Toilers Must Rely on Unions To Improve Welfare
Priest Francis J. Haas urged social workers to help workers rely on trade unions and collective bargaining to lift economic welfare. He criticized contempt for manual labor, warned against further industry regulation, and urged churches to promote dignity of labor and organize the ununionized four fifths of workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Labor News Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Francis J. Haas
St. Francis Semiary
Milwaukee
Wis
National Conference of Social Safety Work
Father Haas
United States
Shorter Work Week Seen as Economic Need in Eugene
Prof. James Gilbert of the University of Oregon told the Central Labor Union that a five day week is an economic necessity within ten years. He cited higher annual output per worker in basic industries and defended legitimate unions, contrasting lumber workers with and without company unions.
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Eugene
Ore
James Gilbert
School of Economics
University of Oregon
Central Labor Union
Cheap John methods harm building trades
Irving T. Bush, president of the Bush Terminal Company, warns that postwar cheap building methods have lowered construction standards. He says cost cutting has degraded appearance and shortened the life of many structures, reducing the high quality once expected in the industry.
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New York
Irving T. Bush
The
Bush Terminal Company
Bush
All Organized Labor Urged To Back Fight on Injunction
The American Federation of Labor executive council unanimously approved supporting the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employers of America in its appeal to the U S Supreme Court over an injunction aimed at preventing organizing and strikes. The decision highlights concerns that the injunction could threaten workers rights under the Clayton Act and widen employer power to curb labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
American Federation of Labor
A. F P. of L. Executive Council
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
United States Supreme Court
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
R. C. Baltzell
Baltzell
Robert B. Armstrong
John M. Parker
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Carmen
Parker
Armstrong
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Alex J. Groesbeck
Michigan
Frank P. Baker
United States
Indiana
Supreme Court
Executive Council
John M. Parkers
Clayton Nct
Armstrong and Parker
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Federations of Labor
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
Mahon
Balizell
Labor Rights at Risk in Supreme Court Case
The A F of L council warns that upholding Balizell injunctions would erode labor protections under the Clayton Act. Mahon says labor must defend its legal rights and warns that anti labor injunctions empower employers to restrain workers and expand workplace bans against union activity.
Five Day Week Adopted in Clothing Markets and Seattle Bricklayers
International Labor News Service reports a 40 hour five day week begins July 1 in large city clothing markets. Seattle bricklayers secure five day weeks for May to August with higher rates. rest of year returns to five and a half days. wage scales rise from 11 to 11.60 and 12 for bricklayers and stone masons, marble masons and tile setters stay at 10 and terrazzo at 9 daily. Contract runs May 2 this year to April 30, 1928.
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New York City
Imarkets
Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ International Union
Seattle
Wash
Hour Laws Benefit Women and Men Workers, U S Bureau Funds
Mary N Winglow of the U S Bureau reports at the National Conference of Social Work in Des Moines that hour laws do not handicap women in industry but expand opportunities. The study covered nine states, with over a thousand women interviewed, and found limited substitution of men for women due to hour restrictions.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
Mary N. Winglow
Women's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
National Conference of Social Work
Des Moines
Iowa
Women’s Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Indiana
California
Hiw
Mise Winelow
Anti-Union Policy Causes Huge Loss
Pittsburgh reports Rev. William G. Nowell ousted from a Pittsburgh Coal Company house for opposing a union-smashing policy. John L. Lewis cites the firm’s losses, noting $806,000 in three months, 260 percent March turnover, 550 police, $75,000 March maintenance, $80,000 transport of strikebreakers, and production costs over $4 a ton, highlighting strikebreaking costs and historic losses.
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Pittsburgh
William G. Nowell
Vlerigmar
Pittsburgh Coal Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Pockerton
Wirs
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W.c.frechtling Co
Georgettes
W. C. Frechtling Co
Frechtling’s Corner
Ute
Organized Labor
A. F. of
Macaulay
A. F. of L. Council
Internationl Labor News Service
U.S. Women’s Bureau
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