Wage Hour Bill Killed With Indefinite Postponement
Ohio labor hearings end with the wage hour bill indefinitely postponed after a voice vote. Chairman L. H. Myers and Rep W. H. Whetto clash over a roll call. opponents note limited support from labor leaders while employers push against passage.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Labor Committee
L. H. Myers
Lima
Guy C. Hiner
Canotn
W. H. Whetto
Ironton
House
Whetto
Joseph Duffy
Cleveland
Myers
Wage Hour Law Indicts Firm In East
A federal grand jury indicted Brown Stitching Contract Company of Lawrence and its treasurer Nathan Brown in the first criminal case under the Fair Labor Standards Act. They allegedly paid less than the 25 cent minimum wage and falsified records to hide it, with four counts covering underpayment and false time records. Forty witnesses testified, mainly young women, as the company allegedly had workers punch time cards to show fewer hours. The case stems from interstate shoe stitching for factories in three states.
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Organized Labor
Myers
House ‘of Representatives
Hiner
Canton League For Law and Order
Boston
ILNS
Brown Stitching
Lawrence
Nathan Brown
George C. Sweeney
U. S
Joseph E. Brill
Washington
Massachusetts
Federal District Court
Eastern District of
North Carolina
Supreme Court
1939 A F of L Convention Set for Cincinnati
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor decided at its Miami Florida meeting to hold the 1939 convention in Cincinnati Ohio, replacing the previous 1938 decision to host in San Francisco California.
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Ohio Labor News Service
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Miami
Fla
A. F. of L
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Cal
Texas Supreme Court rules Fort Worth loan ordinance unconstitutional
Texas Supreme Court strikes down Fort Worth city penalties against lenders charging excess interest. Court holds only the legislature may punish extortionate interest rates, highlighting Texas municipalities' limits in curbing loan sharks.
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Austin, Tex
Aflwns
Texas
State Supreme Court
Fort Worth
Supreme Court
Eight Hour Day Bill for Small Vessels
Senator James M. Mead of New York introduces a bill to set an eight hour workday for employees of vessels under 100 tons. Previously small vessels were exempt from the hours rules applied to larger sea going ships.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
James M. Mead
New York
New Ohio rule bases unemployment benefits on last full-time wage
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission drafts a rule to compute weekly benefits from the worker’s most recent full-time weekly wage in the last completed quarter. If undeterminable, total earnings are divided by weeks worked. Old determinations will be redetermined automatically.
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Ohio Labor Mews Service
Columbus
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Social Security Board
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Commission
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Labor Urges Wool Labeling Bill in Senate Hearings
The Schwartz Martin wool labeling bill is hearing in the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Labor representatives urge passage to require disclosure of reclaimed wool or shoddy content. AFL leaders T. M. Ornburn and Francis J. Gorman back the measure amid industry opposition and mixed support from wool growers and manufacturers.
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National Grange
Frederick Brenckman
Washington
Brenckman
LABOR
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Schwartz-Martin
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate Committee
T. M. Ornburn
Union Labor Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Byron Wilson
National Wool Growers’ Association
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
New York City
Firm Ordered to Repay Dues in Mt Vernon Car Plant Case
The National Labor Relations Board voided an AFL union shop contract at Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Co Illinois ordering the firm to reimburse about 12 000 in dues deducted from employee pay and grant sole bargaining rights to the CIO affiliated Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers. The board held the company violated the Wagner Act by resisting CIO bargaining and aiding a locally controlled union and the AFL Brotherhood of Railway Car Men.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor Union
Illinois
Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company
Mt. Vernon
Ill
A. F. of L
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America
C. I.0
A. FP
United Car Builders of
A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Railway
K. K.K
A. P
The
United
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Harvey W. Wiley
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Europe
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