Court Awards Back Wages To Union Miner Discharged In Violation of Contract
Indianapolis reports Tennessee supreme court ruling backs a union miner against Cross Mountain Coal Company. H. L. Ault awarded 650 dollars in back wages for May to November 1921 after being locked out and barred for union membership. The decision reinforces remedies for contract breaches and union protections.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tennessee Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
H. L. Ault
Anderson
Cross Mountain Coal Company
Ault
Union
Tennessee Coal Operators
United Mine Workers of America
Cross Mountain Coal Com
McNary to reintroduce diluted farm relief bill
Washington report notes Senator McNary will reintroduce a revised farm relief bill next month without the equalization clause. The measure follows Hoover’s suggestions and aims for passage before March 4 adjournment despite doubts among farm relief supporters.
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Washington
McNary
Congress
President Coolidge
Hoover
President Coolidge predicts lighter winter unemployment
President Coolidge, assured of employment this winter, expresses optimism based on Labor Department reports. Secretary Davis presented October labor data showing increased demand and sustained hiring in large industries with gains in several sectors. Early November indications suggest further improvement across leading industries.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
White House
Department of Labor
Davis
Two Nominees Split Vote of 14 Big Cities
Unofficial returns from 14 leading cities show a split between Smith and Hoover with New York Boston and Los Angeles favoring Smith in New York City 1 153 590 to 704 857 Boston 192 257 to 94 527 and Los Angeles 471 196 to 149 379 Hoover leads in the overall tally 3 375 079 to 3 420 769 for Smith totals in the 14 cities.
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Washington
Hoover
Smith
New York
Boston
Los Angeles
A F L Membership Tops 3 250 000 At New Orleans Meet
New Orleans hosts the forty-eighth Annual A F L convention as membership climbs beyond 3 250 000 when exempt members are counted. The gain over last year reaches about 75 000 in paid dues and the total exceeds figures from the past six years. The executive council drafts a charted, scientific organizing plan, reviewing year’s battles and political steps and outlining union as a going concern. Prior department meetings and a Union Labor Life Insurance Company directors’ session are slated during the period.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
A. F. of L
Metal Trades
Building Trades
Union Jlabel
Union Labor Life Insurance Company of America
International Labor News Service
Rail safety improves as accident rate drops in 1928
Washington reports that the railway accident rate for on duty employees fell about 17 percent in the first seven months of 1928 versus 1927. Casualties per million man hours reached 17.07, down 8.58, with a further 11 percent drop in casualties per million locomotive miles to 24.48.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Educator urges vocational schools to curb crime
Dr. Gilbert J. Raynor, principal of Alexander High School in Brooklyn, blamed the city school system for steering students into ill suited courses. He urged expanding vocational schools to reduce social misfits and future criminals.
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New York
Gilbert J. Raynor
Alexander High School
Brooklyn
Raynor
Physicians' Progressive League Sees Medicine Commercialized
New York union meeting decries pay clinics offering cut rate care and foundation dispensaries that treat rich and poor alike for free. It criticizes commercialization and paternalism in private practice, warning of unethical tendencies and financial strain on doctors.
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New York
Physicians’ Progressive League
Fishing Firms Dominate Market Hurt Nova Scotia Fishermen
Halifax reports show 1927 shore fishers in Nova Scotia fell 40 percent from 1890 and deep sea workers also declined, yet the provincial catch value rose over 60 percent. The Maclean commission blames steam trawlers for overproduction and market control, noting fishermen receive pennies per pound while companies sell fillets stored for later demand.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Maclean Commission
A. E. Maclean
Women in Congress Now Number Seven
Washington reports seven women elected to the new Congress to convene next December, the largest number ever in the House. Incumbents include Mrs Kalin of California Mrs Rogers of Massachusetts Mrs Langley of Kentucky a Republican and Mrs Nortus of New Jersey a Democrat. New members include Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida and Mrs Ruth Baker Pratt of New York.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Kalin
California
Rogers
Massachusetts
Langley
Kentucky
Nortus
New Jersey
Yo Vlogtad
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Mark Hanna
Illinois
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
William Jennings Bryan
Ruth Baker Pratt
New York
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