Trade unions as a path to teacher independence and reform
A Chicago News piece argues that extending union principles to education could elevate teachers from service roles to independent professionals. It cites Professor Henry Suzzallo’s plan for local guilds, state federations, and a national council, countering charges that it would merely create a trade union. It notes broader labor organizing trends and reports on women’s work hours and a Lapland customs vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intertiue
Philadelphia
Kervice
Henry Suzzallo
Bus
Sazzullo
Suzzalio
Nations Educational Association
Brussels
National Union of Teachers
Belgian Labor Party and
Federation of Trade Unions
Turkiye Turbulence and Vengeance Over Sultan Threats
The New York Sun reports a purge after a failed sultan’s voyage in Turkey. Thirty two men were executed for treason tied to the assassination plot. Earlier, riders died when a rock fell on the sultan’s party. A secret lodge’s 118 members faced execution for alleged complicity despite protestations of innocence. A eunuch who claimed the rock was an accident was also put to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matai Shefket Pasha
Turk
Ture Kish Custon
Dows
Turkey
Mohammed
Vers Jnst
New York Sun
Killed by Light and Dark Cave Dwellers
Observers note the blind fish of Mammoth Cave Kentucky withdraw from illumination and perish in bright aquaria. The absence of light appears to be a common trait among the sightless cave creatures, suggesting light is directly harmful to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Great
Starting Something In A Marriage Scene
A playful exchange unfolds as Jessica hints at asking her father for matrimony while Philip plans to play lively piano music. Jessica cautions that music may stir people to dance, while Philip counters that people cannot stay still when they hear any music.
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Papa
Philip
Jessica
Ivery
Statesman
The Minimum Wage Debate and Women’s Morals
A Tabor Clarion editorial rejects a universal minimum wage for women as weak policy. It argues for practical organization over legislation, urging focus on real benefits to working women and condemning attacks on womanhood tied to wages, rents, and living costs.
Why Are Not All Workers Members of a Labor Union
A Citizen piece reflects on why all workers do not join unions. It argues human selfishness or self interest, not malice, but also notes economic calculations, cost of dues versus immediate gains, and the social motive to align labor with collective action. The piece ends urging patience and belief that wiser self interest will unite workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capa
Los Angeles
Mulhall Revelations Taint Manufacturers Lobbying Acts
The Shoe Workers' Journal cites Martin Mulhall exposing his alleged work for manufacturers to lobby against labor laws, defeat pro labor lawmakers, and fund bribery efforts to sway elections. The Manufacturers Association denies the charges, yet supporting correspondence is being handed to a U.S. Senate investigating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhall
Natonal Association of Manufacturers
Parry, Post
van Cleave
Kirby
Martin M. Mulhall
Manufacturers Association
United States Senate
Shoe Workers’ Journal
Labor Unions of Norway Membership Rise in 1912
The labor organizations in Norway count 60,378 members with an increase of 7,203 during 1912. All groups grew, led by common laborers adding 1,680 members, followed by railroad and metal unions with a 1,220 rise.
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Labor Unions of
Norway
Open Shop Unfair Fight Against Unions Decried
The Springfield Daily Record condemns the open shop as a ploy to eliminate unions. It argues union men cannot work openly with nonunion labor without compromising principles, and that open shop policies lower wages and harm Springfield’s overall prosperity. It emphasizes protecting local unions and wages for the city’s workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Sl) Daily Record
Cmy
Springield
Protect Women Workers Call to End Low Wages
A historical call argues for laws defending working women from starvation wages and harsh labor. It frames protecting women as foundational to national future, endorsing fair pay and penalties for underpaying or overworking women, with a stepwise government approach.
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Starvat
Arthur Brisbane
Reforming Georgia Child Labor Policy Shelved
The Atlanta Journal argued for a 14 year age limit and tighter hours, but Georgia's legislature shelved the measure fearing harm to the cotton industry. Mills opposed restrictions, despite claims child labor harms communities and long term development. The debate highlighted tension between reform advocates and business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
The
Atlanta Journal
National Child Labor Committee
Ufe
Printers' Fine Showing and Rising Union Membership
The International Typographical Union reports strong growth in membership and earnings from 1900 to 1913. Average earnings per member climbed from 897 to 1,023, with paying membership rising from 44,021 in 1900 to 65,614 in 1913. Total wage gains from June 1, 1908, to May 31, 1913, reached 16,000,748. Data are drawn from the union’s convention in Nashville, Tennessee and used to calculate old age pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Typographies Union
Nashville
Tenn
International Typographical
Basow
International Office
Critique of Early Industrial Sweatshop Practices
The principal abuses in the modern industrial system include sweatshop conditions masking home work, child labor under sixteen, women working over eight hours daily, contract convict labor, minors in dangerous jobs, insanitary factories, and low wages.
Trade Union Gossip and Labor Movements Chronicle
Petitions for an eight hour statute filed in all California counties under initiative law. International labor groups in North America total 148 with 99 affiliated locals in Canada. Molders' union members spurn sympathy strikes with Metal Trades at Foss Plant in Hyde Park. Machinists and railroad officials settle disputes with wage gains and concessions. San Francisco Building Trades council names P. H. McCarthy as president for the eighteenth straight term. Missouri Supreme Court upholds law restricting employment to under ten hours daily for men and women.
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California
North America
Dominion of Canada
Molders
Foss Planta
Hyde Park
Masa
Weeterp
San Francisco Building Trades Council
P. H. McCarthy
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Irkers
Minnesota State Bureau of Labor
Iast
Chien News
Hue Rope
Noa
Lapland
Chicago News
America
Tabor Clarion
Supreme Court of Missouri
Hamilton
Geo. East & Son
Nigh St
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
East Std
Cincinnati
Ghig
Ohio Union
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
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