Union Men Named To Aid Drive To Help Suit and Coat Market
Washington report on a National Coat and Suit Industry Board meeting outlining a program of permanent industrial self-government. Labor leaders Dubinsky Nagler and others were appointed to a new council to curb chiselers and enforce fair trade rules while promoting garments produced under good labor standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ULNS
National
Coat and Suit Industry Board
NRA
Alexander Printz
Cleveland
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union
Isadore Nagler
New York Cloakmakers' Union Joint Board
New “Council of Business Development
Dubinsky
Supreme Court
Contractors Made to Obey Prevailing Wage Law
Albany N Y After two years of evading the prevailing wage law on public works the firm of Bunison and Johnson West Part Hills Queens County has been ordered to pay back wages and placed on probation by Suffolk county court to comply or face jail. The three partners were already found guilty in federal court Brooklyn of forcing employees to kick back part of their wages on a PWA contract.
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Albany
LNL
Bunison and Johnson
West Parest Hills
Queens County
Suffolk County Court
Division of Industrial Relations
State Department of Labor
Suffolk County
Brooklyn
PWA
New York Wage Act Reevaluation Sought by State
The New York state petitions the Supreme Court on June 23 to revisit its ruling striking down the state minimum wage law. The filing argues doubts remain about reaffirmation of the 1923 District of Columbia wage decision. Action awaits the court’s return from summer recess in October. Mrs. Herrick of the NLRB in New York urges exhaustive efforts to sustain the state law, saying the rehearing would reassure supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Supreme Court
New York
New York State
District of Columbia
New York City
LNL
Elitore M. Herrick
NLRB
Friends of the Law
Milk Union Drive Boosts Employment and Milk Sales
A 1936 WCFL radio program backed by the Dairy Employes' Union aimed to raise milk consumption and union hiring. The "Pioneer's Trading Post" on air boosted union milk driver employment, with 2,200 union workers by May and 92 percent of Chicago milk handled by unions, up from 80 percent. The effort reported strong membership gains and broader employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Gillespie
Dairy Employes’ Union
Me. Assey
WCFL
McAssey
R. Calvert Haws
Buffalo Bill
West
Pioneer's Trading Post
Pioneer's Trading Post Club
Chicago
WOFL
Labor Urges Workers To Demand Higher Pay
The American Federation of Labor survey reports second quarter output 22 percent above last year and six months up 15 percent. Profits rose 50 percent in Q1 and 74 percent in Q2, prompting calls for higher wages to sustain buying power and prevent excess idleness. Alabama plans a major union-organizing drive funded by the state federation secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Montgomery
Ala
ILNL
Alabama
State Federation of Labor
W. C. Hare
Reed Attacks Reed in Dressed-Down Union Clash
David Dubinsky, head of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, calls James A. Reed a partisan of un-American and unpatriotic causes. He labels Reed a policy adviser to Nell Donnelly Inc. and leader of anti-union forces in Kansas City, linking Reed to the Liberty Leaguers and a push against Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
al Smith
Dubinsky
Ladies’ Garment Organization
Mr. Reed
Nell Donnelly, Inc
Kansas City
West
Nell Donnelly
Neil Donnelly, Inc
Labor Conference backs 40 hour public works week
The International Labor Conference adopted a draft convention on June 23 establishing a 40 hour week for public works financed or subsidized by governments. It rejected three other 40 hour week conventions covering building and civil engineering iron and steel industries and coal mines. Employer representatives opposed all four proposals.
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Geneva
ILNS
International Labor Conference
Rubber Workers Rally Upends Gadsden Labor Tension
In Gadsden Alabama a June 20 labor rally drew 165 sworn special policemen for Goodyear Rubber Co protection amid union organizing efforts. Organizers report a $100000 fund in Akron to support Rubber Workers campaign as troublemakers are expelled from town. Southern Pacific orders $8 million in boxcars, the largest purchase since 1920, with nearly 3000 cars spread across seven steel makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
LLNS
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Daly
Ako
Muassiere
Gerdes
United Rubber Workers of
Anvrien
Akron
Orarizers
Alabama
Dalrymple
J. E. Foreman
Bo J. Widick
George B. Roberts
American Federation of Labor
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George L. Berry
Industrial Co-Operation
N. Y
Union
AFLNS
U. S. Department of Labor
Savage Auto Supply CO
Maple Ave
Hamilton
Ohio
A. F. of
Labor Conference
Troy
McKay
Krebs
Cerebs
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