Big Packers Use Company Union To Gut Wages Say Critics
International Labor News Service warns the big packers deploy a company union to depress wages after earlier gains. It argues the sham union weakened unskilled pay from 58 to 37 1/2 cents, then aided a later small raise while opposing genuine union action by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Gary
U.S. Steel Corporation
North America
Amalgamated
Locked-out shopmen withdraw from Daugherty injunction case
Chicago officers of the locked out railroad shop men plan to withdraw their attorneys from the Daugherty injunction fight arguing the Pennsylvan ia ruling renders the case moot. They accuse the attorney general of treating the railroads as a legal authority and say they cannot afford further litigation while facing hungry mouths. Jamestown workers also report a 10 percent wage increase for upholsterers and carpenters.
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Chicago
Daugherty
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Minimum wage argument from Edward Filene on living wage
Edward Filene, New York cloak and suit maker and former U.S. Chamber director, argues that a true living wage boosts efficiency and reduces overall costs. He cites Henry Ford’s high wages as proof that higher pay can expand production and profits without harming employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Chamber OF Commerce
Labor Papers
American Cloak and Suit Review
Edward A. Filene
United Chamber of Commerce
Can't strike law case reaches U S Supreme Court
Topeka reports the Wolff Packing Company appeals to the United States Supreme Court over a two year old industrial court wage raise order. Workers who testified face retaliation and many lost union support though organized then. If the court dismisses the appeal, state wage setting occurs in individual cases. if sustained, the industrial court is wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Allen
Wolff Packing Company
Supreme Court of the
United States
Sime
Compar
Supreme Court
Wage Record on Slate Workers in Granville and Poultney
Organizer Roach reports to President Gompers that slate workers in Granville New York and Poultney Vermont have won 60 cents an hour the highest rate in the region. The workers organized seven years with wage gains of 200 percent and are affiliated with the A F of L as no national union exists.
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Washington
A. F
Roach
Gompers
Granville
New York
Poultney
Vermont
A. F. of L
Open Shoppers and Ku Klux Klan Unite in Minneapolis
A Minneapolis tie between open shop advocates and Ku Klux Klan members emerges to pressure Mayor Leach and police, amid a grand jury probe. Sheriff Brown faces Klansman allegations as nonpartisan locals pivot to support the mayor, while Klansmen face trial and national organizers converge on the city.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D.C
Ku Klux Klan
United States
Minneapolis
Leach
George E. Leach
Mississippi
Voice of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Hennepin Grand Jury
Cyclops
Grand
Thomas Sullivan
Earle Brown
Arkansas
Jensen
Strike Cuts Profits at International Paper Company
New York reports the long strike by paper makers against International Paper reduced profits with a last year deficit of 9 072 390 dollars. Wall Street calls it less favorable than expected and common stock dividends are deferred. The strike featured injunctions as workers pushed for adjustments while the trust pressed for surrender.
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New York
International Paper Company
Wall Street
Big Biz
Trust
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