Bill Green Praises Roosevelt Policy Against War
Bill Green of the American Federation of Labor at Carnegie Hall defends Roosevelt's foreign policy as designed to keep the U S out of war now and in the future. He credits the AFL with aiding the Jewish Labor Committee in rescuing 400 refugees and pledges continued support from the AFL and its five million members.
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Bill Green
Roosevelt
A. F. of
Green
Conference of Jewish Labor Committee
New York
N. Y
William Green
American Federation of Labor
National Conference of the Jewish Labor Committee
Carnegie Hall
America
Mr. Green
Britain
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Jewish Labor Committee
State Department
United States
Canada
Mission of Mercy
Europe
WPA Workers Health Undermined Says Union
Washington D C ILNS WPA workers and families live on 3 to 4 cents a meal far below government allowances for soldiers and inmates. The American Security Union based on WPA workers says health is being undermined and many on defense projects are made unemployable. They urge scrapping the relief program for a non-relief Defend America Works Program with regular wages.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
U. S
American Security Union
WPA
Security Union
Defend
America
David Lasser
Workers’ Alliance
Alliance
Conciliation Service Handles 230 Industrial Disputes
Washington D C The Conciliation Service of the U S Department of Labor disposed of 230 strikes threatened strikes lockouts and controversies involving 190 732 workers last month Secretary of Labor Perkins reported The service operated in 27 major fields including building trades foods iron and steel textiles and was used by employees and employers in 89 states and the District of Columbia.
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Washington, D. C
Conciliation Service
U. S. Department of Labor
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
District of Columbia
Back Wages Exceed $123000 Collected In New York
New York workers received over 123000 dollars in back wages after being underpaid under minimum wage orders in six industries during 1940. Kate Papert, acting director of the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage, reported at the National Consumers' League annual meeting at the Hotel Commodore.
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New York
N. Y
New York State
Kate Papert
Division of
Women In Industry
Labor Department
National Consumers’ League
Hotel Commodore
Abuse of workers patriotism blamed on union-hating bosses
A government official told Labor that most recent defense industry labor disputes stem from employers who refuse to meet workers halfway. He cited Ranger Engineering East Farmingdale and Eaton Manufacturing as examples where union pressure and corporate resistance led to threatened or actual strikes. The piece notes government mediation, wage boosts, and holiday pay as part of settlements, with parallel clashes between IA and CIO unions over reinstatement at Eaton plants.
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Defense
House
Navy
Eaton Manufacturing Company
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Record Federal Payroll Tops 1 111 580 in November
Washington DC The Civil Service Commission reports a record 1 111 580 federal employees in November due to the national defense emergency. Employment rose 25 359 from October with increases led by the War Department Navy Department and the Panama Canal.
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Washington, D. C
The
Civil Service Commission
National Defense Agencies
War Department
Navy Department
Panama Canal
U S Appeals Court Backs Wage Hour Law
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the federal wage hour law constitutional in a unanimous decision. The case, Eastern Sugar Associates of Puerto Rico, involved disputes over coverage of its employees and upheld a San Juan district court ruling.
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Boston
Mass
United States Circuit Court of Appeal
Eastern Sugar Associates of
Puerto Rico
Federal District Court of
San Juan
Puerto
Labor Urges Back Britain in War Production Push
Robert P. Patterson addresses the Chicago Federation of Labor calling for full American labor cooperation to keep military production at peak and ensure swift aid reaches England. He praises English labor and pledges war effort gains to workers while stressing free partnership between labor and the War Department.
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Chicago
ILNS
United States
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Chicago Federation of Labor
England
Great Britain
War Department
Civil rights restored to 12 in California
Twelve persons convicted years ago under the California Criminal Syndicalism Law who lost their citizenship rights have been granted full pardons in the past year by Governor Culbert L. Olson to restore civil rights. All but one of the convicts were members of the I W W, one belonged to the Communist party.
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Sacramento
Cal
ILNS
Culbert L. Olson
Communist Party
Assistance Payments Rise in November Across U S
Total payments for public assistance and earnings of workers under federal work programs in the continental United States reached 281.18 million dollars in November. The figure shows a 3.4 percent rise from October and a similar increase from November of the previous year, according to the Social Security Board.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States
Social Security Board
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Dewey
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U.S. Appeals Court
LABOR
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