Labor leader links dole to misgovernment and social folly
New York City report quotes Matthew Woll of the AFL and Union Labor Life Insurance Co arguing that government payrolls undermine production. He attacks welfare as socialistic punishment, warns higher taxes reduce living standards, and urges private enterprise to provide work and wages rather than dole, noting England’s struggles and U.S. lessons.
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New York City
ILNS
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
WOR
England
MacDonald
U.S
Leason
Rochester Contractors Seek 20 Percent Wage Reduction
Rochester contractors seek a 20 percent wage cut from building trades unions amid $9 million in awarded contracts. Labor Herald notes about $3.6 million goes to wages and estimates a $720,000 increase in contractor profits if the cut is approved, reducing bids and workers’ earnings.
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Rochester
N. Y
ILNS
Building Trades
Labor Herald
Building Trade C Council
Rail union leader cites business downturn and wage steadiness
In an address to the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes convention President F H Fljexdal notes a prolonged business downturn in Canada and the United States with no general pay reductions yet. He says the union improved finances through economy and highlights victories against several rival organizations. Cotton pickers’ wages in Louisiana and Mississippi lag behind five year highs, with most states at 30 cents per hundred pounds, LaFourche parish paying 90 cents.
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Toronto
Ont
ILNS
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
F. H. Fljexdal
Canada
United States
Brotherhood
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
LaFourche Parish
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporatation
Labor Denounces Steel Wage Cut as Betrayal
Organized labor denounces a 10 percent wage cut by United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel as a betrayal of promises. President Green labels the move harmful, predicting a tougher Vancouver convention and a militant response from workers and unions nationwide.
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Chester M, Wright
Washington, D. C
LLS
Suel
Vancouver
William Green
Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Julius Klein
Labor's Voice Wins Full Time For Broadcasting Station
WCFL the Voice of Labor in Chicago gains full time hours on its 970 kilocycles clear channel. E N Nockels led the effort backed by the Chicago Federation of Labor and AFL labor press. The ruling advances labor air rights though the channel remains assigned to Seattle’s KJR and may affect future labor channel bills.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
WCFL
Voice of Labor
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Labor Press
E. N. Nockels
Commission
KJR
Seattle
Labor
Department of Labor
Pequot sheets urged for union buy by labor
Salem Massachusetts reports the Pequot sheets and pillowcases promoted by Sheeting Workers Local Union No. 33 United Textile Workers urging organized labor to pressure purchasing agents for states and municipalities to buy Pequot products. The union notes a four day week started June 1 and argues prices are at a low point benefiting workers and buyers while supporting high wages and 48 hour weeks. The letter asks members to inquire which products governments use for institutions and to push Pequot goods.
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Salem
Mass
United States
United Textile Workers of America
Trix
National Employment Exchange Recommendation
Secretary William N. Doak urges a national employment exchange directing 80 percent of public works jobs and calls for removing age limits. The report emphasizes labor mobility, federal operation, employer cooperation, and neutrality in industrial disputes amid the open shop closed shop debate.
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Washington
William N. Doak
Oil Operator Introduces Six-Hour Day in East Texas
Tyler Texas reports H L Hunt an oil operator and successor to C M Joiner will start a six hour work day to add 5000 barrels and double his workforce in the East Texas oil field initiative.
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Tyler
Tex
Ilns
H. L. Hunt
C. M
Dad) Joiner
East Texas
Hunt
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Green
Ateel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Are
Department of Commerce
Radio Commission
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National Employment Exchange
Krebs
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