Labor Group Action Urged as Weapon Against Soaring Prices
Washington officials push union consumer program led by John Edelman to use collective bargaining to combat price hikes and wage cuts. AFL CIO unions North Boston meetings cited. Edelman ties housing work to labor efforts against inflation and cost of living.
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Action
Edelman
Washington, D. C
LLNS
National Defense Agency
Consumer
Office of Price Administration
Harriet Elliott
John W. Edelman
Edehnan
A. FP
R. R. Brotherhoods Set Date for Nationwide Strike
Chicago reports the Big Five operating brotherhoods set December 7 8 and 9 as start dates for a nationwide railroad strike after rejecting the President emergency board recommendations They demand an 80 percent wage increase and vow a staggered walkout across the East West and Southeast.
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R. R. Brotherhoods
Chicago
SLNS
President's Emergency Board
Roosevelt
40 Cents Minimum Wage Set in Two Industries
Washington D C General Philip B Fleming administrator of the Wage and Hour Division U S Department of Labor announced wage orders raising pay to at least 40 cents an hour in the woolen industry and knitted and men s woven underwear and commercial knitting industries effective November 24 About 8 000 of 108 000 woolen textile workers will get raises and about 15 000 of 68 000 workers in knitted underwear and commercial knitting industries will see higher wages mostly in New England and the South
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Washington, D. C
Philip B. Fleming
U. S. Department of Labor
New England
South
Wage Restitution Under Federal Wage Law Reported
Washington D C Employers who failed to pay minimum rates under the federal wages and hours law have paid more than 16 000 000 in wage restitution to about 500 000 employees the Wage and Hour Division of the U S Labor Department reports.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Labor Department
ILO Endorses Collective Bargaining and Reconstruction Plans
The International Labour Conference urged support for democracies and the Atlantic Charter, backing joint worker and employer representation in public policy planning. It approved a postwar reconstruction program, with full U.S. backing promised by Secretary Frances Perkins, and endorsed collective bargaining as part of social and economic recovery.
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ILO
New York City
ILNS
International Labor Conference
Roosevelt
Churchill
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization United
Robert J. Watt
A. F. of L
Frank Grillo
C. I.0
United States
Frances Perkins
Ralph Assheton
Walsh Succeeds Browne as Head of Stage Union
Richard F. Walsh, 41, of Brooklyn Local 4, elected president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employer and Motion Picture Machine Operators, succeeding George E. Browne who resigned after federal extortion conviction. Browne and William Bioff were sentenced by Judge John C. Knox.
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Knox
Browne
Biall
Martin Conboy
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Browne and Bioff
New York City
SNS
Richard F. Walsh
Brooklyn
Stage Workers’ Union
International Alliance of Theatrical
United States
Canada
George E. Browne
Walsh
International Union
Atlantic City
William Bioff
Stages Union
West Coast
John C. Knox
Labor Dept Seeks Safer Defense Plant Work
The Department of Labor report shows accidents among workers cost 187.5 million man days in 1940, vastly exceeding strike losses and prompting a nationwide campaign to improve safety in defense plants. The committee cites inadequate safety measures by employers as the main cause.
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Washington, D
Department of Labor
Committee For the Conservation of
Defense Industries
Tobin Ends Truck Strike At Detroit Routes
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Daniel J. Tobin ordered 60 striking Railway Express Agency truck drivers in Detroit to resume work. President Roosevelt asked Tobin to end the strike, which risked spreading and hindering defense efforts amid a jurisdictional dispute with the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
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Indianapolis
ILNS
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Railway Express Agency
Detroit
Roosevelt
Tobin
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Dies list inquiry prompts FBI action on federal workers
Attorney General Francis Biddle says the FBI will investigate the Dies committee list of 1124 government workers named as Communists or fellow travelers. He notes investigations follow congressional mandate and will be thorough to avoid injustice, with flimsy evidence ending inquiry for individuals.
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New York City
ILNS
American Civil Union
Dies Committee
Francis Biddle
Congress
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Biddle
Eact
Milwaukee Shoe Workers Win Higher Wage Pacts
Milwaukee A F of L Boot and Shoe Workers Union No. 170 says 2500 warehouse production workers in eight city plants received wage increases of 5 to 10 percent. The gains reflect new collective bargaining outcomes and broader wage trends in the local shoe industry.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. F. of L. Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union No. 170
Behold Philco All-In-One Radio Phonograph Cabinet
Compact combination set integrates radio and phonograph in an elegant cabinet. Plays on a beam of light with no needles to change and promises truer tone and longer life for records. See hear Philco before you buy.
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Phonograph
Philco
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Ross
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Hitler
Britain
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China
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