UNION LABOR AID PLAN FOR LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Pennsylvania acts to enforce new labor reforms starting November 4. D J P Jackson engages organized labor through central committees and shop committees to handle complaints and aid enforcement. The women act limits hours and conditions for female workers and sets fines. amendments address fake certificates and penalties, with inspections shared by factory inspectors and truancy officers. Additional provisions require accident reports and fireproof exits. painter Boecklin and Lucretia del Fede figures are noted in arts commentary.
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Pennsylvania
D. J. P. Jackson
Labor and Industry
Iity
Tatbor Union
Department of Labor and Industry
Foolishness of Betting in a New York Wager
A New York farmer bet his automobile against a wheelbarrow over a contest outcome. He walked seven miles home in a sour mood when he lost, proving betting is no argument or proof. The Detroit Free Press argues betting degrades reason and harms a home and community.
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New York State
California
Detroit Free Press
Tall Story Of A Long Legged Friend
A tall man named Mr Bingham Palmer is devoted to horse back riding and once told how a park ride ended with his foot stepped on by a horse. He slipped from the stirrup while riding and the horse stepped on his foot, a mishap he discussed plainly.
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Boecklin
Dr. Angelo 8
Rappoport
Lucretia del Fede
Andrea del Sarto
del Sarto
Jacopo di Empoli
Bingham Palmer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dirigible Balloons Through the Ages
The article sketches early dirigible concepts from 1784 proposed by General Meusnier and experiments by Robert brothers reaching three mph with hand propelled aerial cars. It notes 1852 devices by Henri Giffard using a steam engine at seven mph and traces later experiments leading to Zeppelins.
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Meusnier
Robert
Henri Giffard
New York Presa
Immigrant Labor Not Cheap Says Industrial Studies
Industrial investigations reveal immigrants flood into eastern centers and are left in undigested quarters while cheap labor is not cheap for factories. Lead poisoning in New York mills shows a stark gap between Eastern European immigrants and American-born workers in hygiene and health outcomes. The article argues the danger of rising industrial disease lies with the most vulnerable workers who lack initiative.
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Todight
Saya Arno Doseh
Fead Milla
New York City
Europe
Painter Prospered by Growth in Brotherhood of Painters
Painter Prosperous cites membership growth from 45 208 at last convention to 81 082 by July, with 58 717 in 644 locals reporting wages for 1909. Averaging 6 cents daily wage rise for 260 working days yields a yearly gain of about 27 011 80 for all affected members. eight hour day common, some nine or ten hour days. Ironworkers report 83 percent membership gain and 24 cents daily wage rise for 27 percent of members, totaling about 41 000 yearly extra earnings, plus 12 000 funeral benefits paid.
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George Hendrick
The
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers
Brotherhood
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Building Trades Council Welcomes Panama Pacific Exposition Workers
The Building Trades Council of San Francisco adopts a resolution urging organized workers in San Francisco and California to unite in welcoming all visitors to the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. It calls for courtesy across nations and races and promotes closer world worker solidarity.
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Building Trades Council of
San Francisco
Organized Workers of
California
Workers of the World
Trade Union Gossip Report From The Era
Trade union chatter notes Pittsburgh carriers paid 40 cents per hour and wage scales due to expire April 1, 1914. New Zealand has 57 unionists per 1000 people. Cigarmakers International label legalized in 31 states. Mechanics' Lien laws protect wages in 46 states. Tacoma laundry workers seek union laundry to rival nonunion services. New England Electrical Workers plan organizing telephone operators across the district.
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Pittsburgh
New Zealand
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Tacoma
Wash
New England District Council of Electrical Workers’ Union
Profit Sharing Plan for Department Stores Outlined
Fr Colburn Pinkham proposes a tentative profit sharing plan for department stores to create fair wages and retain part of commissions. The plan details wage baselines, percent bonuses on sales, and a five year vested commission return, with parts for ownership sharing and a benevolent association, drawing input from Redfield, Perkins, Selfridge’s, and other merchants.
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Colburn Pinkham
National Retail Dry Goods Association
New York Times
Commerce Redfield
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Redfield
Pinkham
Selfridge
Commission
Mr. Pinkham
Saga
Tim
Arauma
Alex
Nist
Wagon Slow to Climb in Kansan City Cost Rise
Regional living costs have surged 59 percent over ten years while skilled wages rose a little over 26 percent, according to George A. Trayer of the Department of Labor.
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Kansan
George A. Trayer
Department of
Isbor
Secretary Wilson Calls For Collective Bargaining In Labor Speech
In Seattle Secretary of Labor Wilson urged that mediation and conciliation require collective bargaining and trade unionism. He outlined the department of labor’s duties to promote wageworker welfare and to appoint conciliation commissioners in trades disputes. He cited corporate profits and property titles to argue for government role in labor relations. He also opposed strikebreakers and proposed a weather bureau style information unit within labor.
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Secretary of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Wilson
Department of Labor
Calimet
Mich
Michigan
Bret
Qian
Ward
Bureau of Information
Weather Bureau of Information
West Virginia Workmen's Compensation Totals Revealed
Governor Hatfield and officials praise the act as October fatalities create widow and mother benefits. Temporary disabilities in a single month cost the state 13797 dollars, with first quarter indemnity projected at 45000 dollars. Each widow or mother will receive 20 dollars monthly and each child 5 dollars monthly.
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West Virginia
Hatfield
Compensation Act Proves Effective In Wisconsin
In two years since Wisconsin workmen's compensation act began, 6,074 cases were disposed of and employers paid 288,187 dollars in indemnity to injured workers or dependents. Medical and surgical treatment is estimated to have added about 50 percent to those totals.
International unions report strike costs and benefits
The past year saw the United Mine Workers pay out 1,200,796 in strike costs while Flint Glass Workers spent 57,390 on death benefits and 74,790 on sick benefits. Ladies' Garment Workers issued 800,000 in strike benefits and The Barbera union paid 28,625 in death benefits and 46,186 in sick benefits. Asbestos workers gained 0.20 dollars per member per day in wages on average. Bakery and confectionery workers gained 8,855 in membership and wages rose from 8 to 20 dollars per week.
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Selt
United Mine Workers
Flint Glass
Ladies’ Garment Workers
Barbera’ Union
Trade Union Notes and Labor Updates
Trade union notes report the Switchmen's Union growth with claims paid totaling 407 018 and benevolent gifts of 25 000 for injuries not covered by constitutional provisions. Membership rose 13 percent, especially in large switching centers, plus various union activities and wage changes across crafts and regions.
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Switchmen’s
St Paul
Houston
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New York American
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Ood
Hele
Wimps Oy
Association
International Unions
London Chronicle
Northumberland
Eee Trade Union Notes
Toewale Crum
Union
Aad
Colorado Spring
Southern Pacific
Northwestern
Federation of Pullman Conductors and Porters of America
United States
John Paul Jones
Paris
Marie Antoinette
Iim
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Eney
Jill
gortneRs
Holbreck Bros
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
East Std
Cincinnati, Ohi
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
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