Five Day Week Gains Ground as Industrial Fixture
Washington report shows five-day week now in force in 5.3 percent of establishments covering 84 percent of employees, with higher adoption in manufacturing. Automobile industry leads with over 67 percent on a five-day schedule. Government study from Bureau of Labor Statistics covers 44,000 establishments and 3.5 million workers across 103 industries, comparing 1931 and 1932 figures. Average hourly wages cited at 1.11 dollars this year vs 1.254 in 1931. Building trades show longest full-time week at about 40.4 hours with over four-fifths on five days.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Verdict on Patent Helps Support Union Wage Rates
Philadelphia report notes U S district court in Wilmington upheld a hosiery style patent in Gotham Silk Hosiery versus Artcraft Silk Hosiery Mille. Union leader Emil Rieve says patent protection curbs imitations, stabilizes prices, protects wages, and reduces price wars harming workers and quality.
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Wilmington
Delaware
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Artcraft Silk Hosiery Mille, Inc
Emil Rieve
American Federation of
Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
Gotham
Artcraft Companies
Gotham-Artcraft
Labor Gains in New Congress Break Records in Landslide
Labor endorsee candidates surged in the November 8 election, adding a strong pro labor bloc in the Senate and House. The AFL lauds wins by figures across states, with major focus on Volstead act modification, tariff protection, and railway issues. The results alter committee power and set a busy short session agenda for labor reform.
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Modification Organization
Labor Bank to Discontinue Operations December First
Indianapolis reports Union Labor Bank and Trust Co announces it will discontinue business December 1 after nine years. President John L. Lewis says volume of business does not warrant continuation. The bank, capitalized at 112 500, held 98 000 in deposits per last report.
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Indianapolis
ILNS
Union Labor Bank and Trust Co
John L. Lewis
Tobin Congratulated Urged As Labor Secretary By Many
New York City ILNS reports Daniel J. Tobin, labor campaign head, flooded with congratulations from across the states after election results. Telegrams and calls followed, as Tobin is cited for leadership on rail and mining labor bills and debated for potential labor secretary appointment under Roosevelt.
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New York City
ILNS
Daniel J. Tobin
Labor Bureau
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Democratic Labor Campaign
Inter
National Union of Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Predict A Big Building Year
New York City reports large forces in construction plan a year of better times with ample credit to finance repairs and remodeling. Aulfand J. Hamilton of the Producers Council predicts a future of greater industry prosperity driven by home loan banks and a projected 5 billion dollars in loan building and repair work over the next three years. He notes that peak 1925 spending for single family houses was far lower than this forecast for total housing activity.
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Hamilton
New York City
ILNS
Aulfand J. Hamilton
Producers' Council
Sinai
Home Loan
Erdit
U S May Abandon Machado After Washington Conference
Report outlines a New York meeting where American Ambassador Guggenheim hosted three Cuban opposition factions seeking a united program against dictator Gerardo Machado. The New York gathering, with leaders summoned from Havana and New York, indicated unity on major issues, influencing U S Cuban relations amid Florida emigre activity and ABA inquiries into Cuban charges.
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Gerardo Machado
Florida
Washington
New York
Gurgenheim
Machado
Havana
American Bar Association
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