Wages in Building Trades Backed as Key to Prosperity
New York City ILNS reports Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor warns wage cuts in construction would drag down overall standards. He criticizes government delays in housing programs and urges private employers to maintain wage floors to sustain industry growth and living standards.
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Labor Executive
New York City
ILNS
Matthew Woll
Tce
American Foderation of Labor
Investing and Contracting Builders’ Association
America
China
India
Russia
Textile Union Pushes 48-Hour Week Plan Across Industry
New York City ILNS report says the United Textile Workers of America executive council urged a national program to establish a maximum 48 hour working week in textiles and to abolish night work for women and minors. The council also authorized surveys by organizers and local officials to prepare a September report to back the 8 hour week program. Southern textile reps note expansion of outreach in South Carolina and Georgia amid unemployment concerns.
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New York City
ILNS
Executive Council
United Textile Workers of America
Thomas F. McMahon
Textile Council
South Carolina
Georgia
Air Mail Costs Rise Sharply Deficit Kerb Grows
The government air mail expense jumped from 765,549 in 1926 to 20,015,969 in 1980. Airlines also earned 5,761,151 from passengers and express carriers last year. Substantial subsidies to shipowners and these totals contribute to the Post Office deficit.
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Washington
Post Office
Trade Union Unemployment Rises in June First Half
Washington reports show trade union unemployment up 1 percent from May, wiping out March gains and bringing overall joblessness to 18.3 percent in the first half of June. About 5.3 million workers are now out of work as part-time job figures rise to 19 percent while layoffs persist.
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Washington, D.C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Arabia
A. F. of L
Dune
Uniform Labor Laws Advocated By Conference
Ten states urged uniform labor laws at a Harrisburg conference called by Gov. Pinchot to stabilize industry. Recommendations included workers compensation, industrial health, employment offices, and prohibiting child labor and women’s work limits.
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Harrisburg
ILNS
Pinechot
New X-ray Tube Promises Penetrating Radiation Leap
A paper for the American Association of Science described a Pasadena tested X-ray tube by Dr. Fr. Lange and Dr. A Bragh of the University of Berlin. It operates at 2 600 000 volts and yields gamma rays rivaling 100 000 grams of radium, suggesting tubes could reach up to 7 000 000 volts.
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Amtercinn Association of Science
Pasadena
Cal
FR. Lange
A. Bragh
University of Berlin
Fake Union Label Draws Big Fine
Samuel Weiser, a New York City printer, was fined $100 in special sessions court for using a faked union label. Secretary William Robinson of the Allied Printing Trades Council has led a campaign against fake labels, with this being the second Brooklyn conviction and efforts continuing in other boroughs.
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New York City
ILNS
Samuel Weiser
Special Sessions
William Robinson
Allied Printing Trades Council
Brooklyn
Robinson
Study of Pension Plan Authorized by Springfield Legislature
The state legislature passed a bill to create a commission to study old age pensions. The measure is a substitute for an earlier senate introduced old age pension bill.
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Springfield
Senate
World Slump Not Tariff Cut in U S Foreign Trade
Senator notes that commerce reports show a 50 percent drop in exports from 1929 to 1931 and a 20 percent fall from 1929 to 1980, arguing tariffs did not cause the declines and blaming broader price drops and global demand. he asserts labor advocates misframe data and cites Russian machinery trade falling independently of tariff policy.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Congress
Commerce
Commerce Department
Japan
Allentown Strikerow Armed Guards in Pennsylvania Clash
State troopers escorted strikebreakers to a mill yard in Allentown after a clash with silk strikers. Fourteen armed guards were rounded up on concealed weapon charges, many identified by strikers as involved in an attack that seriously injured two. Employers blamed include Pyramid and Majestic. strikers hope exposure spurs interstate regulation of private strikebreaking.
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Allentown
HLNS
Pennsylvania
Tookuy
Connecticut
Cape
Kellow
Lehigh
Newark
Rive
Pyramid
The
Majestic
Plug Agntex
Negroes Move to Northern Industry Reveals Large Gains
Washington reports a notable rise in the number of negroes migrating to northern industrial centers. The shift comes largely from rural areas to cities, with several southern industrial hubs showing little or no growth in negro population since 1920. Delaware, Maryland, Michigan and Missouri record faster negro growth than whites, including Philadelphia, Akron, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Flint.
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Washington
Sus Hurean
South
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Philadelphia
Akron
Cincinnat
Indianapolis
Detroit
Kansas City
St. Louis
Baltimore
Flint
Mich
New York Waiters Triumph Over Wages Cut Proposal
International Alliance announces a complete victory for New York City Waiters Local Union No. 1. A strike began June 13 over a proposed wage cut affecting two thousand members. After six days an agreement was reached, preserving existing wages and conditions.
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Cincinnati, O
TLNC
International Alliance
New York City
Wales
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McMahon
Cotton Textile Institute
C. W. Gath CO
Richman
Hamilton
Ohio
High Street
Court House
Ethelbert Stewart
Bureau of Labbr
Inbar
Miss Prances Parkins
New York
R. 8. Smith
Musaichigets
Clara Beyer
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Beatrice McConnell
Bureau of Women and Children
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
A. S. Gray
Bureau of Occupational Diseases
S) Workers Union
Hsramp
Leifheit’s
Boot Shop
David Webb
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