Two-Shift Five-Hour Day Proposed By Metal Trades
Boston officials at the metal trades convention urged a plan for a five hour day for workers and a ten hour day for machines to drive down overhead costs. President James OConnell and Secretary-Treasurer John Frey argue a two five hour shifts system would reduce unemployment and boost production while maintaining profits. Francis J. Gorman of United Textile Workers offers guidance as workers face wage cuts and the collapse of the industrial democracy scheme in the mills once famous for their postwar union.
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Metal Trades
Boston
Mass
ILNS
Metal Trades Department
James O'Connell
John P. Frey
United Textile Workers
A. F. of L
H. R. Fitzgerald
Mills
United States Department of Labor
Fitzgerald
Francis J. Gorman
American Federation of Labor
Greensboro
N. C
South
Jurists Would Outlaw Certain War Contracts
The International Bar Association urged governments to dissolve contracts between residents of warring nations at outbreak of hostilities. Exemptions include major business and bankers tied to mining forestry land concessions and public utility contracts with states or authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Bar Association
Riverside and Dan River Mills Strike Sparks Legal Battle
In Danville Virginia more than four thousand Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills workers were suspended after management denied their right to organize. Two injunctions were issued against strikers who urged strikebreakers to stay out. Police chief said no violence occurred and warrants could be sworn for trespass. Mill owners rushed to an injunction court to secure their position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Riverside
Dan Riven Cotton Mills
Martin
Business men copy labor's veto method
Baltimore grocers facing chain store competition copied organized labor by asking gubernatorial candidates for views on remedial legislation. The replies are forwarded to all grocers association members. The query system, once denounced as intimidation, is now generally accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Organized Labor
Grocers’ Association
Unemployment at Forefront of A F L Convention
The A F of L opens in Boston with unemployment as the supreme issue as President Hoover’s expected address looms. Delegates anticipate a constructive program on stabilizing employment and wages amid labor disputes, with speakers including James J. Davis and Patrick J. Hurley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Hoover
A. F. of L
James J. Davi
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
Robert F. Wagner
Green
Night shift to end in Southern cotton mills
Elimination of night work in Southern cotton mills appears certain with leaders and AFL organizers reporting the plan to begin in October in principal mills. The South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association in Greenville acted weeks ago as part of the move toward the new work schedule.
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Garrison Birmingham
Ala
ILNS
South
American Federation of Labor
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Greenville
S. C
Indian officials unveil new sugar cane hybrid
Government officials announced the successful development of a new sugar cane hybrid in India. The four cross between ordinary sugar cane and jowar matures in five months, shorter than standard cane, with sugar content comparable to ordinary sugar cane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Jowar
Hoffman Released After Marion Jail Term In Hosiery Strike
Alfred Hoffman organizer for the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers was released from jail at Marion after a farcical trial. Three Marion textile strikers sentenced with Hoffman remain imprisoned in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
ILNS
Alfred Hoffman
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
Marion
Hoffman
Pickings Poor For Allen A Since Lockout of Employes
New York capitalists report that the Allen A Company of Kenosha Wisconsin locked out 291 knitters on February 15 1928. Deserters built a rival Des Moines operation while former executives joined Rollins Hosiery. Most workers did not return to Kenosha as many seek other lines of work.
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New York
291
Allen A Company
Kenosha
Wis
Chicago
ILNS
Robert W. Ansi
John Brine
Allen A
Rollins Hosiery Company
Des Moines
Des Moines Company
Desert Chester Allen
Robert W. Allen
Brine
William Mowse
The
Allen
Fred Warren
American Federation of Full Fashioned
Organized Industry Shows Shortest Hours in Texas
Austin Texas report from the Texas labor department notes organized printing and publishing have the shortest hours for both genders and pay the highest yearly wages. It cites average weekly hours of 58 for men and 61 for women across other industries, with hotel and restaurant workers averaging 70 hours for men and beauty parlors longest for women. The report also urges a minimum wage law for women and minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas Labor Department
Southern workers refuse to sign the yellow dog at Tomlinson
In High Point North Carolina workers at the Tomlinson Manufacturing Company refuse to sign the yellow dog contract. Attempts to impose a stretch-out system raise output and cut wages. The firm declines arbitration and the workers form a committee to seek President Tomlinson who later refuses to meet them.
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High Point
N. C
Tomlinson Manufacturing Company
Tomlinson
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David Webb
Main ST
Richman
Richman Bros. Co
Hamilton
Ohio
High Street
Court House
A. F
L. Convention
Chester M. Wright
T M. Marchant
South Carolina Association
William Green
Bennington
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