Organized Labor Fights Intersts Warning on Workers' Comp Bill
Washington report on a House district committee clash over workers' compensation. Rep Roy G Fitzgerald pushes a state fund based plan, backed by AFL, AFL-CIO allies and labor groups. Opposing him is Rep Charles L Underhill who favors giving the insurance business to commercial firms. The fight spans Congress with stalemate and broad labor opposition to a bill over labor and insurance interests.
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Organized Labor
Washington
White Heat
House of Representatives
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Ohio
District of Columbia
Charles L. Underhill
Massachusetts
Commercial Insurance Companion
Con
Gress
Underhill
House
Senate
Congress
American Federation of Labor
American Association For Labor Legislation
National Women’s Trade Union League
New Safety Device for Mines Named Self-Rescuer
Washington reports the bureau of mines has approved a pocket size self-rescuer for miners trapped by carbon monoxide. Weighing about one pound, it uses calcium chloride and dolamite to convert monoxide to harmless carbon dioxide, allowing escape after fires or explosions. It can be worn on a belt or kept in a pocket and may also aid workers near blast furnaces and in chemical plants.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Why They Oppose Trade Unions
Claire R Howd argues that employers favor the anti union shop and individual bargaining due to instincts of mastery and property rights. He notes unions need not mean industrial warfare, citing costly labor conflicts that arose after organized workers split or clashed.
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Techhr
Coolidge Campaign Bosses Question Union Label Use
Chicago unions charge Calvin Coolidge headquarters in the Wrigley Building use non union printing and label politics. Harry Koch halted a non union sublet. managers threaten suit. John English and Joseph Wise investigated. a man named Gunn said label use is expedient and varies by state including New England and Texas. The piece notes labor rights and democracy tied to the union label.
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Chicago
Tll
Matthew Woll
International Allied Printing Trades Association
American Federation of Labor
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Woll
Wrigley Building
John A. English
Joseph A. Wise
Wise
Gunn
Union
New England
Texas
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
William Mf. Butler
Chicago Federation of Labor Labor Committee
Unions push living wage and unemployment fund for cloak industry
Morrie Sigman of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union urges creation of an unemployment insurance fund funded by industry and jobbers as a path to stabilize the cloak trade. He envisions a labor bureau to locate workers and determine benefit eligibility, and advocates a 44 hour week.
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New York
Morrie Sigman
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Sigman
Labor Bureau
Antis Smash Agreement In Seattle Labor Row
Anti union members of the Chamber of Commerce derailed a pact between the scale committee of the building trades and local contractors in Seattle. The confrontation reflects tensions between business interests and organized labor during the period.
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Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Keeney Found Not Guilty in 1921 Logan County Uprising
Frank Keeney president of District 17 UMWA was acquitted in Fayette County court on charges of being an accessory to the killing of Logan County deputy sheriff John Gore during the 1921 Blair Mountain uprising. The trial, lasting five weeks, featured testimony disputing Keeney’s role in inciting or guiding the miners.
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Frank Keeney
Logan County
Fayetteville
W. Va
C. Frank Keeney
United Mine Workers of America
John Gore
Fayette County
Gore
Blair Mountain
West Virginia
Keeney
Logan
Mingo
District 17
Charles Town
Morgan County
William Blizzard
Charles W. Osenton
Osenton
Blizzard
Chicago strike foes refuse mayoral conference offer
More than 3,000 workers mostly girls seek living wage and shorter hours. State's Attorney Crowe deploys office machinery and plain clothes men to intimidate. manufacturers' gunmen act with his approval. Mayor blames the attorney’s office for most trouble and calls for peace talks with citizens' committee. Carl Hooksadt, chief US Bureau of Labor Statistics statistician, dies in St Paul after brief illness.
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Chicago
Crowe
Citizens’ Committee
Carl Hookstadt
Washington
Carl Hooksadt
United States Bureau of Labor Statstics
St Paul
Mining is risky in Alberta says editor
Editor Roper of the Alberta Labor News questions high wage talk for miners and notes frequent mine accidents. He argues Alberta miners share global perils and stresses hardship as workers fight to maintain living standards amid dangerous conditions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Roper
Alberta Labor News
Washington Moves to Elect Federal Judges
Proposed by Senator Dill of Washington the plan would amend the constitution to allow federal judges to be elected. It envisions selection of supreme court justices from federal judges currently serving in lower courts.
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Washington
Senator Dill
United States Supreme Court
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International Labor News Service
Wen
Claire R. Howd
West Coast
Publee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Automatic
Hamilton
Woll Aks
Citizens of
Northamo
Tilinoig
Gummshoe
Garment Workers
ANTIS
Germany
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