South Prepares Hearty Welcome For AFL Drive In South
Asheville hosts the AFL Southern Labor Conference May 11 and 12 as the South readies its largest organized labor gathering. Delegates, editors, and officials converge while plans aim to add one million AFL members next year. The drive targets unorganized textile chemical lumber and sawmill workers with broader inclusion of various industries.
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Asheville
N. C
AFL Southern Labor Conference
AFL
South
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
U. S
Wayne B. Morse
Oregon
Federal
Wilson W. Wyatt
Gerald D. Reilly
National Labor Relations Board
William Green
George Meany
Frank Fenton
George Googy
AFL Southern
Green
Googe
CBS
Dwight Cooke
Wage law violators under Wage Hour and Walsh Healey act report
Washington DC wrangles over wage chiselers as L Metcalfe Walling reports that in nine months ending April 1 over 15,000 firms were required to repay more than 15 million dollars to about 212,000 workers. Inspectors surveyed 30,000 concerns with half found violating laws. many also falsified records.
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Washington, D. C
L. Metcalfe Walling
Walsh-Healey
Walling
Rail Unions Push Pay Boost and Set Strike Date
Rail unions including operating and nonoperating members demand about 15 to 16 cents an hour more pay atop a recent nominal raise. Hearings on nonoperating unions show firm intent. Two operating brotherhoods Engineers and Trainmen set a strike date May 18 to push higher wages and better working rules.
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Chicago
SLNS
Congress and CIO clash over labor war in Congress
Philadelphia AFL chief William Green told the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor that the CIO has polarized Congress with partisan fights and Communist ties. He warned that pro labor acts have been blocked by CIO opposition and urged unity, nonpartisan endorsements, and a write-in push to save OPA and press housing and Wagner Taft measures through Congress. He likened labor division to a machine without a motor and urged concerted action by state and city unions to back AFL recommendations.
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Philadelphia
AFL
William Green
CIO
Congress
Labor
Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor
Green
United Mine Workers
Ladies Garment Workers
Unity
OPA
Trades Council Meets In Strong Attendance At Hamilton Meeting
The Hamilton Trades and Labor Council held a well attended Tuesday night session led by President Ray Caldwell. Messages from William Green of the AFL and Phil Hannah of the Ohio State Federation of Labor were read and accepted. Delegates from the Fire Fighters Union and the Firemen and Oilers Union attended as visitors and will be installed next meeting. Picnic committee reported on advertising and purchases for the LeSourdsville Lake event.
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Hamilton Trades & Labor Council
Ray Caldwell
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Phil Hannah
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Fire Fighters Union
Firemen and Oilers Union
LeSourdsville Lake
Repairs For Highways In Butler County
Butler County plans to repair twenty five miles of highways as part of a state program to spend one hundred thousand dollars on 500 miles of roads. The message reflects a push to upgrade infrastructure and fund major roadway improvements.
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Butler County
State Highway Department
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