Open Shoppers Fail to Dent Portland Union Stand
Portland labor scene shows open shop efforts failing to weaken unions. Longshoremen strike, Wobblies influx, police protection noted. Despite boasted moves by Open Shoppers, Portland remains a strong union town with solid local and central labor bodies and a well regarded Portland labor temple.
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Portland
Labor News Service
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Associated Industries
Central Labor Council
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Republican Women oppose child labor curbs
New York based Women's Republican Club records their opposition to federal constitutional amendments giving Congress power to regulate child labor. They cite Supreme Court rulings that limit Congress authority to restrict employer control over child health and welfare in pursuit of profits.
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New York
Women’s Republica Club, Inc
Congress
Supreme Court
Crowell Publishing called rat in source dispute
Crowell Publishing Company of Springfield Ohio is labeled rat in a Union notice from the International Typographical Union headquarters Indianapolis. The dispute involves workers at Crowell with magazines including American Magazine Woman's Home Companion Farm and Fireside Mentor and Collier's Weekly. Another note: University of Michigan bars George W Wickersham from speaking on the League of Nations in any university building.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Ohio
Crowell Company
American Magazine
Nage
Womans Home Companion
Mentor
Collier's Weekly
University of Michigan
George W. Wickersham
Taft
League of Nations
Bituminous coal strike looming as miners plan April action
Operators and miners prepare for a nationwide bituminous coal strike next April as current contracts expire and wage demands loom. The United Mine Workers will hold its Indianapolis convention January 22 to set new wage goals, with joint talks likely before April amid bitter non union opposition.
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Union
National Mine Workers Convention
Washington, D. C
The
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ene
Iar
Biter
Iiners Club
Ellie Searles
United Mine Workers of America
Workers Gathered Facts Refuting Employer Claim on Wages
The article recounts how dining room and kitchen staff gathered data proving an employer could pay higher wages. Jere L. Sullivan notes a kitchen survey by union members linked to the Hotel and Restaurant Employes International Alliance and Bartenders International League of America. The workers tracked profits, wages, and costs to challenge wage limits and build a case for higher pay.
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International Labor News Service
Cincinnati
Jere L. Sullivan
International Alliance
Bartenders International League of America
Alon
Sullivan
Boric
Alfred
Hagher Skages
Taut
Ie Visti
Tor
Wwe
Cole Wines
Dominion Cooperative Insurance Proposed for Public Servants
The Dominion Cooperative Insurance Company would provide fire insurance without profit to public service employees in New Zealand. It aims to offer personal accident insurance and combat profiteering by private insurers, citing that 600,000 of 700,000 pounds paid-in capital comes from accumulated profits and dividends. The move echoes Lloyd George’s broader warning about rising arms in another war.
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Wellingston
New Zealand
Iot
New Abilite
Dominion
We New Zealiand
Dominion Corate Insurance Company
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Unin
United States
Rogers
Igi
Comet
the Workingman’s Store
Start Co- Operative Insurance
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Great Britain
Roeh! Venport
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