Emergency Board Approves Pay Increase for Western Trainmen
The emergency board appointed by President Coolidge recommends a 6 percent wage rise with no rule changes or 7 percent with rule changes, including elimination of certain restrictions on double engine trains. The decision aims to avert a potential strike by 66,000 workers west of Chicago while arbitration proceeds over 80 days.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Southwestern
Western District
Chicago Labor Leader Attacks Moral Voids in Business
Victor A Olander of the Illinois Federation of Labor condemns the Employers' Association of Chicago for failing to pursue peaceful settlement of strikes. He warns against the belief that morality has no place in business and cites the rise of racketeering threats against public officials and workers.
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Chicago
Chicago Teade
Employers’ Association of Chicago
Fockout
Victor A Olander
Sinois Federation of Labor
Tlavia
Olander
Employers’ Association
Gus W. Dyer
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Edward L. Ryerson, Jr
J. Wy
O'Leary and Dyer Statement Highlight Tone
Names of O'Leary and the Chicago Trust Company vice president lent a respectable tone to the statement by Dyer and the described evil results that followed were deemed inevitable.
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O'Leary
Chicago Trust Company
Dyer
Miners' New Contract Shown as Industry Milestone
Washington reports a Rocky Mountain Fuel Company and Colorado United Mine Workers pact described by the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics as unique with far reaching effects. The accord ties wages to a differential above non union rates, outlines grievance procedures, provides bathhouse facilities at mines and creates a department of medicine health and sanitation. It is printed in full in the Monthly Review.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Colorado
United Mine Workers
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
National Civic Federation Opposes Soviet Recognition
Matthew Woll acting president releases declaration opposing recognition of Soviet Russia by the United States. The federation had appointed a committee last month to probe Soviet subversive activities in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
National Civic Federation
Matthew Woll
Federation
Labor Surplus in West Across California
The federal employment service reports a building trades labor oversupply in every city of California, including San Francisco, signaling widespread unemployment in the sector.
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San Francisco
California
Federal Employment Service
Magazine Investigation Exonerates Vanzetti of Hold-up
The Outlook and Independent publish what they call a full exoneration of Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Bridgewater hold-up of 1919, arguing affidavits and documents show others acted and Vanzetti had no role. The piece ties the case to the later South Braintree payroll murders and cites witnesses, alleged confessions, and dispatches challenging the original verdicts and executions.
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Vanzetti
Bridgewater
New York City
Outlook and Independent
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Mass
Nicola Sacco
South Rurntree
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Vanzett
Saveo
South Braintree
Vangetti
Dedham
Quilock
Prnak Silva
Michiel
Dopry) Broo
Joseph Sinmarva
Guined Oates
L. Q. White Shoe Company
Silva
James
Mede
Hanover Street
Boston
Mee
Captain Blye
Massachusetts State Police
Captan Blye
Outlook
American Express Company
Fuller
Walt Vital
Aid
Bellamy
Pavernor
Wovernion Med
Musicians Fight Canned Scores in Films Warn of Theatrical Change
Joseph N. Weber of the American Federation of Musicians says sound pictures threaten live music in theaters. He notes unions won some battles during contract renewals and argues synchronized music is inferior to orchestral performances, urging public to distinguish talkies from true cinema innovation.
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Losies
Mr. Weber
Labor head urges union rise to aid Southern workers
T A Wilson president of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor urges Southern workers to organize and join unions to gain better wages and shorter hours amid rapid industrial growth. He cites Enka rayon plant in Asheville and other developments in North Carolina and nearby states as momentum for collective action. He calls workers to secure charters and raise wages to match national levels.
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Winston, Salem, N.C
LL. N
Union Herald of Raleigh
T. A. Wilson
North Carolina
South
Enka Rayon
Asheville
Charlotte
South Carolina
McClure
Labor Union
Elizabethton
Tenn
American Bemberg Company
Burlington
Tobacco Company Plans Labor Force Reduction
The article notes R J Reynolds Tobacco Company reducing its labor, contrasting with typical year end hiring for Christmas trade. It mentions industry layoffs as profitable firms like Reynolds have enjoyed strong earnings on Wall Street, while speculation grows about reasons for staff cuts.
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Hoiployes
Foramen
Reynolds Company
Wall Street
Baltimore Bar Rejects Four Women Lawyers
The Bar Association of Baltimore has rejected the applications of four women lawyers, signaling ongoing barriers for female attorneys in the city. The decision raises questions about equality within the local legal profession and access to bar admission.
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Baltimore
Bar Association
General Motors Posts Record 1928 Nine-Month Earnings
General Motors Corporation reports a nine month net profit of 240,534,013 in 1928, a new peace time record. The three month period ending September 30 yields 79,266,639 in net earnings, also a new industrial company mark. The Steel Trust in 1916 had the nearest comparable figure at 388,574,178.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Steel Trust
Volstead Act Costs 250 Million Yearly
Washington reports enforcement of the Walstead act costs Uncle Sam about 250 million dollars annually. Public officials across ranks, with salaries totaling around 5 million yearly, are heavily engaged in this enforcement as the government’s dominant activity.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
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Court Street
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American Federation of Musicians
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R. J. Ruyjohn Tobacco Company
General Motors
Atwater
Kent
RADIO
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Krebs
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