A and P Faces Push to Extend Cleveland Pact Nationwide
In Cleveland 2000 A and P employees return to work after a National Labor Relations Board backed settlement. Michael Schuld of the Metal Cutters and Butcher Workmen says the Cleveland agreement should be extended to all A and P stores. New York workers eye unionization to challenge control by major firms with James Butler Grocery anticipated to seek recognition and wage-rule revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
National Labor Relations Board
Columbus
Michael Schuld
James Butler Grocery Company
We Ain't A-Goin' Back play aids onion workers
Barnesville Ohio Hazel Cunard secretary of the Ohio School of Social Science wrote a one act play about the early weeks of the Hardin county onion workers strike. The play profits go to the onion strikers relief fund and 10 cents per copy is asked. Orders to Hazel Cunard Barnesville Ohio. The onion workers have not returned and face winter with uncertain shelter amid a bitter county administration and alleged wage violations by Spotlight Laundry Brooklyn. Indictments accuse managers of failing to pay state minimum wage to women and minors forging payrolls and conspiring to violate wage laws. The metropolitan minimum wage is 12 40 for 40 hours with overtime.
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A. F
L. News Service
Barnesville
Ohio
Onion Workers
Hardin County
Hazel Cunard
Ohio School of Social Science
Onion Strikers
Kings County Grand Jury
Elmer F. Andrews
Department of Labor
First laundry wage law case charged in New York
Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. and Kings County District Attorney William F. Geoghan announce the first criminal prosecution under the state minimum fair wage act as applied to the laundry industry after indictments and arrests of three defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ilns
John J. Bennett, Jr
William F. Geoghan
Kings County
Philippine Seamen Strike Ties Up Ships in Cebu
About 50 officers joined the 1,000 seamen on strike in Cebu demanding standardized pay and union conditions. Several ships plying the Philippine Islands were tied up as a result, with settlement expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cebu
P. I
Philippine Islands
Clerks Dominate London Crafts
A London survey shows 13 of every 100 workers are clerks. From 1891 to 1931 the employed population rose by 50 percent while clerks grew two and a half times. In 1891 few clerks were women, now 43 of 100 are women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Election Results Show Labor Victory Across Congress
Labor endorsed candidates swept many races on November 7, with 37 labor-backed senators elected except four. Key wins included La Follette Wheeler Ashurst Walsh Shipstead Frazier and Gerry replacing Herbert O Mahoney winning in Wyoming. State races also favored labor with Olsen in Minnesota and Kennedy in Pennsylvania highlighted.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Congress
American Federation of Labor
la Follette
Wisconsin
Wheeler
Montana
Ashurst
Arizona
Walsh
Massachusets
Shipstead
Minnesota
Frazier
North Dakota
P. G. Gerry
Herbert
Rhode Island
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Senate
Wyoming
Labor
Floyd B. Olsen
Labor Party
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
State Senate
Kennedy
Fess
Ohio
Reed
Kean
New Jersey
Hatfield
West Virginia
A. F
Vic Donahey
First Laundry Agreement in Va
Roanoke Virginia witnesses the first Virginia pact between the Laundry Workers Union and an employer. On October 28 the American Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co signed the agreement covering wages hours and working conditions through collective bargaining. Other union workers rally to support the new union laundry per the Roanoke Labor Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Virginia
Laundry Workers’ Union
American Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co
Roanoke Labor Journal
Labor leaders push 30 hour week and jobs plan in Washington
A high level conference in Washington gathers top AFL leaders and labor spokesmen to map practical steps toward the 80 hour week mandate and reduce unemployment. William Green Edward F. McGrady Sidney Hillman Rose Schneiderman John P. Frey and George L. Berry participate as NRA Labor Advisory Board members discuss advancing a 30 hour week amid opposition from Chamber of Commerce and manufacturers groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P of L. News Service
Washington
A. F. of L
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
McGrady
Johnson
Berry
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor Leader Seeks National Labor Party Support
David Dubinsky, newly elected AF of L vice president and ILGWU president, announces he will ask the AF of L executive council to sponsor a national labor party. The American labor movement has avoided political party ties and likely will continue that stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David Dubinsky
A. F. of L
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
A. F. of L. Executive Council
American Labor Movement
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Butler Company
Spotlight Laundry
Brooklyn
Edgar K. Wagner
Schwenn Coal Company
RED Jacket Coal
Pocahontas Anthracite Koppers Coke
W. H. Stephan
Prop
Coal and Coke
Savage Auto Supply CO
Maple Avenue
Onsumer
Organized Labor
Moscow
Commissariat of Heavy Industries
Gregory Ordzhonikidze
Robinson
Indiana
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
National Labor Party
Qoin
Philco
Court St
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