Labor groups Back 44-Hour Work Week Bill in Pennsylvania
Labor, women's organizations, and social workers rally behind Senator L. McCrossin's 44-hour plan reducing women’s industrial hours from 54 weekly to 44 with a Saturday half holiday. Backers include the Women's Trade Union League and the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, rail brotherhoods, YWCA led clubs, and health experts citing fatigue and health benefits. The bill aims to curb long days with a broad coalition urging immediate passage.
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Harrisburg
L. McCrossin
Philadelphia
Women’s Trade Union League of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
McCrossin
Commonwealth
House Passes Bill Tightening Temporary Immigration
Washington D C February 15 The House passed a bill by Rep Box of Texas to clarify temporary admission rules for aliens. It targets those coming to work or seeking jobs under the 1924 act and states no alien shall be treated as visiting temporarily if tied to work agreements or job hunting. Rep Vincent of Michigan notes the intent was not to redefine business or pleasure status.
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Washington, D. C
Representative Box
Texas
United States
House
Senate
Organized Labor
Bill of Representative
Box
Vincent
Michigan
Committee On Immigration
Opium Trade Hailed as Failing League Effort
Geneva League of Nations advisory commission on opium says it cannot curb illicit narcotics. Report cites noncooperation by states and firms evading treaties by turning narcotics into chemical salts. Chinese delegate rejects report and pushes self defense against trafficking.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Near East
India
Persia
Juo-Slavia
Jugo-Slavia
League
Opium Commission
Law Opposed by Labor Unequal Rights for Workers Urged
Boston labor groups push for legislation granting workers equality before the law with employers. They argue unions cannot strike for the union shop and employers can discharge workers for union membership. They condemn limits on asking sympathizers to withhold patronage while employers can victimize workers.
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Boston
Care need cited by Governor Green at labor convention
Governor Fred W. Green told the Michigan Federation of Labor convention that 10,000 people in Michigan require care, highlighting state welfare concerns during his Lansing address.
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Lansing
Mich
Fred W. Green
Michigan Federation of Labor
Inaugural AFL Council Pushes Legislative Relief Plan
The American Federation of Labor executive council outlines a vigorous campaign for legislative relief, targets immigration limits, unemployment categories, and government aid. They discuss Hoover’s platform, tech driven displacement risks, and a commission to study workers education and wage cuts.
Cheap labor mine forced to close in LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Carbon Coal Company will close its mines on March 1 after severing ties with organized labor and adopting a lower wage scale amid protests of the Jacksonville agreement. The firm had claimed the United Mine Workers wage scale made operation impossible, a claim now admitted false.
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LaSalle
LaSalle County Carbon Coal Company
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers
Eight-Hour Bill Killed In Wyoming Legislature
Public works contractors killed a bill to enforce the eight hour law for public work in Cheyenne Wyoming. The move ignored constitutional provisions that eight hours of actual work constitutes a day in mines and public work and that the legislature must enact laws carrying out the constitution.
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Constitution
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mine Safety Slaughter in West Virginia Mines
Explosions in West Virginia mines kill workers who protest unsafe conditions. Coroners blame mine owners and grand juries shield operators while faulty timbering and roof falls cause most deaths. The Wheeling Intelligencer calls for strict enforcement of safety laws to end the deadly toll.
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Wheeling
W. Va
McDowell County
Wheeling Intelligencer
Weat
Virginia
Right of Receiver to Break Wage Agreement Is Raised Before Indianapolis Court
A Knox Consolidated Coal Company receiver is challenged over plans to breach a wage contract with the United Mine Workers. Judge Linn D. Hay weighs whether the receiver can operate under the original terms or pursue lower wages, with proceedings to determine the petition’s filing and an injunction. Union officers allege a broader scheme to undermine the Indiana Operators' Association and the mine’s operations at Bicknell. The case sits alongside a New York report on mass production reshaping economic definitions of supply and demand.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Logsdon
Bicknell
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
District No. 11
Logadon
Harvey Conrad
Conrad
Indiana
Associ
Anion
Hay
Bicknell Field
Indana
New York
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Morrison dies at Walkerton influenza claims AF of L leader’s father
Christopher Morrison, father of Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor, died at his Walkerton home February 18 at age 55. Survived by two sons and three daughters. Funeral held February 21 after Morrison arrived from Miami where he attended an AF of L executive council meeting. He had been recovering from influenza before relapsing.
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Walkerton
Ont
Christopher Morrison
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Miami
Fla
Executive Council
The
A. F. Lof L
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Menore
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Norris
Welsh
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Flore
al Kugler
Joseph Obergfeld
Hoover Commission
Prohibition
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Victor A. Olander
American Sheet and ‘Fin Plate Company
Elwood
Steel Corporation
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WKRC
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