Berry Council Urges Congress Set Industrial Pay and Hours
Washington D C ILNS report approved by the Council for Industrial Progress led by Major George L Berry urges Congress to create a commission to determine minimum wages maximum hours and regulate child labor with equal protection for labor and management A national industrial policy to raise buying power favors wage standards anti trust and federal trade act reforms and supports long term credit for small enterprises through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Council For Industrial Progress
George L. Berry
Roosevelt
Congress
Council
William Green
Labor
Aivis
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Aluminum foil dumping accusation shocks Pittsburgh workers
Pittsburgh aluminum workers led by David Williams accuse Swiss foil imports of flooding the U S market at low prices. They blame the State Department and tariff reductions for undervalued Swiss shipments and threaten job losses for American workers. Williams says the National Council of Aluminum Workers plans action and has alerted President Roosevelt.
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Pittsburgh
AFLNS
United States
Switzerland
David Williams
National Council of Alumnum Workers
American Federation of Labor
State Department
Washington
Williams
Williame
National Council of Aluminum Workers
Roosevelt
Perkins urges Healey bill on federal labor standards
Washington Miss Perkins tells a House judiciary subcommittee she supports establishing wage and labor standards for government contracts. She proposes three changes: shared responsibility for standards, prohibition of homework in contracts, and a quasi judicial board in the labor department to set and determine the standards.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Se Tury
Perkins
Hous Judiciary
Healey
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
Green Condemns Power of Courts To Void Laws Passed By Congress
William Green in the American Federationist editorial argues the judiciary must not nullify congressional statutes. He warns that empowered courts to void laws threaten democratic self government by concentrating power in judges and challenges Congress as the rightful lawmaking body.
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Green
Congress
A. F of L. News Service
Washington, DC
William Green
American Federationist
United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Howra
Congress of the
PWA Funds Expand Materials Purchases Under Ickes Claim
Harold L. Ickes states the Public Works Administration has spent 1.2255 billion on materials through February 1 with 2 billion more planned. He argues the purchases boosted private industry and employment, with direct PWA work also creating jobs.
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A. F
L. News Service
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Public Works Administration
PWA
Seamen Union Reaches Coast Line Wage Agreement
The International Seamen's Union of America and 14 Atlantic coast ship lines agree on monthly wages of 62.50 for deck and engineers and 49 for stewards. Effective March 15, 1937, the contract lasts to December 1, 1937, replacing the prior 4.50 40 and 40 wage levels.
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New York, N.Y
APLNS
International Seamen’s Union of America
Atlantic Coast
Sage West
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DAWA
Hopkins
Spotkers
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Seamen’s Union
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White House
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