Provisions in Electrical Code Opposed By Labor
Labor objects to the proposed electrical industry code arguing wages and hours are too low and too long. IBEW leaders Keaveney and Reed press for higher pay and shorter weeks, calling the draft a legal tangle and taftian “weasel words.” They urge 90 cents an hour for skilled work with proportional piece rates and a 30 hour week.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
W.L. Allen
National Industrial Recovery Act
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles D. Keaveney
Charles L. Reed
Recovery Administration
After mill closures women workers face unemployment study finds
A Pennsylvania Labor and Industry study tracks 324 women dismissed when two silk mills closed. Ten months later about half are employed, over a third jobless but seeking work, five percent not seeking work. Wages fall to 15.69 for new silk factory jobs and 8.50 for others. Many families incur debt or tap savings. Separately, Steel and Tin Workers president Michael J. Tighe backs a national campaign against company unions as United States Steel and other firms face labor battles and union organizing expands from Gary to Calumet and Indiana Harbor.
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Harrisburg
ILNS
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Labor and Industry
Tnn
British Workers Boycott Germany
A manifesto from the National Joint Council urges British labor to boycott German goods and services to pressure the German government. It represents the Trades Union Congress the Labor Party and the Parliamentary Labour Party calling workers to act so the German people reject Hitlerism and revert to freedom and democracy.
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London
Il.nl
National Joint Council
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Parliamentary
Jobless Swamp Clinics Grow as NYC Health Dept Expands
Dr. Shirley W. Wynbe, health commissioner, states high unemployment drives more families to city clinics. Attendance at health department centers rose 44 percent in the first six months of this year, prompting calls to expand facilities.
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New York City
Paroled I W W Member Britt Smith Freed in Washington
Centralia prisoner Britt Smith, once secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, was paroled by Governor Clarence D. Martin after a 25 to 40 year murder sentence tied to the 1919 Armistice Day clash with American Legionnaires. Ray Becker refuses parole seeking commutation. Pittsburgh report notes a parole implying admission of guilt by the Amalgamated Association of Iran.
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Olympia
Wash
ILNS
Britt Smith
Industrial Workers of the World
Centralia
American Legionnaires
Clarence D. Martin
Ray Becker
Pittsburgh, Pa
Iran
Organized Labor Enrolls Big Numbers in Drive Across Industries
In a nationwide push led by the American Federation of Labor, thousands are joining unions weekly despite intimidation attempts. Major growth is reported in coal, steel, rubber, auto, and mining sectors with federal charters issued to several unions and charters sought for aviation and other trades.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Industrial Recovery Act
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Washington
United States
Morrison
Ramdom
New Kensington
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
United Rubber Workers’ Union
Cleveland
Niles
Warren
Ohio
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pibber
Akron
Whe
A. PB. of
UN International Unions
National child labor chiefs urge higher minimums in codes
The National Child Labor Committee asks Gen. Johnson to include an 16 year age minimum in every industrial code under the recovery act and to limit apprentice programs. It condemns as lax the proposed steel and hazardous industry codes and urges 18 year minimum where unemployment or risk justifies it. It also calls strict controls on apprentices and wage scales tied to worker capacity rather than age.
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New York City
ILNL
National Child Labor Committee
Gen. Johnson
Air Ministesior
Boilermakers Strike Against 23 Concerns
Kansas City Kansas report on the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers striking over 23 concerns. Labor action pauses operations and affects local plants as workers rally for negotiations and wage issues. Community impact noted amid ongoing bargaining.
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BoilerMakers
Kansas City, Kans
The
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Orient at Fair All the Colin Fe and Elony Visit
At the Oriental Village visitors explore a vast display area named A Venue of Progress known as the Chivagy World’s Pair drawing thousands daily to the fairgrounds.
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Colin
eLony
New York Unemployed Free 27 000 Suits
Frank Kidde, chairman of the emergency unemployment relief committee, announced a stock of 27 000 woolen suits distributed to unemployed New Yorkers. The suits were donated by the Red Cross and produced in plants that donated equipment. Workers who made the suits would have faced unemployment.
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New York
Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee
Frank Kidde
Food Aid Clothing Division
Commutee
Red Cross
St Louis Labor Starts City-Wide Union Drive
St Louis labor launches a city wide campaign to organize wage earners under codes from the national industrial recovery act. A general campaign committee directs the effort with a ten point program stressing hours wages and working conditions. The six hour day and five day week are urged with no wage cuts below current levels.
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St. Louis, Mo
SLNL
St. Louis
Organized Trades
NTU denounces strikebreaker importation as acts of war
Indianapolis ILNS report shows the International Typographical Union adopting a resolution condemning the importation of professional strikebreakers during wage negotiations. The measure declares such actions as an unfriendly act and a de facto declaration of industrial war, justifying withdrawal of union members and warning publishers with multi-city operations.
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Indianapolis
ILNS
International Typographical Union
Thenion
Executive Council
Status Aguo
Publishers’ Association
Goalty
Reading Hosiery Strike Claims Discharges Persist
Reading local unions report ongoing worker dismissals in hosiery mills under the national recovery act as leaders urge action. A teletype quotes union officials Edward Callaghan and George Riles warning of further strikes and intensified measures if the situation continues, while workers reportedly rally in support of unionization.
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Reading
ILNS
Altorney
Reading Beaneh
American Federation of Pull Fashioned
Federated ‘Trades Council
United States
Anywne
Edward F. Callaghan
American Federation of
Wyomissing mill strike draws hundreds of textile workers
In Wyomissing a major labor action unfolded as hundreds of mechanics from the Textile Machine Works joined a strike at the knitting mill. The firm makes machinery used to produce stockings, signaling potential production disruption across the plant.
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Extile Machine Works
Wave of Strikes Amid Rising Living Costs Across U S
A nationwide wave of strikes spreads as workers demand higher wages and shorter hours. In High Point North Carolina 5000 hosiery and furniture workers walk out for 25 percent pay gains and an eight hour day. In Martins Ferry Ohio steel workers seek forty cents hourly and eight hours, and Sunday work abandonment. In Philadelphia 3400 radio workers won wage concessions after a three week strike. In New York suitcase and portfolio workers gain a closed shop and better conditions. Pennsylvania reports 100 strikes involving about 30,000 workers.
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Washington, DC
Highpoint
N.C
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
New York City
Pennsylvania
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International Association of Machinists
Harry Stephenson
International Molders’ Union
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Steel and Tin Workers
Michael J. Tighe
Louis Leonard
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Calumet District
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Germany
Steel Industry Union Campaign
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United Mine Workers of America
Auto Workers
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