Court Upholds National Labor Relations Act As Constitutional
U S circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upholds the National Labor Relations Act as within Congress power. Six NLRB cases reviewed. five favor the Board, including Associated Press vs Morris Watson where Watson wins reinstatement with back pay. One ruling against the Board analyzes Friedman Harry Marks Clothing Co v NLRB finding no interstate commerce involvement.
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New York City
ILNL
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Act
Congress
U. S. Circuit Court
Labor
Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Board
Federal District Courts
Labor Board
Circuit Court
District Court
A. P
Associated Press
Morris Watson
Watson
Martin T. Manton
Thomas W. Swan
Augustus N. Hand
Friedman Harry Marks Clothing Co
Friedman Outfit
Ohio minimum wage law boosts women’s earnings in laundry plants
A Workplace Bureau report to Secretary Perkins shows Ohio laundries and dry cleaning plants raised median weekly earnings for women from 8.15 in May 1938 to 10.80 in April 1934 after wage orders took effect, with only a small share earning below 27½ cents hourly. The data suggest wage law impact while noting hours increases and penalties.
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Washington, D. C
Ill.nl
Ohio
Mary Anderson
Women's Bureau
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Miss Anderson
Perkine
Department of Industrial Relations
Steel Company Union Joins A F L Union in Body
In East Chicago Indiana Carnegie Steel plant an entire company union with about 3000 members joined the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers. Van A Bittner said the decision followed an address to workers and marked a first for the union drive with organizers expanding into Calumet district and plans to extend to Waukegan Milwaukee and St Louis.
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Steel Company Union
A. F. of L. Union
Chicago
SLNS
Ind
Carnegie Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
van A. Bittner
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Bittner
Calumet
Waukegan
Milwaukee
St. Louis
A. F P. of L
Strike at Northwestern Barbed Wire mill in Sterling
Northwestern Barbed Wire Company workers in Sterling MI went on strike demanding a minimum wage an eight hour day and a six day week instead of seven. The item notes ILNS wire service material and invites subscription to The Press.
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Sterling, MI
ILNS
Northwestern Barbed Wire Company
Red
Injunction Bans Coercion in Remington Rand Strike
In Cincinnati Ohio a court issued a temporary injunction against Remington Rand Inc and union officers in a strike dispute. It bars union members from visiting strikers homes in groups of more than two and forbids coercive or abusive conduct, while also restraining the company from persuading strikers to breach agreements. The order, signed by Judge Nelson Schwab, also forbids the company from attempting to cause strikers to resume work until the strike is settled. John P Frey AFL official was involved in consultations.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
ILNS
Sizna
Cage
Remington Rand, Inc
Missouri
Remington Rand
Unin
Nelson Schwab
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor Metal Trades Department
Cincinnati
Potters Demand Wage Increases at National Convention
The National Brotherhood of Operative Potters closed its forty fourth annual convention in Atlantic City with resolutions seeking wage increases. Details will be presented at a joint meeting with the United States Potters' Association next month, as determined by the union's executive board.
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Atlantic City
ILNS
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
United States Potters’ Association
Louisiana Enacts Law To Compensate Jobless Workers
Louisiana signs unemployment compensation law joining fifteen jurisdictions with pooled fund financing. Employers and employees contribute to the fund, which will pay benefits to eligible unemployed workers. The Social Security Board notes the expansion alongside Alabama California DC Indiana Massachusetts Mississippi New Hampshire New York Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Utah Washington and Wisconsin.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Louisiana
Leche
Social Security Board
Alabama
California
District of Columbia
Indiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Steel Workers Return After Wheeling Strike Ends
About 5,500 Wheeling Steel employees in Portsmouth Ohio resume work after a 52 day strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers. The agreement provides full union recognition, negotiations on wages hours and conditions within 14 days, and denial of claims that certain union members were undesirable.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
AFLNS
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Richard Evans
Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Ompany
Strikers Ignore Eviction Order At Pickett Mills
Striking cotton workers at Pickett Mills in Highpoint North Carolina ignored a plant reopening ultimatum from company officials. No worker returned to the plant at opening hour after a 10 day strike, as officials demanded vacating company houses or resuming work. The workers are continuing an eleven four day dispute.
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Highpoint
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