Cooks and Waiters Union plans mass May June drive
The Cooks and Waiters Union under secretary treasurer Robert B Hesketh announces a two month May to June membership campaign. Local unions and central labor councils coordinate with Hotel and Restaurant Empl International Alliance and Bartenders League of America to boost enrollment ahead of the 25th general convention in Kansas City Missouri August 12 through 15. The convention headquaters will be Hotel Muelbach and will push for legislative measures to attract wage earners to the union banner.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert B. Hesketh
International Alliance
International League of America
Hesketh
Bob” Hesketh
Kansas City
Muelbach
Coal mine fatalities in March 1929 rise nationwide
March 1929 coal mine data show 178 deaths in the United States with 149 in bituminous mines and 29 in Pennsylvania anthracite. Through the first quarter, 530 total fatalities are reported, including 419 at bituminous and 111 at anthracite mines.
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United States
United States Bureau of Mines
Department of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Nes
Machinists Strike Could Reach Congress
Delegates' Association may push the dispute with the Elmira New York firm American La France into Congress after city commissioners refused a hearing for machinists protesting fire apparatus purchases. The protest cites unskilled labor and bribery links involving Minneapolis councilmen.
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Washington
Citwar
American la France Company
Elmira
New York
Congress
Minneapolis
Federation of Citizens’ Association
House
Senate
Union Organizer Dead in New York
Otto Nichols an organizer for the United Garment Workers died in New York City. He was well known among trade unionists for his work and leadership.
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New York
Otto Nichols
United Garment Workers
North Carolina Labor Policy Fueled Southern Unrest and Mills
An old circular from the North Carolina department of labor urged northern capital to exploit cheap, unregulated labor in cotton mills. The piece recalls molders in Winston-Salem facing local officials, union organizing gains, and ongoing exploitation despite some reform. It links these conditions to broader southern textile labor unrest and calls for stronger protections and union action.
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North Carolina
Oltvmx
EB. Carruth
Washington, D. C
North Carolina Department of Labor
John P. Frey
Metal Traded Department
A. F
International Molders’ Union
Mr. Prey
South
Elizabethton
Tenn
Prey
Carolina Molders
Winston-Salem
N.C
Winston Salem
Galish
Frey
Mr. Frey
United States
Raleigh
Stull
Canadian shop men win wage advance
Toronto and Ottawa organized shop workers on Canadian railways gain a five cent hourly raise to 79 cents base. Helpers and cleaners receive four and a half cents more. Effective May 1, the increase affects over 86 000 workers and follows similar moves by New York Central and other lines.
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New York
Monty Ward Beer
Federal Bar Association
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
America
Telephone Trust
United States
Beer
Bronx
Coney Gland
Supreme Court of the United
Toronto
Ottawa
A. F
Carmen
New York Central
Geiges Resigns as AF of Hosiery Workers Chief
Gustave Geiges, president of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, resigns. The executive boarddesignates Emil Rieve of Milwaukee and Carl Hoffman of Paterson as candidates amid renewed calls by federation branches for additional nominees. Geiges cites a nervous breakdown amid the Allen A Hosiery Company battle in Kenosha as context.
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Philadelphia
Gustave Geiges
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
Emil Rieve
Milwaukee
Carl Hoffman
Paterson
Geiges
Allen-A Hosiery Company
Kenosha
Wis
Central Bodies Wage War On Big Mail Order Houses
Labor groups nationwide press Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co. over non union printing contracts with R. R. Donnelley. Protests reach Little Rock, Decatur, Fort Wayne, Lake Geneva, and other cities as unions seek actions and coordinated replies from Chicago head offices.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward& Co
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co
Little Rock
Ark
W. A . Stotts
Central Trades and Labor Council
W. W. DeWolf
South LaSalle Street
Ralph M. Moore
Trades and Labor Assembly
Decatur
John G. Goleeke
Federation of Labor
Fort Wayne
Ind
Claude Downer
Trades Council
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee
Belleville
al Towers
Santa Rosa
Gal
H. E. Roberts
Clinton
George C. Campbell
St. Petersburg
Fla
W. F. Thompson
Lawton
Okla
W. A. Walker
Typographical Union No. 1
Chiegao
Unorganized Miners Face Wage Cuts Across Coal Industry
Pittsburgh Coal Company reduces Wager T percent for 9 000 men amid January cuts, joining Carnegie Steel and other firms in anti union policy. President Morrow cites West Virginia competition. UMW protests say wage cuts will worsen chaos and threaten starvation. P. T. Fagin denounces the industry's condition.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Garnegie Steel Company
Morrow
Pittsburgh Company
West Virginia
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
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