TVA Labor Policy Guards Rights for 17000 TVA Workers
Tennessee Valley Authority announces a comprehensive labor policy covering collective bargaining hours rates of pay and dispute settlement applying to 17000 valley employees. The plan allows union representation free from restraint ensures fair hearings before discharge and sets wage and overtime rules with no gender or race discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
ILNS
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Membership Gain in British Unions
The Trade Union Congress reports an increase in affiliated membership for the first time since 1930 at Margate for the sixty-seventh annual congress. Five unions joined this year as recruitment drives boosted the broader union world, with campaigns underway in major English and Welsh industrial centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Council of the
Trade Union Congress
Margate
Trede Union
England
Wales
Cotton Pickers Strike Spreads Across Three States
Day labor cotton pickers in Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma strike for a 25 cent per hundred weight wage advance. The action was called by H L Mitchell executive secretary Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
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New Orleans
SLNS
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
H. L. Mitchell
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Kennedy urges unions to lead future industry
Labor Day address by Thomas Kennedy, UMWA secretary treasurer and Pa. lieutenant governor, calls for stronger union role in industry. He lauds NRA codes when workers are organized and disciplined and urges genuine cooperation based on mutual respect to improve industry and fair income distribution.
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Indiana
ILNS
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
NRA
Hosiery Workers Strike As Contract Is Floated
In Cleveland Ohio the Waverright Hosiery Mills faced a surprise strike after weeks of failed talks to honor its contract with the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Union members endured discrimination discharges and wage cuts while regional and federal officials urged action. The strike, backed by the Cleveland Federation of Labor, aimed to pressure the firm to agree to terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Otto S. Beyer
Transportation Eastman
Beyer
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian National
Cleveland
Ohio
ILNS
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Lind
Faulkner
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Labor Pushes 30 Hour Week and Higher Wages
President Green of the American Federation of Labor urged acceptance of a 30 hour work week to curb unemployment and raise purchasing power. He argued for reduced hours, higher wages, and broader organization to create lasting jobs, warning against a permanent army of unemployment. The speech linked mechanization to job loss and called for mass distribution of work and economic reforms. A related railroad strike in Ohio is noted.
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Canton
Chio
Llns
Social Mor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Presidennt Green
Green
President Roosevelt Sets Up Recovery Agencies Under Budget Director
From the Summer White House at Hyde Park New York President Roosevelt announced an executive order placing seven recovery agencies under the director of the budget bringing the total to twenty. Officials see this as an early step toward balancing the budget and stabilizing the economy.
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Hyde Park
N. Y. Usns
Roosevelt
White House
National rail labor push aims for U S system ownership
Montreal delegates report standard railroad labor groups seek immediate nationalization of U S railways. B M Jewell cites high capitalization and obsolete stock, warning delay costs. Canadian union leaders urge cross border cooperation to resist dictatorships and preserve North American integration.
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Montreal
Ont
ILNS
United States
Standard
B. M. Jewell
The
A. F P. of L
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America
Senate
U.S
Jewell
U. S
Canada
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Kennedy
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L. Head
Painesville, Ohio
Fairport, Tainesvile & Eastern Railroad
P.M. Draper
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Draper
Krebs
Armstrong
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