Labor Foresees Recovery at AFL Convention
Frances Perkins reports durable goods industries have turned up with strong hints of broad recovery. She cites steel, construction, automobile, machine tool data while noting jobless totals fell and manufacturing wages rose. Ray Murphy of the American Legion urges unity with labor to curb subversion and push constitutional changes. President Green supports Social Security Board placement in the Labor Department and Wagner Act aims to reduce strikes through formal dispute mechanisms.
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Trade Unions See as Workers Main Support in Justice Struggle
The AFL council at its Atlantic City convention emphasizes organized labor as essential to securing rights under favorable laws and shaping new economic policies. It stresses union membership growth, collective bargaining rights, and unity to advance labor's social status and protections for all workers.
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Perkins outlines social security benefits and housing plan
Secretary Frances Perkins at the Asheville conference argues social security benefits should be accessible to wage earners, dependents, widows, and the aged with gradual taxation. She says unemployment relief will ease future costs and prevent poverty in old age. The report adds emphasis on housing and slum reclamation to stabilize recovery, with attendees from 40 states.
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Pretzel Bakery Drivers Join Union Facing Firings
Baltimore central labor union places Becker Pretzel Bakeries on unfair list after 80 percent of drivers join Local Union No. 855 and are fired. Officials allegedly said they would not deal with chauffeurs or helpers through any union.
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Labor Leader Pushes Federal Probe After Cheyenne Crash
Chicago Federation of Labor president John Fitzpatrick urges a federal investigation into labor troubles he says caused the Cheyenne airplane disaster that killed 12. He accuses United Air Lines of discharging first class mechanics and moving shops to avoid skilled workers while enforcing a yellow dog contract. United Airlines rejects the labor controversy claims, while Fitzpatrick promotes his unionization drive.
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AFL Aluminum Workers Seek New Agreement in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports AFL Aluminum Workers Union from eastern plants of American Aluminum Company of America gathered in Jet Week September to renegotiate a contract in force. Despite early expiry, officials agreed terms would apply and a new agreement was signed. Union representatives sought revisions on wages hours and seniority.
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