Colorado Fuel and Iron Workers Back United Mine Workers
Colorado Iron and Fuel Company workers vote 877 to 273 to abandon the company union and recognize the United Mine Workers of America. The move, confirmed by company officials, awaits U.S. district court approval due to receivership. The vote follows labor tensions dating to Ludlow and aims to raise the $4.44 wage base in Colorado and northern New Mexico coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Young J. D
Ludlow
Denver, Colo
ILNS
Colorado Iron & Fuel Company
United Mine Workers of America
United States District Court
Colorado
Colorado. Miners Voted 877 To 273 Against the “Company
Rockefeller
Company
New Mexico
Washington, D. C
John L. Lewis
Frank Hefferly
Lewis
United States
MacKenzie King
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Silk Strikers Demand Higher Minimum Pay in Silk Industry
Silk workers from Paterson and other silk centers told the National Labor Board that the minimum wage for weavers under the silk code is too low and urged a raise from 22 to 27 dollars. Most belong to the Silk Workers' Union affiliated with the AFL. this marks the first upward revision request since the NRA began operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
SLNS
Paterson
N.J
National Labor Board
Silk Workers’ Union
The
American Federation of Labor
National Recovery Administration
Labor board hearing targets steel code seeks two separate codes
The International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers accuses U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel of pushing a unified erection and fabrication code to curb union wages and labor groups. They demand separate codes for erection and fabrication to avoid anti union effects and conflict with NRA. The AFL leaders warn proposed low wages and 40 cent to 60 cent ranges threaten jobs and prompt strikes.
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United States
Bethlehem
Washington, D. C
ILNS
P. J. Morrin
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Morrin
Lockwood
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporations
National Recovery Administration
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc
Recovery Administration
Martin
Public Works Administration
NRA
Building Trades Department of the
A. F. of L
Structural Steel and Bridge Erectors Association
Workers Seek Code Reform for Cotton Compressors
In New Orleans labor organizations adopted a resolution calling for amending the national cotton compressors code. They seek a wage scale for men double that in the code, higher wages for women, representation on code committees, and clearer rights to collective bargaining.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Writ Enjoins Edison Employees Union Fight in New York
Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson issues a temporary injunction against the big New York Edison Company restraining interference with employees efforts to organize under the NRA. The Brotherhood of Edison Employes claims the company colluded with the so called company union led by John H. McNulty to subvert a president’s re employment agreement and block independent bargaining by 33000 Edison workers.
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New York Edison
New York City
ILNS
Big
New York Edison Company
National Recovery Act
Robert P. Patterson
Brotherhood of Edison Employes
Edison Company
Association of Employes
New Edison Company
Brotherhood of Edison
John H. McNulty
NRA
Brotherhood
Puerto Rican Workers Progressing Says AFL Convention
The 1933 AFL convention praised Puerto Rico workers for gains in organization and labor legislation. It lauded Governor Gore for promising support and urged swift bills before the insular legislature. In Brazil, President Vargas authorized 2,000 workingmen's homes with plans for thousands of wage earner and government employee houses.
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AFL
Puerto Rico
American Federation of Labor
Gore
Robert H. Gore
Rio de Janiero
Ministry of Labor
Vargas
Brazil
Weavers Win Wage Revival in Labor Board ruling
The National Labor Board ordered striking silk workers in Paterson New Jersey and towns in Pennsylvania and New England to return to work at piece rates averaging $25 for a 40 hour week. The ruling affects about 40 000 to 50 000 workers and aims to fix weavers rates at $25 with other wages fairly adjusted. Wagner and NRA officials seek $26 in affected plants and to align pay across mills.
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Washington
National Labor Board
Paterson
N. J
Pennsylvania
New England
Robert F Wagner
Labor Board
NRA
Wagner
Regional mediation boards named in sixteen cities
Washington prominent trade unionists named to regional mediation boards appointed by the National Labor Board in sixteen important cities. The boards are composed of equal representation of industry and labor with an impartial chairman.
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Washington
National Labor Board
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Rockefeller Concern
Edgar K. Wagner
Nonpareil Printing Co
Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio
Relcovery
William Green
Walsh
Frank P. Walsh
Union
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Biological Survey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Robert F.waener
International
D. W. Tracy
G. M. Bugniazat
Weavers
Bigelow
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