Ford Five Day Week Seen as Marketing Scheme by Critics
Detroit union veterans allege Henry Ford uses a staged five day week to boost car and farm equipment sales while cranking up publicity. They claim the plan hides real six day pay for star workers and ties raises to performance, not time.
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Ford
Joseph A. Wise
International Labor News Service
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
The
Bank
Hank
American Federation of Labor
Ford Organization
Duffy Celebrates Quarter Century as Union Secretary
Frank Duffy, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, marked 25 years in office with a dinner at the Elks Club. He received a hall clock as a token of esteem. messages came from leaders including John L. Lewis and William Green.
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International Labor News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Duffy
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Brotherhood
General Board
Duffy
Elks Club
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Charles W. Morey
Chicago Technical College
New York
Indiana
Philadelphia
Carpenter
Shorter Workday Boosts BC Industry Efficiency
The British Columbia eight hour day reduces labor hours yet cuts production costs. Aboard by the hours of work act, firms reorganized systems and improved methods, lowering Oriental worker numbers in some cases. Employers shifted from long hours to efficiency, raising output with a higher skilled workforce.
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International Labor News Service
Montreal
British Columbia
Board of Adjustment
AFL Calls For Shorter Work Week In Auto Era
Detroit reports the American Federation of Labor adopts a program to organize the automobile industry and push a shorter work week. The declaration argues reduced hours protect workers and industry, noting high production and rising power of modern methods. It cites the need to shorten both daily hours and weekly days to prevent overwork and sustain purchasing power.
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International Labor News Service
Detroit
Mich
American Federation of Labor Convention
American Federation of Labor
Shorter Workday Cuts Costs Amid Shifting Labor Mix
Article notes that shortening the workday maintained output while cutting costs despite higher payroll. Orientals now 11 percent of workers with Japanese Hindu reductions, Chinese rising slightly. Northern European immigrant workers increase in share.
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Europe
Fashion Tailors Win After Week-Long NYC Strike
In New York’s Fifth Avenue fashion houses 1200 tailors end a week long walkout after a 44 to 40 hour work week and an $8 weekly raise. The two year contract authorizes reopening wage scales if living costs rise.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Coal Mine Death Toll Grows in August Report
The International Labor News Service reports 243 coal mine deaths in August from U S Bureau of Mines figures. Of these 211 occurred in bituminous mines and 82 in anthracite. A disaster at Clymer No 1 in Pennsylvania killed 44 men. Through eight months there were 11 major disasters with five or more deaths.
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International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Mines
Clymer No
Clymer
Bureau of Mines
Coal Mine Accidents Claim 1575 Lives So Far This Year
Aggregate 255 lives lost in one incident and 1,575 men killed by coal mine accidents across the United States from January to August this year.
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United States
Amoskeag Treasurer Endorses Shorter Work Week
Manchester N H F C Dumaine, treasurer of Amoskeag Company, approves the shorter work week in his annual report. He says cotton machinery can overproduce goods beyond world demand. The Amoskeag Company, the world’s largest cotton goods maker, opposes organized labor and maintains a company union.
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Manchester
N. H
F. C. Dumaine
Amoskeag Company
Miners Fleeced Claim Spurs Labor Federation Action
Denver report says non union miners in Colorado are cheated by short weight. John Gross, secretary of the Colorado State Federation of Labor, raises the issue seeking remedies.
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Denver
John Gross
Colorado State Federation of Labor
How American Labor Speeds Production and Cuts Wages
Detroit speech by John P Frey at the AFL convention cites European coal outputs and U S productivity gains. He argues American miners would need a 25 percent wage rise to match European per ton pay, and cites GM and steel industry gains and rising output per worker. He concludes American wages sit low despite higher output.
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International Labor News Service
Detroit
Mich
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
Frey
Europe
United States
Sears
General Motors
United States Bureau of Statistics
Labor unions and federation facts in questions answers
A Q and A summary covering labor observances Labor Day Labor Sunday Labor Memorial Sunday the American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers room contents and displays constitutional amendment rules and the present AFL membership figures including an estimated total and notes on unpaid per capita taxes and strikes.
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American Federation of Labor
A. P. of L. Executive Council
Detroit
A. F. of L
Hospitals Protest Low Injuries Pay
Atlantic City hospitals care for workers compensation cases below cost. The American Hospital Association adopted a resolution calling for charitable contributions to cover the deficiency. It said the present rates make proper treatment of compensation cases oppressive and unjust.
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Atlantic City
American Hospital Associaton
Union Typo Scalp Foe in Topeka Primary
In Topeka Kansas union printers defeated Jess Miley for superintendent of public instruction. Miley was too friendly to an anti union printing establishment while vowing he was a friend of labor.
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Topeka, Kan
Jess Miley
Miley
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Gompers
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