Revival of Notorious Landis Award Committee Favored
Chicago businessmen urge reestablishment of the Landis award enforcement committee to curb unions and set wages by an independent authority amid anticipated large-scale Chicago building for the World Fair 1988. The defunct panel ended after Thomas Donnelley resigned as Donnelley & Sons faced union battles over major contracts.
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Chicago
Landis
ILNS
Sons of the Wild Jackass
Chicago Association of Commerce
Citizens Committee
Association of Commerce
Thomas E. Don
Railroad Wins injunction over full crew on gas electric trains
Judge Stricker ruled the full crew law applies only to steam propelled trains. The Columbus and Greenville railroad sought to bar further enforcement by the Mississippi railroad commission after operating gas electric trains with three crew members. The commission had ordered full crews on all trains.
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Jackson, Miss
ILNS
Columbus & Greenville Railroad
Mississippi Railroad Commission
W. J. Stricker
Unionism in the South and the A F L effort
The National Catholic Welfare Conference Bulletin says the A F L cannot lose its drive to organize Southern mills. Partial gains will aid workers and influence Northern and Western industry. Mills are largely Northern owned and near cotton, with low wages and long hours. A Senate inquiry, the Wheeler bill, faces tough opposition to probe Southern industrial setup.
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Washington
A. F. of L
South
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Bulletin
South Atlantic Coast
Milla
Wheeler
Bakery wage pact raises $4 weekly in Denver wholesale trade
Denver bakery salesmen secured a wage contract boosting pay by four dollars per week. The agreement covers all large wholesale bakeries operating in the city.
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Denver
Union Conference Approves Southern Union Campaign Plan
Washington aims for a nationwide labor drive in the South guided by President Green AF of L. A large conference of union executives endorsed a comprehensive plan to organize Southern workers. The plan calls for coordinated organizers, educational outreach, and a campaign headquarters in the South, backed by the Big Four railroads in reactivating organizing effort.
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Union
Washington, DD. C
LNL
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
South
Toronto
A. F. of L
AL FP
Frank Morrison
Federation of Labor
Green
T. A. Wilson
North Carolina State Federation
Paul J. Aymon
W. C. Birthright
Moe
Cywen
Big Four
Loopholes in Law Prompt Roosevelts Call for Simplified Legislation
Governor Roosevelt criticizes legal complexity and delays in the justice system. He argues many procedures burden the poor, inflating costs and postponing judgments. He urges pruning the legal machinery to prevent evasion and ensure timely, just outcomes.
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New York
Roger Yelt
Roosevelt
Mexican Birth Rate High in California
Sacramento reports Mexican births in California rising alarmingly per Dr. Walter M. Dickie head of the California Bureau of Public Health. He notes infant mortality among Mexican births runs 15 percent compared with 6 percent for others and cites immigration via climate-similar Southern California as a factor expanding into the north. Industrial work in mining lumbering railroading and manufacturing is linked to the growing Mexican population.
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Sacramento
Calif
Walter M. Dickie
California Bureau of Public Health
Mexico
California
Dickie
Trade Unions Drive Women's Labor Law Gains
A U S Bureau report credits organized labor as the main force behind women’s labor laws in Massachusetts New York and California. It notes the role of labor groups inspectors and legislators, detailing fights against employer opposition and court challenges to restrict contracts.
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U. S. Bureau
Washington, D.C
JLNL
Massachusetts
New York
California
Women's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Women’s Bureau
Spirit of the Times
Worden
Labor
Organized Labor
Women's Trade Union League
Harry Parr Retirement Ends Long Typographic Career
Toronto unionist Harry Parr retires after 77th birthday service as foreman of the Evening Star composing room. A longtime International Typographical Union member and first trustees of the Union Printers’ Home at Colorado Springs, Parr was honored at a recent ALP convention dinner hosted by the printers unions.
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Toronto
Tany Parr
International Typographical
Jainn
Colorado Springs
ALP
Ineal Typius Ranchios Union
Dressmakers strike authorized by ILGWU amid wage contrasts
New York is poised for a 45 000 dressmakers and 15 000 children’s drovemakers strike at year start after a union victory in the cloak trade. Workers in nonunion shops earn 14 to 20 dollars weekly, while union shop workers report 25 to 85 dollars for a 42 hour week. Lois Schwartz of the Associated Manufacturers’ Association signals willingness to begin negotiations.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Univn
Aweat- Hope Sams
Fru
Lois Schwartz
Devas Manufacturers’ Association
Prena Iate
Gition
Federal Employees Unite in Pueblo Charter
Pueblo Colorado reports federal employees united under a charter from the National Federation of Federal Employees. The development marks organization growth within the federal workforce in the region.
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Federal Employes
Unite Pueblo
Colo
Wyanivelant
The
National Federation of Federal Employes
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