Unions Drive Wage and Hour Gains Across Industry
Denver report from the American Federation of Labor outlines six months of union gains in wages and hours. It notes average hourly earnings rising from 59 to 64 cents and the work week shortening from 41 to 40 and a half hours, with pushes toward a universal 40 hour week.
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A. F. of
L. Executive Council
Denver
Colo
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Labor Department
NRA
United States
Walsh links racketeers to high level greed in crime spree
Rev Edmund A Walsh Georgetown University official warned at the International Association for Identification that top level business and bank racketeers fostered crime below. He cited licensed money changers bucket shops fraudulent trusts price fixing and market manipulation as fueling lower tier racketeering and violence.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
International Association For Identification
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
Father Walsh
Underworld
Law enforcement costs and racketeering drain nation
Dr Walsh estimated annual law enforcement spending at 15 billion dollars while racketeering likely costs 18 billion, highlighting vast outlays amid an era of extravagance. The remarks frame crime costs as a major ongoing burden on the economy.
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Walsh
Boycott Call Grows for Japanese Goods by Union Label
Denver session of the Union Label Trades department urges federation backing for a nationwide boycott of all Japanese manufactured goods. The executive board notes strong progress through women’s auxiliaries, union label weeks, and state proclamations in Texas and Utah. A December national advertising drive will use radio, newspapers, public gatherings, and house-to-house visits to promote union label products.
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Denver
JLNS
Union Label Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Texas
Utah
Inland Boatmen Union Chartered by CIO in Washington
The CIO announced a local union charter issued to the Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, with 10,000 members. The union president is C. W. Beal of San Francisco.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
CIO
Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific
C. W. Beal
San Fran
Campaign Proudly Reports Million New AFL Members
The AFL executive council presented a vigorous report at the Denver convention noting a national push since the supreme court ruling on the labor relations act. Organizing staff expanded across cement, aluminum, milling, agriculture, packing, canneries and white collar fields, adding about one million dues paying members. The council urged continued militant organizing and the extension of a one cent per member per month assessment to fund campaigns, asserting victory is assured and that unorganized workers will join the AFL. Memphis convention also saw the Southern Tenant Farmers Union vote to join CIO affiliate United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers, and call for a minimum cotton pay of $1 per 100 pounds.
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Denver
Cole
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
A. F. of L
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Council
Conference of Representatives of National
Cincinnati
Memphis,Tenn
ILNS
Southern
Tenant Farmers’ Union
United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America
CIO
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansa
Texa
Oklahoma
North Garlina
Missouri
Building Trades Elects New Officers At Denver Convention
Denver report details the first annual Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor convention. Joseph A. Melnerney was elected president and Herbert Rivers secretary treasurer. William Green attacked the CIO, Dr. John A. Lapp praised for his arbitration work, and retiring President Williams warned unions about jurisdictional disputes to avoid government intervention.
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Denver
ILNS
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Tabor
A. PF
Joseph A. Melnerney
New York
International Association of
Marble
J. W. Williams
Herbert Rivers
Kansas City
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union
M. J. McDonough
William Green
CIO
A. F. of L
John A. Lapp
Lapp
Williams
Ule
Boston Central Labor Union Moves Offices to Midtown
After 33 years in the south end, the Boston Central Labor Union relocated its offices and meeting rooms to 120 Boylston street on the sixth floor of the Walker building in midtown Boston.
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Boston
ILNS
Boston Central Labor Union
Boylston Street
Walker
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