Green Demands Quick End to Wage Control and War Labs
AFL President William Green condemns wage price controls and postwar policy in Carbondale urging a one year limit on federal controls. He calls for universal collective bargaining, voluntary arbitration, and removal of government from labor relations to restore normal economy and prevent total government regulation.
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Carbondale
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William Green
Carbondale Central Labor Union
Green
American Federation of Labor
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Labor Management Conference
Mr. Green
Congress
UMW Proposes Negotiable Coal Industry Bargaining Plan
Washington D C The United Mine Workers union surprised industry leaders by offering negotiable suggestions for higher wages safer regulations and a health and welfare fund. President John L Lewis urged collective bargaining on a reasonable basis and challenged operators to make offers. He criticized the high toll of deaths and accidents in mines and cited figures to back the request for the fund.
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Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers Union
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UMW
John L. Lewis
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Lewin
Coal strike speakers push for industry-wide cooperation
Mr. Lewis urged operators to end the "it can't be helped" attitude toward mine accidents and wage stagnation. He contrasted miners' $1 per hour base pay with higher rates in other trades and pressed for industry-wide cooperation, stability, higher production, and lower unit costs as the union laid out its formal proposals led by John O'Leary and Thomas Kennedy.
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Mr. Lewis
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John O’leary
Thomas Kennedy
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