Small Plant Closings Threaten Jobs and Stability
OPM official Floyd B. Odlum outlines plans for a Contract Distribution Division to spread defense work across 200 field offices and 200,000 small plants. He warns that shutdowns threaten up to 2,000,000 workers while emphasizing coordinated civilian morale and economic stability amid a wartime production push.
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OPM
New York City
ILNS
Floyd B. Odlum
Office of Production Management
Odlum
McGraw-Hill Industrial
Odhum
Rail union chiefs reject emergency board pay plan
Chicago reports that the Big Five rail brotherhoods rejected the Roosevelt era emergency board's recommendations. They call the proposed increases a temporary Gurley bonus and say the plan undermines basic wages, urging against acceptance and warning of service departures. J J Goff notes opposition on adequacy and permanence.
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Rail Union
Chicago
ILNS
Washington
Roosevelt
Transportation Brotherhoods
Emergency wage talks push for quick meeting nationwide
Labor leaders urged a speedy gathering of representatives from workers in the dispute as 14 non operating unions join in demanding raises. An emergency board proposed temporary increases expiring December 1 1942. It called for 7 percent for 350,000 operating brotherhood employees and 9 cents an hour for 800,000 non operating workers, about 13 percent on average.
Small-House Contractors Sign Detroit A F L Pact
Detroit carpenters formerly on small unfederated jobs will gain 80 percent wage raises under a new contract with the Builders' Association of Metropolitan Detroit. The scale rises to 1.25 dollars an hour, a 30 percent increase, with a 40 hour week and double time on Sundays and holidays. Also noted is a Louisiana AFL discussion in Baton Rouge on November 18 with Frank P. Fenton and George L. Googe planning to attend.
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Detroit
Mich
Carpenters’ District Council of
Builders’ Association of
New Orleans
ILNL
A. F. of L
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Frank P. Fenton
George L. Googe
U S Delegates Propose World Reconstruction Plan at ILO
The American delegation submitted a resolution at the International Labour Conference proposing a postwar world plan based on higher labor standards, economic adjustment, and social security. It calls for rapid postwar action, collaboration, and shifts to meet peacetime needs while avoiding broad government interference in labor affairs.
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U. S
ILO
International Labor Conference
New York City
ILNS
International Labor Organization
Robert J. Watt
American Federation of Labor and American Workers
Employment At New High Marks In September
Washington reports continued industrial expansion with total non agricultural employment reaching 40,065,000 in September, up 439,000 from August. Manufacturing indexes climbed to new highs as heavy metals and machinery hiring slowed, while silk rayon hosiery and autos faced dislocations and tighter material use. Secretary Perkins notes payrolls rose, signaling broader gains across the sector.
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New York
Michigan
New
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Perkins
Strikes Denounced by OPM Over Defense Production
The Office of Production Management urged labor and management to avoid strikes or slowdowns in defense industries. It warned that work stoppages aid aggressors as material on the battlefield remains crucial and stressed the need for uninterrupted production and voluntary dispute resolution.
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Watt
Washington, D. C
ILNS
Office of Production Management
Food Stamp Plan Sparks Outcry from Small Grocers
In New Orleans a total of three million dollars in food stamps were traded in the last 14 months along with one million one hundred thousand dollars in blue stamps used by the Surplus Marketing Administration. Small independents argue chain stores capture most blue stamp purchases as their inventories cover more items.
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New Orleans
SLNS
Surplus Marketing Administration
Farm wages rise to 1930 levels in harvest season
Washington reports agricultural wage rates on October 1 rose to 165 percent of the 1910 14 average, 5 points above July 1 and 36 points above a year ago. The surge reflects a shrinking labor supply as farmers pay higher wages to hire men this fall, the Agriculture Department says.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Department of Agriculture
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J. J. Goff
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
A.F.L
AFL
Moose Home
South Second Street
Hamilton
Ohio
Chicago Market CO
Walter Jones
Scott, Tenn
American Federation of Labor
Harold Stewart
Kirkaldy
Tron and Steel Trades Employers’ Association of Great Britain
Sir Frederick William Leggett
Ministry For Labor and National Service
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