05 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
1
A Fall Fashioned Hosiery Workers convention in Philadelphia reports a tentative industry agreement with a joint employer union committee. The plan includes arbitration machinery and a shared employment office budget, aims to standardize overtime, establish minimum earnings, and phase in a scientific time study to reduce wage disputes.
AFL President William Green pledges earnest support to the Actors Equity Association campaign to organize motion picture actors. He urges unity and collective action, noting the value of organization across professions and the need for ethical standards.
Federal District Judge Simons enjoined Detroit electricians from refusing to install non union lighting equipment. The court found the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers not involved and that anti trust law was violated by union printed matter. New York manufacturers claimed interference and conspiracy in restraint of trade.
E Edwards of Newcastle on Tyne writes to A F L Secretary Frank Morrison expressing hope that the British Labour Party will end unemployment at home and foster international goodwill. Edwards, a New Castle miner official, was elected MP by a 16302 majority, succeeding Bob Smillie who did not seek re election. Smillie had gained 8420 in 1924.
Secretary of War Good informs Governor Horton of Tennessee that national guard members who acted as state police at Elizabethton used government property and resources in their duties. The notice signals federal concern over guard conduct and authority.
Four Homestead women testified before Judge James N. Gray about ward leaders marking ballots and stuffing boxes in the Wilson Vare senatorial race of 1926. They reported widespread illegal voting and a judge allegedly prearranged outcomes, with one witness noting that more than half the ballots were illegal. Officials in Homestead claimed Ware led Wilson in the second ward district, with Ware receiving all but none for Wilson.
In Marion North Carolina textile workers form a union seeking relief from poor conditions. E M Baldwin president of Marion Manufacturing warns of evictions for union members and says trouble may follow. Piedmont area shows rising union sentiment with locals formed since March 31. Card room wages run about eight dollars weekly, skilled work eight to eleven dollars.
New York World columnist John J Leary says the Mo tel and Restaurant and Bartenders International Alliance may establish a Jere L Sullivan Memorial Home for aged catering workers. The plan could be voted on at the August convention in Karas city with Edward J Flores presiding. the Bartenders Union survived Prohibition and aims to honor Sullivan’s memory.
Joseph Weber of the American Federation of Musicians and A Poorby warn that machine made music harms public taste and dehumanizes entertainment while theaters aim to keep human musicians. Weber cites 24000 theater musicians with only 4000 dismissed and notes funds rising to 8000 to 10000 in defense.
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