a 30 hour work week in industry. Edward Volz reported 74 percent unemployment or part time status among 8640 members, with a late 1982 rise in overall photo engraving employment. A by law on overtime was amended to cap at two hours without sanction, aimed at keeping members employed. Edward White stated the union forwarded 1 068 651.59 dollars in 1982 to aid unemployed members.
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New York City
LLNL
New York
Photo-Engravers’ Union No
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Woll
Edward J. Volz
International Photo-Engavers’ Union of North America
New York Union
Edward White
The
Old Sailor Rebels At Share The Work Rationing Idea
A Montreal reader attacks share-the-work and share-the-wage proposals, calling them slanderous to shipwrecked sailors and insisting that wealth and means of existence be rationed by ownership first, with work tied to opportunity. He argues that people should only access life’s means if they work and warns against communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
ILNS
Labor the World Over Promotes Building Stimulus Debate
A British conference representing workers and employers argues that spending on building operations circulates purchasing power for farms and manufacturing. It contends that most building funds stay in the country, boosting domestic demand for materials and products and supporting local industries.
Six Hour Day and Five Day Week Adopted in Canada
The Canadian Trades and Labor Congress awarded a contract for an addition to its national headquarters building at Ottawa. The agreement provides a six hour day and a five day week with employment limited to union members. Torr Moore, president, says no prior Canadian contract has set these hours.
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Thy
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
1T Nations
Ooalaws
Torr Moore
Congress
Canada
Business Men Seek Fair Living Wage on Public Belt Bridge
The Allied Business Men's Association of New Orleans, representing four groups of retailers and wholesalers, adopted a resolution opposing 25 cents an hour for unskilled labor on the Public Belt bridge. They called the wage unfair and urged authorities to draft a wage scale providing a living wage benefitting the community.
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New Orleans
JLNS
Allied Business Men’s Association
Public Belt Bridge
Work Seekers More Than Double at State Bureaus
Harrisburg, Pa. Unemployed applicants for jobs at 18 district state employment offices more than doubled in 1982 versus 1931. There were 302,835 applicants in 1982 and 187,038 in 1931. State Employment Bureau placements rose in 1982 to 41,054 compared with 28,093 in 1931.
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Harrisburg
ILNS
Department of Labor and Industry
State Employment Bureau
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U. S
John W. Edelman
Hosiery Worker
Pennsylvania
Gov. Pinchot
Labor Bank
Mellon
By C. McKay
A. S. Rug Mills
U.S
Arizona
Alice 5
Cheyney
Tbe
National Labor Office
England
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