Building Council Warns of Inferior Construction
Washington report from the American Construction Council warns against inferior construction and unsound financing in the building industry. It cites higher rents, rapid depreciation, and costly repairs as consequences of faulty materials, poor engineering, and speculative mortgage bonds. A special committee will survey conditions and recommend corrections.
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Building Council
International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
American Construction Council
Council
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Box Board Industry Adopts Eight Hour Day
Washington reports that box board industry representatives at a conference agreed to establish an eight hour workday and end Sunday work. Secretary of Labor Davis urged action, noting legislation would force limits if not voluntary. President Coolidge sent a letter urging a method to end alternating 11 and 18 hour shifts.
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Washington
Box Board
Davis
Coolidge
Big Mexican Oil Strike and American Influence Tale
A Pan American Federation of Labor report details El Aguila Petroleum Co Ltd Tampico strike where New York influenced its refusal to negotiate. The firm faced mediation delays, union insistence on its own reps, and later government orders. No other Tampico oil firm is involved.
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Aguila Company
Washington, D. C
el Aguila Petroleum Co. Ltd
Tampico
Mexico
Pan American Federation of Labor
el Aguila
New York
American Association of Petroleum Producers
Mexican Federation of Labor
Petroleum Association
Tamaulipas
Obregon
el Aguila Company
Department of Industry, Commerce and Labor
Jacobson
el Augifi
Guy Stevens
el Aguilan
Jacobsen
van Zollen
la Corona
Tompkins
American Association of Petroleum Producers of New York
Reginaldo Cervantes Torres
Torres
Producers’ Association
Aguila
Ebiguila
Central
South America
Puerto
Company Unions Denounced In House as Club to Fight Real Labor
In a vigorous House speech Representative George Huddleston condemns employer created "company unions" as tools to undermine genuine labor groups. The piece notes practices within the Pennsylvania system and cites a Mexican Federation of Labor statement warning against a general strike, plus ongoing Mexican government scrutiny of El Aguila Company amid unrest.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
George Huddleston
Alabama
House
Howell-Barkley
Huddleston
Pennsylvania
Sex
Mexico City
Welsior
Iseau
Mexican Federation of Labor
el Aguila
Aguila Consern
American Producers Association
EL Aguila Company
Increased Accident Costs Hit Wisconsin Employers
Masis in Wis The Wisconsin compensation board orders a 91 percent rise in workers compensation insurance rates citing higher accident costs. The board urges employers to step up safety measures to reduce future costs.
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Masis
Wis
Wisconsin Compensation Board
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