Productivity gains cited to justify 44 hour week for women
John W. Edelman of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers tells a Pennsylvania committee that women workers have boosted output since 1913 and 1925 and argues for a 44 hour week and eight hour day. He notes higher productivity lowers consumer prices and cites state labor data from 1928.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John W. Edelman
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
United States Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Edelman
Pennsylvania Department of Labor
Hope
Big Group Insurance Gains Stir Union Labor Life Plans
Six new group policies went into effect as Union Labor Life Insurance eyes Baltimore annual meeting and a broader political push. Groups insured include Bricklayers No 16 Newark. Building Service Employees No 82 New York. Stage Employes Nos 52 and 96 Worcester and Lawrence. Philadelphia. and Pittsburgh musicians apply for coverage. Legislative efforts aim to extend protection to union members not actively at their trade. Insurance officials note sizable 1927 28 life policy growth and rising assets since 1906.
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Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
Grroup
Secretary of Labor
Janes J. Davis
Bricklayers
Newark
N. J
New York
Worcester
Mass
Lawrence
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
May establish labor college in Nashville
Nashville Tenn The Workers study class begun this winter under Central Trade Council and Neal Y.W.A conducted ten sessions on labor economics led by Prof Alva W Taylor Vanderbilt University The work has aroused interest and plans for a permanent labor college to start next fall in Nashville are hoped to be completed this spring The secretary of the Workers Education Bureau has been invited to Nashville to assist in early spring Subscribe for the Press.
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Nashville
Tenn
Central Trade Council
Neal Y. W
Alva W. Taylor
Vanderbilt University
Workers’ Education
Senate Committee Proposes Seven Plans for Unemployment Relief
The Senate committee on education and labor urges seven measures to reduce unemployment. It calls for a national unemployment statistics system with the 1930 census, state employment offices, and a strengthened federal employment service. It also recommends reorganizing the U S employment service and establishing efficient unemployment exchanges coordinated by the government.
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Senate
Washington, D
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Vitias
United States Employment Service
Civil Service
Bureau of the Census
Shoul
Present Labor Problems discussed by Jobe Van Vaerenewyck
In Salem the talk at the Electrical Workers' hall under the Central Labor Union emphasized the rise of the labor press abroad and its role in uniting unions and activities. The speaker urged workers to recognize that daily papers often color coverage against labor and that progress relies on organized labor and public awareness.
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Salum
Mass
Jobe van Vaerenewyck
Massachusetts
Proera Fi of
Electrical Workers’ Hall
Salem Evening News
Heli
Central Labor Union
van Varenewyck
van Vaerenewyck
Churches Back 44 Hour Bill for Women in Industry
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches representing 16 denominations endorsed the 44 hour work week bill before the state legislature. The Philadelphia YWCA executive board also endorsed the measure as industrial girls groups statewide campaign for it.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Pennsylvania
City Central
Philadelphia
Anti-Union Hosiery Firm Pushes Bill To Legalize Grand Jury Probe
In Kenosha Wisconsin Allen A Company attorneys seek a state senate bill to legalize a $40 000 grand jury investigation into violence tied to a labor dispute at the hosiery plant. County officials hired a special attorney who found little, while 3 000 residents petitioned against the bill and labor groups oppose the move as costly for taxpayers. Ed Logsdon obtained an injunction to curb union meetings in a separate dispute over contract terms at Knox Consolidated.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Kenorsha
Wisconsin
Belden
Chicago Tribune
Allen-A
Conrad Shearer
Manufacturers Association
Kenosha County
State Senate Judiciary Committee
Ed Logsdon
The
Knox Consolidated
Indiana coal program expands amid union strife in Knox field
In Indiana the coal program grows as the Knox Consolidated Coal Company repudiates its UMW contract and aligns with a communist faction. Loyal union members face depredations said to be incited by communists within the company. An alleged union shooting is recast as a domestic dispute aimed at a despoiler.
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Indianapelis
Ind
Indiana
Bicknell
Knox Consolidated Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Wvnme
George B. Benham Dies in City After Short Illness
George B. Benham former secretary of the California Federation of Labor and former president of the Local Labor Council died in this city after a brief illness. He was a prominent figure in the union labor party in years past. San Francisco.
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George B. Benham
California Federation of Labor
Lex! Labor Council
Union Labor Party
San Francisco
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State Insurance Commission
Albert Conway
Vomley
United States
Labor College
Howdy
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Hamilton
UNION
South Third ST
Hoover Company
Hoover
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