Keystone textile workers flock to unions in Pennsylvania
In Lewistown and across Pennsylvania the textile industry shows growing union organization. John Phillips of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor mobilized 700 signatures at a Viscose mill gate, and W. F. Kelly of the United Textile Workers has since signed up about 3,000 of 4,000 Lewistown mill workers. Other towns like Conshohocken, Bridgeport, Norristown, Nurenburg, Philadelphia, York and Milroy report rising union membership across silk, worsted, woolen and hosiery sectors. Wages and grievance processes improved as unions gain footholds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lewistown
John Phillips
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Phillips
W. F. Kelly
United Textile Workers of America
Viscose
DuPont
United Textile Workers
Pennsylvania Federation
Nurenburg
Conshohocken
Bridgeport
Norristown
Philadelphia
York
Milroy
American Federation of Full Fashioned
Picket Frank Milner Honored by 10000 at Open-Air Funeral
Ten thousand workers gathered in Philadelphia to mourn Frank Milner a 19 year old strike picket shot at the Cambria Silk Hosiery plant. Clem H Norwood 33 died alongside him. Norwood's body is to be sent to Durham North Carolina for burial. Adolph Hirshberg Central Labor Union president urged union organization as Milner's coffin rested.
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Philadelphia
SLNS
McPherson Square
Frank Milner
Cambria Silk Hosiery Company
Clem H. Norwood
Milner
Silk Company
Durham
N. C
Adolph Hirshberg
Central Labor Union
Labor to Fight NIRA Violations, Green Warns at Akron
President William Green of the AFL urged Labor Day turnout in Akron to defend the NIRA union rights. He said 2,000,000 workers have returned to work since March and called for 7(a) enforcement, code hour reductions, and full AFL cooperation with the recovery act.
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NIRA
Green
Roosevelt
Labor Head Hails Recovery Act
President William Green of the AFL says the national industrial recovery act will boost employment and strengthen labor's campaign. He asserts labor will gain a larger role in economic life and industrial relations through collective action and organized action.
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Washington, D. C
ILNS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Sweatshops Protest Staged Around Media Plant
Media officials promise no tolerance for sweatshop activity as the International Pocket book Workers Union expands its strike from Philadelphia to Media. The union lines the M Rudnick Bay Co factory, which locked out 45 workers after the strike call. Union organizer Joseph Brooks appeals for operator support from Burgess Mathews, who urges peaceful picketing within the law.
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Rudnick
Joseph Brooks
Burgess Mathews
NRA
Mathews
Brooks
Union rally in Ottumwa stresses broad labor reach
Donald Richberg, general counsel of the National Recovery Administration, told a large Ottumwa audience that labor organization is necessary to advance workers and protect all. He urged organization of industrial, transportation workers and farmers so no single group dominates others.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
ILNS
Donald Richberg
National Recovery Administration
Richberg
Pocketbook Workers Extend General Strike in Philadelphia
One hundred more pocketbook workers join the general strike, raising total to five hundred or about eighty percent of the industry. The walkout follows mass picket lines, with Ingber shop employees contributing a third of its workforce amid clashes with police at the line.
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Philadelphia
ILNS
Pocketbook
David Ingber
Ingber
British Labor Demands Government NRA Program
British labor delegates from the American Federation of Labor and Trade Union Congress urge the government to adopt shorter hours higher wages and public works modeled on the American recovery program. They cite Roosevelt's policies as democratic and urge a British mission to study the plan.
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Trade Union Congress
Roosevelt
Brighton
England
ILNS
Thomas E. Burk
O. M. Madsen
American Federation of Labor
Congress
United States
America
Burke
United Assorcration of Journeymen
Labor Press Honored by Illinois Labor Convention
Chicago journalist Joseph A Wise lauds the labor press and International Labor News Service at the Illinois Federation of Labor convention. He notes editors often sacrifice financially yet keep the press alive to educate thousands of new members in true trade unionism and affirms ILNS as a strong AFL aligned tool guiding recovery administration.
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Chicago
ILNS
Labor Press
International Labor News
Joseph A. Wise
Chester M. Wright and Associates
Llinois Federation of Labor
Wise
Labor Papers
Labor
International Labor News Service
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Green
Strike Delays School Opening in Scranton Area
One hundred teachers in Old Forge Borough go on strike after a six months back pay demand is denied delaying the start of fall and winter term in Scranton area schools.
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Scranton
SNS
Old Porg
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Edgar K. Wagner
Postera Pande
Nonpareil Printing Co
Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio
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Akron, Ohio
Organized Labor
American Federation For Labor
Akron Central Labor Union
Harriman
Henry I. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
Chamber of Commercce
Industrial Recovery Act
Law of the Sand
Mr. Harriman
Pennsy
Gram
A. B P. of L
American Labor Movement
Chester M. Wright and Assocites
Recovery Administration
Washington
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