Cure for Labor Evils in Auto Industry Amid Walkout Threat
Washington reports the auto labor crisis deepens as Chevrolet offers Toledo workers a 5 percent wage rise with seniority rights and no union recognition. 30,000+ autoworkers edge toward strike after actions by under 2,500, while NRA findings cite irregular employment, speed-ups, espionage, and dismal wages under $400 for many in 1934, underscoring volatile conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Automobile Labor Board
Chevrolet
Research and Plannitg Division
NRA
Detroit
Toledo
Labor Papers Sign First Contract In Philadelphia
The publisher Labor Publications and the Newspaper Guild of Philadelphia and Camden sign the first contract on May 1. It covers the Labor Record and allied labor papers with a 40 hour week five days, overtime at time and a half, wage scales of 36 dollars for editors, at least 20 for assistants, and 5 daily for part timers. An arbitration board will settle disputes and notices outline vacations and dismissal standards.
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Philadelphia
ILNS
American Newspaper Guild
Labor Publications
Newspaper Guild
Camden
Labor Record
Textile Workers District Council
N. J
Montgomery County
Delaware County
State Belt Central
Hosiery Worker
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Silk and Dye Worker
American Federation of Silk Workers
Federation of Silk and Rayon Dyers and Finishers of America
Labor Bill Faces Opposition Over Government Contracts
Organized Labor backs a measure to require fair labor conditions on all government contracts. The bill H R 7869 aims to curb government manufacturing by imposing stringent standards, seen as a counter to the Shannon bill and its Senate counterpart that seek to end government production unless onerous terms are met.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Organized Labor
William F P. Connery, Jr
Massachusetts
House Committee On Labor
American Federation of Government Employes
A. F. of L
Clark
Supreme Court Ruling Not Bar to Social Security Program
Washington D C ILNS two spokesmen of labor reacted to the railroad pension decision. William Green said the ruling bitterly disappointed the AFL council and called the plan unconstitutional. The minority view he said offered a constructive path if Congress cannot act. Senator Wagner suggested social security legislation could be written to pass constitutional tests.
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Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States Supreme Court
William Green
Executive Council of
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A. F. of
Congress
Wagner
New York
Senate
AFL Demands Two Year Extension of National Recovery Act
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor backed President Roosevelt’s push to extend the NRA for two years and opposed a Senate Finance Committee plan to end intrastate code jurisdiction. The letter to the president argues a 10 month extension would strip 75 percent of workers of Section 7A protections, minimum wages, and maximum hours, urging a full two year continuation with needed amendments.
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A. P
Ly News Service
Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
William Green
Frances. Perkins
NRA
Congress of
United States
Congress
Senate Finance
Congress of the United States
Senate
Sterling Oil Co. Violated NRA Section 7 A Says Ickes
Administrator Ickes ruled Sterling Oil Co of Pittsburgh violated Section 7 A of the NRA by discharging 10 employees for union affiliations and warned of possible prosecution if the workers are not reinstated within 20 days.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Ickes
Sterling Oil Co
Pittsburgh
NRA
Department of Justice
New York Factory Employment Rises Slightly in April
Albany reports a 0.6 percent rise in total employment in New York state factories from March to April, while wage payments fall 0.3 percent. Over 20 years, March to April averages show declines in employment and payrolls. The April report notes halted gains, with seasonal gains in stone cement and brick industries and a seasonal dip in clothing.
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Albany
N.Y
SLNS
New York State
Elmer F. Andrews
Dayton Union Truckers Strike Over Proposed Wage Cut
Union drivers at Dayton coal yards protested a 10 cent per hour wage cut after employers moved to reduce already low pay. Union officials said the action aimed to lower earnings for the trucking workforce.
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Dayton, Ohio
AFLNS
Eix Dayton Coal Yards
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