Klondike machinists walk out at Hamilton Machine Tool
Production is claimed to be greater in a short day than a long one. Klondike machinists accuse Hamilton Machine Tool Co. of discrimination by not reemploying laid off workers and by replacing them with others. A meeting failed to gain firm attendance, and at 1:15 PM Tuesday the workforce quit pending settlement.
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Hamilton Machine Tool Co
Klondike
Cincinnati
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Public Service
Brecht
Uncle Sui
Ford's Highland Park Plant Keeps All 40,000 Workers
Detroit report outlines Ford's wage raises from five to six dollars daily and the eight hour day as a core policy. It details union neutrality, profit sharing after 90 days, personal monitoring of employees, and extensive worker education and homeownership, savings, and insurance growth since 1914.
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Milton Bronner
Detroit
Mich
United States
Ford Automobile
Highland Park
Ford
Pittsburg
Hss
John Saboski
Ford Factory
John
Ford Army of
Motor Department
Key Men Protest Boston Over Post Office Labor Policy
Organized telegraphers in Boston demand congressional investigation of telegraph companies under post office supervision. They criticize wage increases as unsatisfactory and allege ongoing discrimination by Western Union, seeking reinstatement and government ownership to control the Post Office Department.
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Post Office Department
Eesport
Kysle Fe
Steel Trust
Wage level debate inWisconsin Madison case wage limits
The national war labor board rejects the Madison Wisconsin employers claim that high local wages justify not changing wage levels. It argues workers deserve living wages and that public sector wages cannot set the standard for private factory workers. It emphasizes the cost of living over simple wage comparisons.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
44 Hour Week Gains Victory for New York Clothing Workers
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ended an 18 week strike by 55 000 Greater New York workers winning a 44 hour week and a 15 percent wage raise for 250 000 workers across U S and Canada The victory enables broader adoption of the shorter week as a national reconstruction measure to curb unemployment and provide leisure for returning veterans. The union plans to push similar gains in other industries.
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New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
United States
Canada
Manufacturers’ Association
Sydney Hillman
Amalgamated
Hillman
Rail union split on government control of railroads
The A F L railway employes department reports near unity for government ownership of railroads. Machinists and other crafts show large margins for private control, with machinists 426 for private, 130 935 against. blacksmiths 82 for, 27 990 against. boiler makers 118 for, 26 559 against. railway carmen 805 for, 100 072 against. sheet metal workers 28 for, 9 984 against. Electrical workers vote as units, opposing private control by a vast margin. railway clerks and switchmen abstain.
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Washington
A. F. of L Railway
Taft Endorses Unions at Southern Nations Congress
Former President William Howard Taft backed organized labor at the Southern congress of the League of Nations in Atlanta. He urged unions for workers and called for employer recognition, arguing this would curb discontent and bolshevism while supporting higher wages and corresponding tax relief for businesses.
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Atlanta
William Howard Taft
League of Nations
Taft
Organized Labor of America
Europe
Mr. Taft
Piece Work Sparks Rail Labor Fights Across Major Lines
Across several railroads including Chicago and Alton Norfolk and Western Hocking Valley Pennsylvania Long Island Cumberland Valley Denver and Rio Grande Chesapeake and Ohio and Indians Harbor Belt union employees reject piece work policies. Pere Marquette workers vote against piece work and notify management.
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Washington
McAdoo
A. F. of L. Railway
Chicago & Alton
Norfolk & Western
Hocking Valley
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Cumberland Valley
Denver & Rio Grande
Chesapeake & Ohio
Indians Harbor Belt
Pere Marquette
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Burleson
Boston
Ask
Congressional Investigation
Workingman’s Store
RED Trunk
High Street
Tiarch
Workingman's
the Workingman’s Store
High St
War Labor Board
R. R. Employes
U.S
Squirms
Sir Dutzles City
Edwin Mulready
Labor and Industries
Massachusetts
Just
of New
Walter Furrey
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