New York Building Workers Stand Firm Against Wage Slash
New York City labor dispute grows from a temporary setback to a full fight as the Building Trades Council rejects a 25 percent wage cut. Unemployment has thinned the ranks, but solidarity remains strong. Arbitrators in the Bricklayers Union case with Associated Mason Contractors may influence broader settlements.
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New York
Union Council
New York City
SLNS
Building Trades Council
Bricklayers’ Union
Associated Mason Contractors
Tnc
Joseph P. Chamberlain
Columbia
Stephen S. Wise
Milton Mayer
Employment declines across industries in April report
Washington dispatch notes the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 2.7 percent drop in employment from March to April with a 5.1 percent fall in earnings. Among 623,421 establishments across 16 groups gains occurred in canning and preserving, building construction, crude petroleum and other sectors. declines appeared in eight groups including manufacturing and metalliferous mining, with the sharpest 12 percent drop in bituminous coal mining.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pennsylvania Labor Federation Demands Wide Reforms
Reading Pa. ILNS reports the 81st annual Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor closing session backed legalization of light wines and beer, a special legislature session to devote 50 million for unemployment relief, and a state subsidized health service. Officers led by John A. Phillips re elected, with labor vows to oppose lawmakers who block the special session. Demands include a five day week seven hour day minimum wage for women and minors and enacting parts of Norris La Guardia. The federation opposed Community Chest levies on wages and backed a public health service modeled on private clinics.
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Reading
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor Convention
John A. Phillips
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
Clarence Moser
Allentown Central Labor Council
Norris-La Guardia
Pennsylvania
Labor Movement
Labor Party
John W. Edelman
American Federation of Pull Fashioned
Frey Blames Machinery and Pay for Low Mood in Industry
John P. Frey, AFL Metal Trades chief, argues modern industry’s ills stem from ragged individualism and mass production, blaming engineers and pay structures for unemployment as automation advances. He calls for closer cooperation among bankers, management, engineers, and labor to balance production with consumption and secure full employment.
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L. Metal Trades Department
Washington
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
America
Columbia Network
National Advisory Council On Radio In Education
The
Workers’ Education Pures of America
Mr. Frey
Seven Rail Unions Push 25 Year War Debt Moratorium
Washington leaders of seven major railroad unions urge President Hoover to back a 25 year moratorium on war debts to bolster employment and foreign trade. Six unions oppose the plan, warning it would force dole-like relief and threaten railroad operation, while noting broader support for urgent federal action.
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Dole
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Hoover
Reas
United States
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
S. N. Beery
Order of Railway Conductors
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
T. C. Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
E. J. Manion
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
J. G. Luhrsen
American Train Dispatchers’ Association
D. H. Fljozdal
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Brotherhood of Railway
International Association of Machinsts
G. W. Laughlin
Laughlin
White House
Fox Arizona Theatres Charged With Break ing Union Contract
In Bisbee Douglas and Nogales Arizona managers of West Coast Theatres posted notices limiting to one motion picture operator per theater shift to cut costs. The IA TSE and Moving Picture Operators contract calls for two operators. Union officials call the move a contract violation and vow to fight it. Tucson Central Trades Council supports the operators.
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Tucson
Ariz
Bisbee
Douglas
Nogales
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
United States
Canada
Tucson Central Trades Council
Labor Party Leader Urges Government Housing Loans
Ottawa reports J. S. Woodsworth, labor party leader, advocates federal loans at low interest to spur housing construction. He notes postwar government advances of 20 million dollars, claiming all have been repaid, and voices a campaign for more affordable home building support.
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Labor Party
Ottawa
ILNL
J. S. Woodsworth
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