Bonus payments in Bombay mills expose wage deceit
International Labor News Service reports Bombay textile workers learned bonuses depend on profits and can be withdrawn when trade falls. A government inquiry found no enforceable claim for the bonus, noting 32 mills profited and 43 lost in 1923, while urging that bonuses are a misleading substitute for higher wages.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Bombay
India
Board of Inquiry
Weata
United States
Labor theory of labor as commodity debated in veto note
Washington reports the president’s veto of the postal workers wage bill cites the labor as commodity idea. Wm M Collins of the Railway Mail Association links wage decisions to local living costs and labor supply. Chicago reports Jewish bakers ending a four week strike after resisting a $6 weekly wage cut.
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Washington
Postal Workers
Wm. M. Collins
Railway Mail Association
Tam
Collins
Chicago
San Jose Vote Repudiates American Plan Trade Unionism Triumphs
The July American Federationist reports San Jose Calif voters rejected the open shop in municipal elections. William J Bigger a Carpenters Union No 316 member backed by labor forces won a clear majority defeating Industrial Association foes. The piece credits labor-backed campaigning and warns against the so called American plan nationwide.
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San Jose
Calif
Industrial Association
Organized Labor
California
William J. Bigger
Carpenters’ Union No
Bigger
Labor Replaced by Machinery Marks a Decade of Change
The United States patent office notes a surge in automatic machinery production over 13 years, calling it an almost inconceivable rise and a major social economic upheaval since 1886. It traces four periods of invention from 1846 to 1910, highlighting impacts on living standards, electricity, transport, and labor-saving devices.
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Washington
United States Patent Office
Wil
Worn Locomotives Seen as Threat to Life
Washington reports that railroad wrecks and defective locomotives prompt calls for a tougher federal inspection law with heavy fines and jail penalties for inspectors who miss faults. Trade unions cite vast fleets and repair hubs testing safety amid high defect rates quoted from industry leaders and government statements.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Hoover
Johnston
International Association of Machinists
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seamen's Law Test Denied by Ship Owners in San Francisco
Local Commerce representatives aid ship owners to dodge the seamen's language test required for 75 percent understanding of orders. Seamen's Union accuses Garland Steamship Co of using crews including Chinese sailors and extending grace periods to avoid examination. Protests have reached Secretary Hoover as officers report evasions and secret maneuvers.
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San Francisco
Department of Commerce
Organized Labor
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Seamen's Union
Garland Steamship Company
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