The Labor Movement and Its Mission for Liberty
A broad view of the labor movement as the driver of civilization. The Department of Labor aims to improve wages, conditions, and opportunities. it has aided workers, enforced immigration laws, protected women and children, and fostered cooperation between employers and employees while guiding policy through its early years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thacs
Department of Labor
United States
Ust
Afixen
Congress
William B. Wilson
Luck in a Blunder and Tales of Frederick the Great
A column recounts an anecdote about Frederick the Great and an anxious ensign who fled a king’s glare during maneuvers. It also notes origins of the word tariff from pirate history and ends with a quip about a stalled automobile sale.
Women Unite for Labor Reform Through Trade Union League
The American Federation of Labor helped launch the National Women’s Trade Union League to educate and organize working women. Local leagues exist in Boston New York Chicago St Louis Kansas City Springfield Denver and Baltimore. The movement promotes collective action education and legislation to improve wages conditions and civic participation for women workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paweull Hall
Boston
American Federation of Labor
National Women's Trade Union League
United States
Working Women of
National Women’s Trade Union League
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Springfield
Denver
Baltimore
Women’s Trade Union League
Philadelphia
Letories Netten
America
Margaret Dreler Robins
Women's Trade Union League
Roosevelt on Labor Power and Responsibility in Open Shops
In a speech, Colonel Roosevelt argues that labor and capital must share responsibility with government and the public. He defends the right of nonunion workers to join without discrimination, condemning open shops as a vicious form of union suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Rights of Labor Under Legal Challenge
Samuel Unfermyer argues that court decisions have left labor unions operating illegally and tolerated by the Justice Department. He contends unions benefit the economy and human life, and deserve the same right to organize as capital, urging correction of the constricted law recognizing labor power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Samuel Unfermyer
Rockefellers
Great Britain
Wright Leaves Bench After Resignation from Supreme Court
Justice Daniel Thew Wright of the District of Columbia supreme court has submitted his resignation to President Wilson effective November 15. The impeachment inquiry likely will be dropped, with the judiciary committee following a precedent set when a Western judge resigned during charges. Wright drew attention for sentences against AFL leaders and for appointing prosecutors to probe violations of an injunction in the Bucks Store and Rouge company case. He delivered bitter remarks as the sentences were handed down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor le
Daniel Thew Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Wilson
Justice Wright
Committee On Judiciary
Courke
Justice Wr
Minnesota Labor Federation outlines convict labor solution
The Minnesota State Federation of Labor proposes a plan for convict labor including road building and land for penal farms whose products go to state institutions. It also suggests prison industries selling to the state and subdivisions with profits aiding prisoners' families. Freight handlers in New England announce an organizing drive to grow membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Labor Federation
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
New England
Labor unions seek gains as 2014 outlook shows strength
The Union Outlook notes unions are stronger, hopeful, and set for growth in membership over the coming years. It highlights pay for Government Printers' Office workers with hourly rates for proofreaders, makeup men, Linotype and Monotype operators, stereotypers, electrotypers, and pressmen at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day
America
Peace talk in Colorado labor war tainted by Rockefellerism
The New York World accuses Rockefeller interests of insincerity in the Colorado labor dispute. It cites proxy representation at the White House and demands the responsible parties be exposed, arguing Rockefeller control blocks settlement and labor rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Welborn
Rockefeller
Iles
New York World
Union's Wise Stand on Sympathetic Strikes
The International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners rejects sympathetic strikes as legitimate tools, urging all trades to follow the stance. Carpenters' general secretary Crank Duffy argues jurisdictional disputes should be settled without work stoppages, preserving factory output and avoiding wage or condition disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters
International Brotherhood of Carenters and Jothers of America
Ineernational Proteengravers’ Union
Indianapolis
Crank Duffy
Carpenters’ Organization
When Is an Engineer Not an Engineer
A writer argues that an engineer may not be a true engineer when performing only boiler room tasks. The piece cites a New York advertisement seeking an engineer with low wages and suggests a fireman could do the job, questioning the distinction between roles and qualifications in steam plant operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elielie
Sewapapers
Fenginear
Enilirly
Willer
Stein
Havana cigarette factories hire daily readers for wages
In every Havana cigar factory a reader hired by the bands sits in a central pulpit for hours daily entertaining workers with newspapers and novels. Some readers earn up to 50 dollars a week and several were elected to the first Cuban legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Notable Labor Trends Across Regions and Sectors
In Los Angeles 14 400 trade unionists are active. Thirty six states ban night work by children. Ontario enacts a compensation law effective January 1 1915. A women's label league forms in Memphis Tennessee. The debt hear movement began in 1868. Over ten thousand men work as coal withers in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ontario
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Pacific Northwest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Labor Movement
Sir William P. Bartley
Aintree
England
Stuene
William P. Hartley
Mittelburser
Mittelburger
Sarah Boards i
Frederick the Great
Friedrichsruhe
Bismarck
W. B. Richmond
North American Review
Gibraltar
Tariffa
Gibtar
Detroit Journal
Jones
Boston ‘Transcript
the Trade Union League
Justice For Labor
Rights OF Labor
Wright
Europe
UNION
Duffy Wales
Amos
Inlons
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
HH. Jones Service
East Sth
Cincinnati
Ghig
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Ohio
The
Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
Boot & Workers Union
UNIO
Arta
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!