Hosiery Workers Urge National Support for NRA
About 60 000 hosiery workers nationwide under the American Federation of Hosiery Workers praise NRA for speeding industry growth boosting buying power raising wages and shortening hours. The federation urges education and public backing to defend the act and to counter attempts by finishing plants to bypass wage and hour codes. Five organizers will target North Carolina to lift local wages and the Reading union gains support from the federation.
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Philadelphia
ILNS
United States
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
NRA
National Executive Board
Federation
North Carolina
Reading
Federation Wall
Settlement Reached At Celotex Plant Westwego
A labor dispute at the Celotex plant in Westwego Louisiana with about 800 workers was resolved after a meeting of worker and company committees. Major issues involved hours and wage scales while clerical and code technical points will be reviewed by a subcommittee. An industrial relations committee was named to handle future differences.
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Westwego
Peter M. H. Wynhoven
New Orleans
Charles L. Picket
Father Wynhoven
A. J. Bourgeois
Peter Sears
Wilson Bourgeois
Blaise Bourgeois
Wynhoven
Green Opposes Building Code with Six Labor Objections
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor denounces the Construction League charge labor blocks the building code. He lists six objections including 48 hour work week, minimum unskilled wage, representation on code authority, and age limit 18 for construction work. Labor pledges support for just codes and the recovery act while opposing unfair provisions. In New Orleans Opotowsky & Sons at 2000 Royal St drops the Blue Eagle after a worker’s underpayment and firing incident.
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Green
Blue Eagle
Washington, D. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Construction League
Labor
President Green
Building Trades Unions
New Orleans
Opotowsky & Sons
The
Motor Manufacturing Company
Royal St
Musicians Protest Canned Music Regulation Move
Washington lobbyists and artists urge the federal radio commission to keep the current rule that requires announcements for electrical transcriptions. The American Federation of Musicians argues that removing the rule would raise unemployment and deceive listeners. President Joseph N. Weber and counsel Gen. Samuel T. Russell sign the petition criticizing canned music as harmful to genuine musicians.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Radio Commission
American Federation of Musicians
Joseph N. Weber
Federation
Samuel T. Russell
Tips Hold Part Of Waiters Pay In New York
The NYC NRA Compliance Board rules that restaurant owners may include customer tips toward minimum wage under the reemployment agreement. Any weekly shortfall must be paid by the employer. The ruling overturns Washington decisions and could affect about 8,000 dining venues, prompting likely action from other local boards unless overturned.
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New York City
ILNS
NRA Compliance Board
Washington
Blue Eagle
New York
Railroads urged to buy liberally to ease unemployment
Chicago reports Joseph B. Eastman, federal transportation coordinator, urged railroads to adopt a more liberal buying policy to help heavy industry unemployment without increasing debt. He noted government funds could back railroad purchases on secure terms while stressing prudent borrowing. Ohio road surfacing rates noted at 19.2 percent vs 9.8 percent nationwide.
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Chicago
ILNS
Railway Business Association
Joseph B. Eastman
Transportation
Eastman
Weirton Steel Workers Allege Coercion in Union Vote
William Green of the AFL filed affidavits from Weirton Steel employees alleging coercion to support a company union in the December 11 election for bargaining representatives. They claim officials cite customer boycotts and threaten job loss to punish union membership, naming several purchasers as sources of pressure. The complaints accuse Weirton officials of electioneering and breach of a Labor Board agreement, including promises to reinstate strikers at the Clarksburg mill which remains at reduced capacity.
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Green
National Labor Board
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
National Labor, Board
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
West Va
A. F. of L
Weirton Concern
Ford Malter Company
Chevrolet Motor Company
Pontiac Motor Company
Budd Wheel and Manufacturing Company
American Can Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Ernest T. Weir
Steel Company
Labor Board
Weirton Company
Clarksburg
Striking Workers At Kaplin Company Protest NRA Violation
Spencer reports workers dismantling obsolete freight cars say M S Kaplin Chicago demanded 33 percent more work with no raise. They cut frames with acetylene and oxygen supplied by themselves, now four foot lengths, 12 hour days for eight hour output, piece rate wages eroded by higher fuel costs, while the Blue Eagle sign stands yet the company refuses minimum wage arbitration or discussion.
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NRA
Government may use compulsion to enforce acreage cuts
Secretary Wallace told the Association of Land Grant Colleges that compulsory measures could back the corn hog reduction program if selfish prejudice harms the effort. He warned hog prices could fall to $2 a hundred within a year if farmers do not support voluntary actions and noted 15 percent of Washington state operator license applicants fail.
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Chicago
Wallace
Association of Land Grant Colleges
Europe
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