Harlan County Witnesses Afraid To Deny Thugs in Violence War
Washington D C LNS reports the La Follette civil liberties committee closed its Harlan county inquiry with subpoenas in force. Witnesses testified about Middleton and Bussham amid memory lapses and evasive answers, denying direct participation while admitting possible involvement.
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Harlan County
Union
Washington, D. C
LNS
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Middleton
Harelan County
Satan
Merle Middleton
Theodore Middleton
Pearle Baseham
Harlan- Wallins
Bussham
Gayle
Morte Maddleton
NLRB Moves to Enforce Back Pay Settlements
Washington DC NLRB continues to pursue settlements after Warner Act rulings. Workers gain back pay and wage adjustments for union activity and discharge. Notable cases include Morrie Watson of the Associated Press and the Washington Virginia Maryland Coach Co, with back wages rising toward twenty thousand dollars as the company resists compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Iite
National Labor Relations Board
Warner Act
Te Sapreme
Peth
Morrie Watson
Associated Press
Sun
Tie
Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co
Bremerton Laborers Union Secures 30 Hour Week Pact
In Bremerton Washington the Laborers' Union has negotiated an agreement for a six hour work day and a five day week for all union laborers in Kitsap county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerton Laborers’ Union
Bremerton, Wash
APLNS
Kitsap County
Borers’ Union
Seeing Our Problems and the Power of Ideas
The speaker argues four steps to tackle problems: see, study, state, and solve them. Real progress comes when someone offers a genuine idea that sparks action, rather than patching over issues with empty resolutions. The piece emphasizes open minds and practical work beyond elite reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togother
Wien
St Paul Machinists Oppose Private Auto Safety Inspection
The International Association of Machinists Local No 459 St Paul voiced strong opposition to a Minnesota bill allowing private garages to certify vehicle safety. The union warned the law could be used to coerce buyers into unnecessary parts and force purchases, urging instead state or municipal inspections for all motorized vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F
L. News Service
Minnesota
Warages
International Association of Machinists
St. Paul
Minn
Labor Sees Hill-Sheppard Bill as Blow to Workers Rights
In Washington the Hill-Sheppard bill is denounced by labor groups as under guise of national need a tool to strip civil liberties. AFL member W C Mushing testifies before committees. CIO and railroad unions voice strong opposition. Illinois and Chicago labor leaders warn the proposal could create autocracy and profiteering.
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Labor
Congress
Washington, D. C
ILNS
W. C. Mwushing
A. F. of L
House
Senate
CIO
L. P. Straube
Chicago Federation News
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Harold J. Gibbons
David McVey
Labor Party of Chicago
Pennsylvania Law Lets Women and Boys Under 21 Take Jobs
Pennsylvania legislature passes a minimum wage act for women and for boys under 21 with exemptions for newsboys domestic workers and farm labor. The measure targets enforcement by State Labor Commissioner John J. Toohey Jr and echoes disputes with labor unions including the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
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Washington, D. C
ILNL
Supreme Court
Washington
Pennsylvania
Earle
John J. Toohey, Jr
New Jersey
Justice Roberts
New Jersey Laundry Owners’ Association
G. B. Goble
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
A. Philip Randolph
Striking Movie Workers Call for Hollywood Boycott
About six thousand motion picture craft workers on May 6 launched a nationwide boycott plan. Telegrams urged labor councils across the United States and Canada to pressure theatres showing films from strike-bound studios. The aim is to create box office losses to force producers to grant recognition. The eleven unions on strike cover scenic artists, painters, make up, engineers, plumbers, molders, machinists, boilermakers, welders, costumers and cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
SLNS
United States
Canada
Federated Motion Picture Crafts Unions
El Monte Agriculture Workers Organize Charters Effort
Agricultural workers in El Monte California have organized and earned an A F of L charter. The new local includes several women and aims to cut hours and raise wages amid reported harsh berry field conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte
California
American Federation of Labor
el Monte
A. F. of L
Wood Workers Seek Ten Percent Pay Increase
The Wood Working Federation of the Northwest adopted a resolution at a Long View Washington convention with 2,000 delegates demanding a ten percent hourly wage rise for all federation members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F
L. News Service
Wood Working Federation of the
Northwest
Long View
Washi
Governor Lehman Signs Minimum Pay Bill in Albany
Governor Lehman signed the minimum wage measure in Albany using ten pens, presenting one to each sponsoring senator and assembly member and to leaders of labor and civic groups who backed it. He also signed three follow up bills limiting hours for women and minors in elevator, hotel and restaurant work and in telegraph service.
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Albany
N. Y
ILNS
Lehman
Senate
Assembly
Patternmakers' Union gains recognition at GM and Ford plants
The Patternmakers' Association in Michigan cities opposed UAW raids and led a strike at GM Coach and Truck in Pontiac. After settlement, management recognized the association as bargaining agent and set a new starting rate of 1.25 dollars per hour. Twenty Detroit area patternmakers are fully organized. In two weeks over 100 Ford plant patternmakers joined as voting members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F
L. News Service
Patternmakers’ Association
Michigan
United Automobile Workers of America
Auto Workers
General Motors Coach and Truck Company
Pontiac
Grant H. Ross
Association
Pattermakers’ Association
Ford
Detroit
Rubber Plant Strikers Win Increase in Wales
The four weeks' Thermoid Rubber Co. strike ends thanks to William Liller U S Labor Department mediator. About 40 percent of workers return. rest to be placed. General wage gains include 2 cents an hour for men and 1 cent for women, plus 5 percent on all wages under 60 cents an hour effective June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
ILNS
Thermoid Rubber Co
William (. Liller
U. S. Department of Labor
New Jersey
Chief of Factory Inspectors On Air
Edgar W. Brill head of Ohio factory and building inspection will explain his division on a broadcast sponsored by the Ohio State Federation of Labor over WHKC in Columbus May 18 at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
GLNS
Edgar W. Brill
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Ohio State Federation of Labor
WHKC
Columbus
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New York
Patternmakers’ Union
General Motors
Wales
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