Labor Urges Unions To Fight Chicago Mail Order Houses
Illinois labor leaders urge unions to oppose Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck and Donnelley contracts. The state federation denounces Donnelley as un-American and urges campaigns to sway farmers and workers. News notes unions nationwide protest, with Donnelley already printing Ward catalogs and Sears Roebuck set to begin a 3 million annual contract in 1930. Julius Rosenwald leads Sears Roebuck & Co. as a key owner and public figure.
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Illinois
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Herrin
State Federation of Labor
Donnelley
Montgomery Ward & Co. Corporation
Chicago Bureau of International Labor News Service
South
Wabash Avenue
No. 16
Donnelley Company
Sears- Roebuck
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Deaths of subway diggers linked to silicosis sparks labor hearing
Albany delegates hear from 100 unionists that silicosis among New York City subway workers is murder under the current workers compensation law. Thomas J. Curtis cites drilling dust infecting lungs. in a group of 150 workers, over one third showed lung disease.
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Albany
N. S
LL. N. S
New York City
State Federation ofLabor
Thomas J. Curtis
The
Labor Federation
Yellow Dog bill defeats by house judiciary committee
Columbus Ohio report notes the house judiciary committee, with eight votes to six, killed the anti yellow dog bill while the state senate already approved it in a prior session and Attorney General Turner deemed it constitutional. Special interests again backed friends in the house.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
State Senate
Turner
Coolidge and Politicians Kill Bill Liberalizing Federal Retirement Act
Calvin Coolidge and opponents in Congress blocked the Dale-Lehrbach bill to raise federal retirement annuity from 1000 to 1200 and liberalize retirement rules. The Senate had passed it. the House favored it, but a pocket veto kept it from becoming law with days left in the session.
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Coolidge
Bill
Kington
D.C
U. N.S
Calvin Coolidge
Congress
Senate
House
Clifton A. Woodrun
Virginia
Snell
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Ouse
Shorter Work Day Bill Fails to Reach House Vote
Washington reports the LaFollette-Mead shorter work day bill for postal employees did not receive a house vote. The measure, passed by the senate last May, faced presidential opposition and was left unsigned as Coolidge left office. House critics argued the timing served as a symbolic gesture to pacify aging postal workers.
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Washington
LaFollette-Mead
House
Senate
Milwaukee
Post Office
City and
Racine
Who Owns Ether Washington Talk on Radio Law
Louis G Caldwell warns that ownership of ether remains undefined and likely impossible to claim. He notes waves ignore borders and that legal principles for new radio problems are still developing.
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Washington
Louis G. Caldwell
Federal Radio Commission
National Broadcasting Company
Committee On
Radio Law
The
American Bar Association
Caldwell
Hoover Labor Alert Ties Uprisings to Latin American Policies
Labor observers note simultaneous Mexico and Cuba developments with Hoover's inauguration. Pan American Federation of Labor links and Cuban union suppression are highlighted as American labor follows events affecting free trade unionism. The piece discusses labor reinforcement and insurance group campaigns amid political shifts.
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Hoover
Washington, DC
L. N
Mexico
Cuba
Pan-American Federation of Labor
William Green
Assassi
Union Labor Life to Meet in Baltimore March 20
Washington report notes Union Labor Life Insurance Company prepares for its annual stockholders meeting in Baltimore on March 20. President Mathew Woll and officers will present reports expected to break second year business records, with progress surpassing founders' hopes. Woll returns from Canada where he addressed key meetings and awaits a large packet of agent and funeral agent reports.
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Sage
Woll
Labor Movement
Insurance Company
Washington, D. C
Canada
Union Pacific workers win wage raise across system
In Omaha 11000 shop employees of the Union Pacific system secured wage increases ranging from two to five cents per hour after negotiations reported by the Press.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
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Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
Thorugh International Labor News Service
Yellow Dog
Cal’s
U. S
Hamilton
UNION
South Third ST
Ether
Union Labor Life
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