Champion of Working Women Opens Shoppers on Labor Costs
Miss Mary Anderson, director of the U S Women's Bureau, urged National Association of Manufacturers to pay fair wages to women workers. She noted eight and a half million employed women in the U S and four million in producing and distributing trades. She warned cheap labor harms industry and families, urging social responsibility to protect working women and mothers.
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International Labor News Service
New York City
Mary Anderson
United States
Women’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
National Association
Miss Anderson
Forty Eight Hour Law Looms in New York Election
Governor Smith appointed a commission to study state conditions as a 48-hour workweek for women workers rises as a pivotal issue in the November election. Industrial commissioner James A. Hamilton cites that over half of upstate and city factories already exceed 48 hours, arguing a statewide limit is a health measure against fatigue, dust, fumes and relentless work pace.
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New York
State Assembly
Smith
James A. Hamilton
New York City
Textile mills urged to cut chatter and boost efficiency
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers' Assoc president George Harris argues cloth demand can be met in 60 percent of current time. Critics say 40 percent of mills could be dispensed with while engineers and unions cite outdated plants. A Labor Statistics survey found cotton mill output rose nearly 80 percent over 1911 due to better equipment and management.
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George
Harris
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Heavily taxed New York acci dents and fatalities cost billions
Officials at the Reconstruction Hospital cite a nationwide survey showing industrial accidents account for over one fifth of losses. The data claim one person in nine suffers an accident annually and one in ten deaths stems from accidents. Reported figures include 12,000,000 accidents yearly, 23 per minute and 1,880 per second, with over 100,000 persons affected annually.
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New York
Reconstruction Hospital
United States
Industrial accidents burden city with youth injuries
The piece notes widespread injuries to arms feet and hands from accidents in the city. It estimates about 6,000 cases involve individuals under 16 and cites totals of 2.5 to 7 million accidents nationwide each year causing immense economic losses, calculated on a daily wage of 4 dollars, totaling over a billion dollars.
Textile strike battles police tactics and bomb charges
United Textile Workers leader Thomas McMahon accuses Passaic Garfield and Clifton police of using hostilities to break the strike. About twenty one workers and a boy are arrested. strikers allege planted bombings by detective agencies to provoke violence and justify arrests.
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N. d
Thomas McMahon
United Textile Workers
Passaic
Garfield
Clifton
Henry Munt
Hold-Up Injury Wins Workmen Compensation in Newark
New Jersey Supreme Court sustains a $1,700 workmen compensation award for a worker shot during a Newark hold-up. Court says such violence can be reasonably connected to employment in modern times.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey State Supreme Court
Newark
Favor Old Age Pensions Move Backed by Congress
Montreal reports the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada favors an old age pension system under government supervision. Officers say the federal government accepted the principle, with President Tom Moore and Secretary-Treasurer Draper re-elected.
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Montreal
Quebec
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Congress
Tom Moore
Draper
Vancouver Wage Order Reconsidered After Protests
Vancouver British Columbia. The minimum wage board will revisit its order affecting the canning industry after strong protests from the Trades and Labor Council.
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Vancouver
B. C
Minimum Wage Board
Tradea and Labor Council
Barring of Labor Speakers By Detroit Churches News
Detroit churches and the Y M C A canceled invitations to labor leaders during the AFL convention amid open shop pressure. Directors including C B Van Dusen and Truman H Newberry are cited as influential businessmen backing the move. The Federal Council of Churches faces embarrassment as the open shop issue dominates the city debate.
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Chester M. Wright
International Labor News Service
Detroit
Mich
American Federation of Labor
Inter
Green
C. B. van Dusen
Kresge
Howard A. Coffin
Charles B. Warren
United States Attorney General
Senate
Truman H. Newberry
Federal Council of Churches
Convention City
Ministerial Association
John Prey
Molders’ Union
Open Shop
Detroit Board of Commerce
Detroiter
Labor Executives Hit Church Action in Detroit
Organized labor leaders condemn Detroit churches inviting union speakers. John P Frey accuses Christianity of becoming mercenary. Harry Daugherty cited for using force to sustain the open shop. T W McCullough warns of loss of public respect for a deal with labor. Andrew Furuseth contrasts Detroit’s auto push with ancient empires. George L Berry laments autocracy in America amid events this week.
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International Labor News Service
Detroit
Organized Labor
Mc Daugherty
T. W. McCullough
MCA
Andrew Furuseth
Babylon
Greece
Rome
George L. Berry
America
I L G W U Educational Bulletin Outlines Year Ahead
The International Ladies' Garment Workers Union educational department details its purpose and plans for the coming year. It stresses training leaders and workers through social science courses to combat inequality, improve informed participation, and strengthen the labor movement under executive secretary Fannia M. Cohn.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Fannia M. Cohn
Educational Department
Labor Laws Urged by Nashua Labor Federation
Nashua New Hampshire State Federation of Labor urged officials to renew opposition to the labor injunction at the next meeting. The call emphasizes continued organized labor stance and legal challenge to restraining orders affecting workers.
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Nashua
N. H
New Hampshire State Federation of Labor
Law change raises workers compensation to two thirds
The legislative session favored increasing workmen's compensation from one half to two thirds of weekly pay and raising the maximum weekly benefit from 15 to 20 dollars. The convention reelected President Barry and Secretary-Treasurer Kesher and picked Keene as the next convention city.
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Barry
Kelesher
Keene
Old Bugaboo New York Debates Eight Hour Day
Employers warn an eight hour day would cripple New York textile and pottery output while Southern mills with long hours hold an advantage. Frances Perkins calls for higher workers compensation up to 5000 dollars and looser hearsay evidence rules. The state industrial survey commission, created by the last legislature, includes Senate and Assembly members, labor and employer representatives, and public members.
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New York
State Industrial Survey Commission
Southern Mills
Frances Perkins
Senate
Assembly
Theatre Workers Win Union-Shop Pact in Rock Island
Theatre workers in Rock Island Illinois have won their strike securing a union shop agreement. Musicians, moving picture operators and stage employees participated in the action.
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Rock Island
U. S. Labor Sees Mexican Toilers’ Welfare as Priority
President William Green, addressing the Detroit AFL convention, states that the union’s sole concern for Mexican workers is to improve their economic and industrial conditions. He notes shared citizenship rights and urges aid to raise living standards, while opposing greed that harms workers worldwide.
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U. S
Green
Detroit
International Labor News Service
Mich
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Ricardo Trevino
Mexican Federation of Labor
Trevino
Republic of Mexico
United States
Impeachment urged for judge over coal land deals
Morgantown West Virginia the annual convention of the West Virginia State Federation of Labor urged impeachment of Judge Lazzelle of the Monongalia county circuit court alleging he and his family sold coal lands to a mine operator and receive annual royalties disqualifying him from labor injunction cases involving the same operator. The convention also condemned employing incompetent miners who endanger lives workers and property.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Lazzelle
Monongalu County
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
DC Supreme Court blocks FTC access to business records
Washington. The District of Columbia supreme court enjoined the federal trade commission from examining books and records of Millers National Federation of Chicago. The court held the request intrudes on business privacy and constitutional rights, denying equitable remedy for the FTC investigation of the baking and milling industry.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
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Ellis Searles
James Wilson
John H. Walker
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