Government Official Sees Trend Toward Shorter Work Week and Day
Washington D C ILNS Charles E Baldwin acting commissioner of labor statistics notes a trend toward shorter schedules with a five day week or six hour day. He cites potential savings in fuel and power and argues that unemployment might ease during booms by reallocating hours while some employers fear lower output.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Charles E. Baldwin
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Workers in Alabama organize local unions
Birmingham follows a Huntsville mass meeting under A F L guidance as J N Hurst, Alabama Federation of Labor president, forms bricklayers with officers and charter plans while painters and decorators apply for a charter. In Decatur a meeting led by Hurst and Birthright leads to a new Carpenters and Joiners local and unions for plumbers and sheet metal workers.
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Birmingham
Ala
ILNS
Huntsville
A. F
J. N. Hurst
Alabama Federation of Labor
Alabama Federation
Decatur
Mr. Hurst
W. C. Birthright
Nashville
International Union of Journeymen Barbers
Charles Dixson
International Plumbers’ Union
Robert Weir
Railway Doermen
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Wealth rise for earners over five thousand cited by Green
President Green editor of American Federationist cites Treasury figures through August 31, 1929 showing 926,473 people with incomes of $5,000 plus and an increase of 48,108 since 1927. He notes $2.474 billion more income year over year, with the largest gains to those earning over $100,000.
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Washington
Green
American Federationist
Treasury Department
Mr. Green
Wages of Unskilled Workers Disgrace To Nation
In Pittsburgh Edward F. McGrady of the American Federation of Labor tells the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems that wage scales for unskilled workers are too low. He cites 25-40 cent hourly rates across industries, links hunger to low pay, and urges a wage system tied to productivity with stronger consumer power and union responsibility. He warns that longstanding underpay harms families, education, and national prosperity.
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McGrady
Pittsburgh
ILNS
United States
Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Catholic Conference On
South
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
Kresge
Piggly Wiggly
American Aluminum Ore Company
American Steel Company
Sterling Steel Company
Lewyn Metal Company
Packing Industries
Continental Can Company
National Lead Company
American Car & Foundry Company
Kresee
Piggly-Wigely
Washington
St. Louis
Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Green predicts union spread across Southern industries
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor spoke to a large Greensboro audience at the Guilford county courthouse during his second Southern tour. He argued that union rights exist and should be valued, urging that unionization will spread beyond textiles to all Southern mills and other industries, with the AFL entering only by workers' invitation to improve wages and conditions.
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Green
Greensboro
N. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Guilford County Court House
T. A. Wilson
North Carolina
Grow
South
Rail Officials Seek Federal Court Ruling In Tex. Case
Houston Texas Federal Judge T C Hutchesinde presides over a dispute involving three Southern Pacific officials in Texas and Louisiana who resisted a court order dissolving a company union aimed at halting a wage movement by the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks The officials appealed to the New Orleans Court of Appeals and have since denied the order prompting the Brotherhood to ask Judge Hutcheson to enforce compliance.
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Houston
Texas
T. C. Hutchesinde
Fione
Southern Pacific Lines
Louisiana
Brotherhood of Raileau
Euenness
Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Brotherhood
Judey Hatcheson
Unemployment rises in February among Armenian union members
Preliminary figures from the Armenian Federation of Labor show higher unemployment in February across most trades, especially in buildings. Chicago reports 51 percent idle, Denver 46 percent, with only Baltimore and Jersey City showing small decreases. overall idleness increased from January to February.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Armenian Federation of Labor Indials
Chleivo
Denver
Baltimore
Jersey City
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