Union Meeting Boosts Membership at Trades Council Hall
Retail Clerks Union No. 119 held a large meeting to endorse membership drives and denounce non members. Ada May Long Christine Hecker and Frank Rind joined from Dan Cohen Shoe Co. Sam Schwartz and Walter Beinkemper were reinstated from Strauss Clothing and Shoe Co. A North Third street merchant pressed for enrollment of a non union clerk. Next meeting will vote on yearly merchant agreement while many non union clerks are urged to join. Also Gem Metal Products workers win $5 raise, 48 hour week, and closed shop by War Labor Board.
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Trades Council Hall
Ada May Long
Christine Hecker
Frank Rind
Dan Cohen Shoe Co
Sam Schwartz
Walter Beinkemper
Strauss Clothing and Shoe Co
Uncle Sam Lick
Kaiser
Strauss
Clerks Union
North Third Street
Nofeed
Profiteering Denied by Labor Secretary Post
Washington reports Assistant Secretary of Labor Post rejects charge that workers extort with high wages. He says wage earners lack power to extort and that only idle interest groups profit. He argues wages reflect worker bargaining under standardization and cites monopolies and landowners as extortionate forces. Fishermen form a union in Bellingham to address Alaskan work conditions. In St Louis, Judge Dyer issues injunctive relief against organized retail clerks tied to a Kroger strike.
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Washington
Labor
Post
Mr. Post
St. Louis
Dyer
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Union Labor's Reconstruction Plan Outlined Before Senate
The American Federation of Labor executive council presented a detailed reconstruction committee report to the Senate Education and Labor Committee. It urges democratic industry, worker rights, eight hour days, living wages, public works as expedient, abolition of child labor, government ownership of utilities and water power, canal system to connect rivers and lakes, graduated land taxes, and universal education while opposing militarism and private monopolies. It also calls for workers’ rights to organize, immigration limits, a tax on land values, and federal and state employment bureaus to aid discharged soldiers and sailors.
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Washington
A. F. of S. Executive Council
Committee On Reconstruction
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Reconstruction Committee
American Federation of Labor
John P. Frey
B. M. Jewell
John Moor
G. W. Perkins
Mathew Woll
Jefferson Theatre resolves orchestral dispute with compromise
Peace returns to the Jefferson Theatre after a week of silence as musicians and management settle their dispute over orchestra size. A Trades Council committee met manager Mr Broomhall and secured a compromise that satisfied both sides, restoring music for patrons.
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Jefferson Theatre
Musicians Union
Trades Council
Broomhall
War Labor Board to Hear Machinists Grievance at Hooven Owens
The National War Labor Board will hold hearings on the Machinists versus Hooven Owens Rentschler case at 10 o'clock next Thursday in the Court House. Ted Smith, local machinists union agent, received the notice from W Jett Lauck, secretary of the board. The dispute stems from a November request for an eight hour day that the company refused, leading to a work stoppage after four days. Government conciliator James J Barrett arranged for both sides to submit the grievances for board adjustment, with a lengthy process anticipated and no clear decision timeline.
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National War Labor Board
Hooven
Owens Rentschler Company
Ted Smith
Machinists’ Union
W. Jett Lauck
War Labor Board
Vember
James J. Barrett
National War Labor Board For Adjustment
Orchestra Size At Jefferson Theatre For Matinee And Night
The Jefferson Theatre will use two men for afternoon showings and four men for night performances to accompany popular pictures. The larger orchestra promises brighter pictures, satisfying musicians management and thousands of patrons who enjoy the harmony and the band playing on.
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Jefferson Theatre
State vs private insurance in workers' compensation
A Chicago contractor compiling an argument for state controlled insurance cites Ohio data from 1917 showing $6.37 per $100 payroll paid to the Ohio state fund, in contrast to Illinois private insurers charging $15.50 per $100. Employees in Ohio received about 26 percent more benefits and weekly wage replacements differed, with Ohio at seven days disability offering up to $15, while Illinois capped at $12. After July 1, 1917, Ohio rates fell to $6 and Illinois insurers increased to $19.74 by November 1918.
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Chicago
Ohio
Ohio State Insurance Fund
State of
Ilinois
Illinois
Garment Strike Paralyzes New York City Factories
More than 35,000 garment workers in New York, members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, strike for a 44 hour week and higher wages after manufacturers refused to bargain. The walkout disrupts thousands of citizens as union leaders accuse employers of failing to avert the dispute.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Striking Dress and Waist Workers Lock Out 10000 to 12000
Schlesinger of the international union says after demanding a 44 hour week and higher wages and offering arbitration, the Dress and Waist Manufacturers' Association refused arbitration and began discharging workers. Over four days 10,000 to 12,000 were locked out, making the strike unavoidable. The association bears responsibility for blocking arbitration, accuses a lawyer who joined the group recently.
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Schlesinger
International Union
Boat Owners Face War Labor Board Over Towing Rates
New York reports the national war labor board hears evidence from marine workers alleging towing firms doubled government rates from 12 to 53 per tow since the war. Workers claim coal and water were taken during government jobs, saving owners time. They seek higher wages and an eight hour day but owners refuse to arbitrate. board proceeds per President Wilson’s directive.
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New York
National War Labor Board
Wilson
Eight-Hour Day Ordered by War Labor Board Umpire
Umpire Julian W. Mack, acting for the national war labor board, ordered three Warren plants to establish an eight hour day for mothers and apprentices with nine hour wages. Workers preferred the straight eight hour day, while employers contested informed consent, but Mack affirmed the result as reasonable and legal.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Julian W. Mack
Warren
Ohio
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