City urged to raise waste collectors pay to attract workers
The SUN editorial calls for an immediate study by city officials on paying Cincinnati waste collection employees an annual salary high enough to attract workers to the hard job. It cites Covington and Norwood as examples with higher compensation and less absenteeism, arguing hourly pay plus overtime fails to deliver fair or reliable wages.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Norwood
St. Bernard
We Eat More in Wartime
The SUN notes civilians consumed seven percent more food in the past year than before the war. The piece argues wartime production benefited from efficiency, despite debt from war materials spending, and urges turning wartime effort toward consumer goods and peacetime employment to avoid hunger and debt.
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SUN
America
Fifty Years of Courage for Herbert Bigelow in Ohio
Herbert S. Bigelow, head of People's Church, endured a half century of social ostracism for advocating labor protections and socialist ideas. He helped craft Ohio's progressive 1912 constitution, while big business resisted his influence. At 75 he remains hopeful and plans a future of quiet reform.
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Herbert S. Bigelow
People’s Church
Ohio
Bigelow
Mr Bigelow Reflects on Accomplishments Amid Opposition
The article notes continued resistance from forces fearing privilege erosion to any social welfare advances. It highlights Mr. Bigelow’s outlook, emphasizing achievement over nostalgia and his satisfaction with past accomplishments.
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Cio-Pac
Bigelow
A Fantasy About Labor's House and Papa Green
Len De Caux portrays a symbolic House of Labor led by Papa William. Phil Murray and CIO push for a broad unity while the prodigal son CIO refuses to return, prompting a wartime alarm and a forced union debate between CIO and AFL. The piece blends labor history figures and myth with a domestic allegory.
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Labor
Papa Green
CIO
Phil Murray
AFL Wm
House of Labor
Phil
Papa William
Big Bill
CIO House of Labor
Cio Phil
Law on Maintenance Workers and Interstate Commerce Rule
A Federal Court decision, Fleming v Post, sets a 20 percent occupiable production threshold in a building to qualify maintenance staff under the Wage and Hour Act. The ruling notes 20 percent of a tenant's production in interstate commerce also grounds coverage, illustrating evolving lines between interstate and intrastate commerce amid complex modern production.
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Second Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Fleming Vs. Post
Kentucky
Mother of CIO Secretary Dies at 64
Mrs. Fannie Sien mother of Max Sien secretary of the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council died Sunday at her home 1026 Isurton Avenue aged 64. A native of Lithuania she came to the United States in 1906.
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Fannie Sien
Max Sien
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
Isurton Avenue
Sien
Lithuania
This
Remains of Mrs. Sam Abramson Interred in Cove Dale
The obituary notes the family of the deceased: a daughter, Mrs. Sam Abramson. two sons Henry and Jules. Jules, once a dance instructor, now serves as a radio operator with the Merchant Marines. Burial occurred Monday at Kenesth-Israel Cemetery in Cove Dal.
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Sam Abramson
Henry
Jules
Merchant Marines
Kenesth-Israel
Covedale
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