Government Plans Separate Relief Work Program For 500 000 Idle Women
The government will allocate part of a 4 billion dollar relief fund to a women specific work program. About 500,000 unemployed women aged 18 to 65 are expected to receive jobs, with priority for women heads of families and self supporting single women. Ellen S. Woodward notes equal status with men and states a woman will head each state’s relief staff. Most jobs are for unskilled work including sewing and home making, with specialized roles in nursing and other fields. The aim is to place the greatest number of women to work while training them for future private employment.
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Washington, D. C
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Ten Seamen Quit Watertown After Alleged Shanghai Claim
Ten seamen aboard the Cities Service tanker Watertown quit mid voyage in Delaware Bay alleging they were shanghaied from Philadelphia and forced to operate the ship after recruitment for unloading work sparked a strike by the International Seamen's Union. Union reps picketed Lewes and shoreline actions followed as eight boats tied up in Port Arthur New York and Philadelphia.
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Bethany Beach
Dillon's AFL Says Auto Makers Block Union Message
The AFL reports auto companies blocked I J Dillon from speaking to workers in Muncie Indiana and Anderson Indiana with radio broadcasts canceled or questioned. It says GM and Ball Bros plants fear workers hearing the truth could lead to independent unions. The AFL vows to support workers as they grow in strength and grant them a charter for an international union.
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Detroit
Mich
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American Federation of Labor
Muncie
Anderson
Ind
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Toledo Utility Workers Granted Wage Increase
Assistant Secretary of Labor McGrady granted a five percent wage increase to Toledo Edison operating workers and office employees after a wage dispute. The decision affects about 700 workers and followed briefs from both company and union representatives after two recent strikes in Toledo, Ohio.
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ILNS
Toledo Edison Company
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Wagner Connery Labor Disputes Act Public Policy Voice
The act declares the encouragement of collective bargaining as United States policy to address industrial unrest caused by employers denying union organizing and bargaining. It asserts that protecting workers' right to organize safeguards interstate commerce and promotes stable wages and conditions by restoring equality of bargaining power between employers and employees.
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Foreign Commerce
Deportation Bill Proposed by Texas Congressman Dies
Hourmanitative Dies of Texas urges a deportation plan for about 4 million aliens and 16.5 million foreigners in the U S He recommends mandatory deportation of 9.6 million with 4 million residents to lose citizenship within a year The measure would require aliens to obtain work permits only when U S citizens are unavailable and would bar immigration of pioneer settlers lacking relatives.
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Washington
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Arbiters Rule Return of Street Car Strikers in Omaha
A board of arbitration ordered 268 street car workers to be reinstated in Omaha with full seniority after a tram walkout dispute. The ruling followed a second gubernatorial interview with Governor Cochran.
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