Rochester Building Trades Union Adopts Five Day Week
The Building Trades Council of Rochester now has all crafts on a five day week with no wage cuts and some increases. Plumbers Local 13 signed for $11.50 per day with future increases to $12, totaling $57.50 weekly now and $60 after January 1 1931. Other crafts list daily or hourly scales and notes asbestos workers first to sign.
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Rochester
N. Y
ILNS
Building Trades Council of
Central Trades and Labor Council
State and American Federation of Labor
Building Trades, Crafts
Plumbers’ and Steam Fitters’ Union
Frank J. Hartnett
Plumbers and Steamfitters' Union
Association of Master Plumbers
United States
Strike Ordered to Stop Wage Cut in New York
Raincoat makers in New York declared a strike to resist a 20 percent wage cut. Workers in the children's dress department joined to demand a minimum wage and better conditions. International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union president Benjamin Schlesinger blames employers for wage and sweatshop issues and accuses them of hiring private detectives to attack pickets.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Benjamin Schlesinger
The
International
Children’s Dress
Schlesinger
Idle a challenge says New York cleric
New York Dr John McDowell secretary Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions called idleness a challenge to churches in his Labor Sunday message. He warned that living on the verge of poverty with irregular employment is not conducive to faith or service.
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New York
John McDowell
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
NYC Lodging House Plans to Double Capacity for Winter Demand
The New York City municipal lodging house, now serving more unemployed men women and children than last winter, plans to double capacity with charity aid to meet expected free food and lodging needs. For the quarter to June 30 the average daily housed and fed was 980, above 948 in 1914 and 970 in 1915. On August 25 the tally reached 1,245 with about 7 percent women and children. last December nightly totals seldom exceeded 1,060, and this summer shows a 50 percent rise from last year with 69 percent of applicants from outside the city.
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New York City
ILNL
Welf
Frank J. Taylor
High Wages Seen as Path to Bigger Profits
Edward A. Filene argues a $25 a week minimum wage for retail workers is a practical minimum and essential for profits. He says high wages boost buying power, reduce prices through efficiency, and fuel a cycle of employment and growth, contrasting with the old view that raises hurt business. Washington favors continuing emergency income cuts as of the White House.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Edward A. Pilene
Boston
Mr. Filene
United States
Eviction Threats Fuel Union Struggle At Revolution Mills
In Greensboro North Carolina workers at Revolution Mills face eviction threats for joining a union after 87 layoffs at the giant denim mill. Hearings were deemed farcical as juries and proper venue were missing, while a tent colony for homeless workers emerged as union organizers report daily membership gains.
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Greensboro
N. D
ILNS
Revolution Milla Hero
Cone
Revolution Mill
North Carolina
Revolution Mills
Gilmer Township
Moorehead Township
Unemployment Census Figures Released Across States
The final count shows 2 508 151 unemployed in April, about 2 percent of the labor force. The Census Bureau will publish detailed breakdowns by sex age color nativity and other factors. unemployment rates vary by state from 0.5 to over 8 percent with Michigan highest at 9.3 percent and Rhode Island 3.2 percent.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
Census Bureau
South Dakota
Misissippi
Michigan
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Minis
Neada
California
Bethlehem Bonus May Be Revised
Youngstown Ohio report on Bethlehem Steel Corporation weighing ending the secret executive bonuses. Stockholders clash with the board over a 1 million dollar pay to president Fugent Grace and a total 4.2 million last year. The dispute ties to wage increases, labor board rate changes, and machinist compensation.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Emnereer
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Fugent Grace
Hi-120
Grave
Bethlehem
War Labor Board
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Ask City
Richman
Richman Bros. CO
High St
Court House
First National Bank
Filene
Washington
White House
Charles Mr. Gaskill
Greensboro Central Labor Body
Gaskill
Congress
Krebs
and Union Store
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