Paper price dispute cited in Kalamazoo excerpt
The Kalamazoo reprint recaps a Congress printing committee clash with Champion Coated Paper Co of Hamilton Ohio over price hikes during wartime. It notes the company sought a large per pound increase while production costs rose modestly and cites wage concerns about workers earning as little as 1.50 to 2.01 per day. WE WANT TO KNOW.
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Peter Thompson
Cincinnati
Kalamazoo
Joint Printing Committee of Congress
Champion Coated Paper Company
Hamilton
Olio
Fletcher
Federal Trade Commission
Champion Company
People’s Press
Pamilton
Peter G. Thomson
Citizen
Black and Clawson Molders Walk Out Over Union Issue
Molders and coremakers at Black and Clawson Company Foundry quit Wednesday morning after a nonunion coremaker with union assent chose to continue working. The walkout followed tensions over union participation and the foreman’s handling of the situation. The dispute reflects broader labor negotiations and wage scales across Michigan mills.
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Black & Clawson Molders
Black & Clawson Company
Strike Continues At Champion Coated Paper Plant
The strike of papermakers at Champion Coated Paper persists with no change. Reports of widespread return to work are false as only a few laborers and the office staff remain on site. Skilled workers have joined the union. some have left the city for other positions.
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Champion Coated Paper Company
Paper mill in Michigan signs agreement
W. R. Smith first vice president of the International Brotherhood of Papermakers, who leads the local strike, announced this week in Tae Press that he signed an agreement regarding the paper mill dispute in Michigan.
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Paper Mill
Michigan
W. R. Smith
International Brotherhood of Papermakers
Tae Press
Textile Workers Still Out at Limdenwald Mills
The strike by workers at Shuler and Benninghofen mills in Limdenwald continues with negotiations advancing. Several conferences have occurred and a settlement is thought more likely as the mills undergo extensive repairs and near readiness to operate.
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Shuler
Retail Clerks Win Longer Fight for Better Conditions in Memphis
Local No. 119 met in Trades Council hall amid heat and low attendance. Memphis retail clerks have won their long battle for improved conditions after being out since last April. The strike followed a lockout and injunction, with broad labor support enabling the victory.
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Trades Council Hall
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
United Labor Movement
United States
Machinists Win Wage Increases Across The Nation
Reports from St Paul Peoria and Bridgeport show machinists securing wage boosts. Great Northern and Northern Pacific agreement raises eight hour day rates with overtime pay. Peoria raises to 65 cents minimum, Bridgeport job raises range up to 10 percent amid federal labor department involvement.
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St. Paul, Minn
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads
Machinists’ Union
Peoria, Ill
Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
Whic
Federal Department of Labor
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Copfee
Gus
NAVY
John F. Heath
Supreme Court of Ohio
Foundry
Munising Paper Co
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Smith
Champion Mills
Department of Labor
John Holzberger
Kessel’s
Nuon
Kessel
Ernst E. Erb
City Auditor
Union Shop
High Street
Morner’s Cafe
Holbreck Bros
Vross-Holbreck
Wm. Nusky
Port Union
New York
Boston
Atlantic City
East
Director
Washington
Pennsylvania Lines
North
Wisconsin
Northwest
Colorado
West
C. C. Haines District
Dayton
Ohio
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