13 Jul 1928
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1928
Page
1
Washington report on 1922 cotton mill work shows women on 55 hour weeks lost 13 more days yearly than those at 48 hours. Data from 4,338 women across 18 mills indicate illness and home duties as top personal causes, with shutdowns in mills as prominent employer factors.
Washington report says Secretary of Labor Davis predicts a continued drop in infant mortality crediting the Federal Children's Bureau and the maternity and infancy act. In New York investors are due about 719 million dollars in dividends and interest for July, a new high compared with last year.
The AFL executive council will review union delegates’ reports from the Republican and Democratic conventions and assess platform injunction clauses. Labor leaders, led by President William Green, seek clarification from candidates, deeming both planks insufficient and unlikely to spark broad enthusiasm without firm policy guarantees.
About 1,800 workers at Dominion Rubber Company in Montreal walk out to enforce an arbitration award both sides accepted two months earlier. The strike, led by female workers, followed the company’s inaction after the conciliation board recommended wage increases in nearly all departments.
Opinion denies open shop propaganda ties unions to gang violence. It accuses the Employers' Association and Hostetler of stirring sensational stories to frame labor leaders and justify graft and strikes.
The American Federation of Labor reports a drop in union member unemployment from 16 percent in April to 13 percent in May based on 24 unions. New Jersey City records 36 percent idle, while Washington D C posts five percent as the lowest.
The British Trades Union Congress general council approves a plan to create a national industrial council to establish conciliation boards. The board would investigate disputes before a strike, a proposal developed by union officials and employers after discussions since last January.
Washington chain stores, among the nation’s largest, are readjusting to the federal child labor statute. Many youths under the new limits have worked 10 to 12 hour days with low wages. The law bans most under 14 from work outside homes except certain newsboys and restricts hours for minors under 18.
A statewide poll of streetcar employees in New Haven Connecticut shows that the majority do not favor a strike at this time. The survey indicates cautious verdicts amid labor tensions and ongoing negotiations with transit authorities.
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