Jacksonville Scale Vindicates UMWA Says Coal Firms Can Profit
Ellis Searles argues in the United Mine Workers Journal that coal companies repudiating the Jacksonville scale later paid it or more and failed to break the union. He cites Pennsylvania West Virginia and other fields where contracts were signed and later scuttled, showing the Jacksonville agreement sustains the union.
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International Labor News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers’ Journal
United Mine Workers of America
Searles
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Labor wins big with non partisan policy across the country
Organized labor secured a broad slate with about fifty candidates for senator and governor and won a strong share of seats in the new house. Analysts say labor could command 186 votes now and over 200 in the new chamber, potentially reaching 220. The gains spanned progressive Republicans and Democrats, signaling a powerful shift toward labor and progressive causes despite reactionary opposition.
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Organized Labor
House of Representatives
Labor
Washington
United States
Congress
House
Gompers
la Follette
Republian
Senate
Sweet
Colorado
Hayden
Arizona
Barkley
Kentucky
Wagner
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Andrew D. Mellon
United Republicans
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Foreign workers back strikers as five month lock continues
European colleagues send funds for the New York cloakmakers strike over the 40 hour week and wage changes. Germany’s tailors contribute 1190 dollars and 400 from Dutch and Amsterdam based officials. US locals collect more while injunctions curb organizing. About 15 000 pickets line up as election day nears.
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New York Cloak
International Labor News Service
New York City
Atlantic
United States
German Clothing Workers’ Federation
Berlin
New York
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Reed
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Turkey
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Walsh
West
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High Street
David Webb
Main ST
Garment Workers of
Germany
Women’s Garment Workers of America
W. Ploog
van der Heeg
International Clothing Workers’ Federation
Amsterdam
Ganize
U. S
Chicago Federation of Labor
New York Painters’ District Council No. 9
Boston
Detroit Needle Trades
Baltimore
Jersey City
Brazil
Snider’s
Graf’s Grocery
Journal Square
Hoover
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