Construction League Formed to Boost Industry Welfare
Nineteen construction groups with over 100000 members and billions in capital unite as the Construction League to coordinate actions across the building trades. Robert D. Kohn of New York named general chairman, with headquarters in Washington and plans to expand to 35 member associations. The league aims to serve the public by linking the American Federation of Labor, contractors, architects, and engineers for coordinated efforts and shared methods.
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New York City
NLNS
American Institute of Architects
Robert D. Kohn
New York
Institute
Provisional Organization
Construction League
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
League
District of Columbia
Washington
E. J. Harding
Washington, D
Associated General Contractors of America
E. C. Kemper
Washington, D. C
L. W. Wallace
American Engineering Council
Fight to lower railroad wages seen as near
Washington reports a looming clash as railroads threaten wage cuts if rate increases fail to materialize. Steel cuts 10 percent and refuses price reductions, signaling internal burdens shifted to workers. Rail unions promise to defend livelihoods and seek a definite labor policy amid consolidation pressure and ICC rate leverage.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federation Departments Elect Executive Officers
Vancouver B C The departments of the American Federation of Trade re elected their executive officers at their annual conventions here. The metal trades department re elected James O Connell president and John P Frey secretary. The building trades department re elected M J McDonough president and W J Spencer secretary treasurer. The union label trades department re elected George W Perkins president and John J Manning secretary treasurer.
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Vancouver
B. C
American Federation of Trader
Metal Trades Department
James O'Connell
John P. Frey
Building Trades Department
M. J. McDonough
W. J. Spencer
Union Label Trades Department
George W. Perkins
John J. Manning
Work is Wanted Not Charity at A F L Convention
The American Federation of Labor in Vancouver outlines immediate and long range programs to fight unemployment. It calls on employers to add two workers each, maintain wages, shorten hours, and expand public works while pushing for hearings, a permanent labor board, five day week, and job preservation. It also urges union organization and opposes public unemployment insurance, while criticizing the lowest bidder rule in government contracts.
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D. B. Robertson
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Vancouver
United States Employment Service
John R. Alpine
National Labor Board
Council
Power industry growth noted at Cincinnati meeting
A. H. Kehoe of New York told 600 industry leaders at the National Electric Light Association annual meeting in Cincinnati that the U S power sector doubles roughly every five years and ranks with the automobile industry as the fastest growing in the nation. He cited Americans using over 1 billion kilowatt hours annually, far more than the rest of the world combined, and linked electricity use to higher living standards.
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Cincinnati
ILNS
United States
A. H. Kehoe
New York
National Electric Light Association
Kehoe
United Electric Light and Power Company of
Wage Concession Won By Norwegian Workers
Oslo reports Norwegian organized labor won major concessions in a seven month strike over a general wage cut of more than 12 percent. The lockout hit over 5 000 workers across paper iron mining textile clothing printing shoe building sawmilling and related industries. Employers later declared sympathy lockouts in electro chemical and domestic sectors.
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Oslo
Norway
Aml Ylanine
Electro-Chemical
Public Works Contracts Surpass 36 Million in Week
Anarila reports public works contracts for the week ending October 2 rose by 34 million to exceed 2.5 billion since December 1950. The 434 projects spanned 38 states and the District of Columbia, covering federal, state, county and municipal construction including schools, bridges, streets, sewers and water supply.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Anarila
Organization On Unemployment Relief
District of Columbia
Thirty-one States Revise Workers' Compensation Act
Parke P. Deans told the International Association of Industrial Accidents Boards that 31 of 41 states with workers compensation laws enacted amendments this year. Coverage was broadened in 18 states, benefits were liberalized in 14, occupational disease laws appeared in six, shorter waiting periods in two, and legal fees in three jurisdictions.
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Richmond, Va
ILNS
International Association of Industrial Accidents Boards and Associations
Parke P. Deans
Deans
Union Pay Higher Work Hours Cut in U S Bureau Report
Washington reports that union hourly wage rates rose overall with 109 increases across 20 trade groups in 40 localities, while working hours decreased more than they rose. Only seven of 672 full-time hour comparisons showed increases, 97 drops, and 507 showed no change.
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Washington, D.C
TLNS
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Pilots Form Union in Vancouver First Air Fliers Group
President Green announced the creation of the Airline Pilots Association in Vancouver with 400 members, affiliating with the American Federation of Labor. It marks the first union of air, mail and commercial fliers.
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Vancouver
B. C
ILNS
Green
Airline Pilots’ Association
American Federation of Labor
National Menace Seen in Socialized Insurance
Barre Vermont Henry Swift Ives special counsel for the Associated Ca sualty and Surety Executives of New York warned against the national menace of socialistic ideals infiltrating government in a Vermont Association of Insurance Agents speech. He condemned state funds as the main government ownership threat and noted 17 states enroll in workers compensation insurance with seven forming monopolies restricting private insurers. He warned extend adoption could follow propagandists.
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Ives
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Ohio
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Court House
Federation
C. W. Gath CO
A. F. of
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McCarl
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Kehow
U. S. Board
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Structural Iron Workers
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