Eight Hour Day Secured by Economic Organization
The article argues that the eight hour workday for workers, including miners, carpenters, printers, and many trades, is achieved through labor unions and economic power rather than legislation alone. It cites the A P of L, public and private sector gains, and notes a current campaign to organize anthracite miners to secure the standard. Samuel Gomper credits economic organization for gains and enforcement.
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A. P. of L
America
Unnel
Star Territories
Colorado
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gom
Illinois factory inspector urges sixteen age limit for work
A state report finds only six industries offer advancement for under eighteens banking garments printing baking telegraph and office work. It urges starting after sixteen for better training and notes health concerns for girls aged fourteen to sixteen. Ohio and Michigan already set teen work limits.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Ohio
Michigan
Labor Briefs Mention Pay Increases And Strikes
Reports show Brooklyn navy yard machinists seeking 50 cent daily raise to four fifty. San Pedro longshoremen win higher pay after employer talks. A three month strike by 1200 mill workers in northern New York ends in compromise. Ladies Tailors and Dressmakers union plans a 20,000 worker strike across 600 Greater New York shops. A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes a rumor about Dalby’s marriage.
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United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
San Pedro
Cal
New York
Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers’ Union
Greater
Theoretical Wages and Wages Reality at Wright Wire
Superintendent Lauren of Wright Wire in Palmer Massachusetts described a new piecework and bonus system to the state conciliators. The plan promises theoretical weekly earnings from fifteen to thirty dollars but acknowledges possible gaps between theory and actual cash.
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Lauren
Wright Wire Company
Palmer
Mass
State Board of Conciliation
Miners Split on Amalgamation of Two Unions
A joint report from the United Mine Workers of America and the Western Federation of Miners states no amalgamation will occur at this time. Each committee will submit a separate report detailing findings and policy reasons, urging continued cordial relations and card exchanges between unions. Also noted are commentary on labor disputes and a wage raise for dress cutters under an across-the-board agreement.
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Western Federation
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Western Federation of Miners
Pan
Butte
Amalgamated Ladies’ Garment Cutters’ Union
Labor Notes and Labor Movements Across Industries
More than 10,000 machinists have joined munition factories in Europe. Ohio seeks sickness insurance for industrial workers. Lennon cites 000 trade unionists in the Whit States. St Louis teamsters win shorter hours no Sunday work and 50 cents weekly pay rise plus overtime pay. Overland plant Toledo to shift to eight hour day starting Nov 1 affecting about 112,000 employees.
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Europe
Ohio State Board of Health
Whit States
John B. Lennon
Commission On Industrial Relations
St. Louis
Overland Automobile Factory
Toledo
Shakespeare Signature Debate Baffles 19th Century Expert
William McConway argues that signatures attributed to William Shakespeare prove he could not write, suggesting a hired scribe copied his name for legal documents. He cites a 1011 paper and a Globe theatre fragment as evidence of a literate arranger guiding the plays and signing deeds with an X mark.
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Willian McConway
Shakespeare
McConway
Hite
Crivener
Renee
Wis
McConway Peters
Wallice
Mortygs
Mr. McCon Way
Leavinie
Stratford
New York Sun
Fake benevolence and welfare funds funded by workers
A letter denounces large employers who label welfare schemes as benevolence while extracting payments from employees. It accuses them of using sick funds and hospital charges as revenue and of seeking to absolve themselves of responsibility for injuries, with doctors paid from employee envelopes and workers pressured to subscribe for private benefits. The piece criticizes unionism and industrial practices as exploitative.
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Libor
Tations
Massachusetts Eight Hour Law Aids Child Labor Rehire Effort
A Pennsylvania factory report notes that child laborers were dismissed then rehired within a week in several towns, with about 5000 rehired and 31000 previously employed. The ruling spurred union action and led to petitions to state legislators.
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ton
Cui
New Bedford
West Lewy
Daniel
Lee Ely
Eight Hour Day Victory for Pittsburgh Unions
Pittsburgh trades unions clinched a victory over the Obia and Pittsburgh Milk Company by securing eight hour workdays. Engineers firemen and helpers will join their unions while many workers move from twelve hour shifts. Baltimore was chosen for the 2016 Typographical Union meeting. salary increases for the president and secretary treasurer were approved. amendments to priority and six day laws were sent to referendum.
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Pittsburgh
Obia and
Pittsburgh Milk Company
Baltimore
International Typographical Union Conception
Los Angeles
Bonus For Motor Workers War Bonus Plan
The Internatious Motorcar Company operating Mack Bros plant in Allentown Pennsylvania and the Saurer motor car plant at Plaintest New Jersey announced a war bonus. It will pay employees twenty percent of their total monthly earnings payable at the first of each month.
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Internatious Motorcar Company
Mack Bros
Allentown
Saurer Motorcar
Plaintest
N. J
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International Typographical Union
the Nations Publishers’ Associaion
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Pneland Investment and Security Company
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Worcester Consolidated Ines
Dalblay
Gancee
Birmingham Age-Herald
San Francisco Bulletin
Labor Notes
the Bard OF
Avon
William
Mrs. Binks
Kansas City Journal
Carlyle
Cere Oreaniee
Tuatice McCoy
Waslington
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
M Holbrock Bros
Morner’s Cafe
Cleveland
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Ares
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Baad
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