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Newspaper

Labor World

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1948

Page

4

Emert Frailey Killed in Train Auto Crash

Emert Frailey, longtime Teamsters member and Wood River resident, died after his auto collided with a train three miles west of Hamel. He served in World War II, worked as a truck driver for 15 years, and leaves a wife Vila and children Helen Powell Roxana Norma Jean Secrest John W. and Darwin E. The funeral was held at Streeper Funeral Home Wood River with burial at Valhalla Memorial Park. Local No 525 Teamsters and Leather Workers Local 31 sent condolences.

Smert Fraley We Teamsters & Chauffeurs Hamel Fuines Army Engineers Snetty County Wasaon Alonzo Fraley Pana Wood River Wood River Post Veterans of Foreign Ware Yatton Teamsters & Chauffeurs Union Tower Masonic Vila Fraley Helen Powell Roxana Norma Jean Secrest Sonsohn W Darwin.e Fraley Wil Streeper Funeral Home Valhalla Memorial Park Villa Fraley Leather Worker's Teamsters & Chauffeurs Leather Workers Tary

Labor classes open in Alton area this November

University of Illinois Extension announces labor courses in Alton conducted by the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. Parliamentary Procedure starts November 4 at Machinists Hall East Alton with two weekly sessions for eight weeks. Workmen's Compensation Law, taught by Emerson Baetz and Arno Hill, begins November 5 at the YMCA, 2 West Third Street, meeting 7 to 8 40 p m.

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Retail Clerks Union Contract Details Worker Benefits

The article outlines a retail clerks contract including a $1000 life insurance policy funded partly by the company, termination pay at rate of one day per two months served, an eight hour day and forty five hour week with overtime at time and a half, and a commission base intact for sales. Salary scales are listed from six months to over three years with weekly and hourly rates.

Fond Spiegeline Brazel

U S Enforces Overtime Law After Supreme Court Ruling

The Labor Department begins enforcing overtime rules based on the Supreme Court decision. The case stemmed from Longshoremen and involved union and government positions on premium vs overtime pay. AFL President Green cautioned workers to avoid rushing claims to prevent wider law changes.

U.S

Benefit Plans Cover 3 Million Workers

A Bureau of Labor Statistics survey shows at least 3 million workers in mid-1988 were covered by collective bargaining health and welfare plans. It notes pensions, retirement, and related benefits across unions, with some plans limited to retirement or other entitlements.

Washington, D. C Bureau of Labor Statistics U. D Feurey Shieh Ted Soerrs

Union Officers Appeal Contempt Verdict Over Reach

Four officers of the International Typographical Union including De Pres Woodruff Randolph are set to appeal a contempt ruling to the Supreme Court. The contempt finding relates to alleged violations of a restraining order and a lower court decision barring the union from pushing closed shop conditions in June contract talks.

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Lobby out to kill control on rents

Real estate lobby eyes a quarter of a million dollars to block rent control as next Congress opens. Rent hikes of about 7 percent are projected if the law lapses next March, with unions claiming large coverage and employers shifting costs in fringe benefits trends.

J. E. Woods

Former President of Retail Clerks Dies

Thomas Edward Yorby 85 of 1124 Brown street former grocer on Belle Janda died in St Joseph's Hospital after years of ill health. Born in Alton March 8 1803 he worked 22 years at Minois Glass Co and later ran a Belle street grocery until 194. Survived by wife Margaret Slaven he served as Retail Clerks Local 24 president and as vice president of the Trades & Labor Assembly. Funeral held at St Patrick's Church burial Greenwood Cemetery.

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Hartley to Get a Job With NAM

The Wall Street Journal reports Representative Fred Hartley will join the National Association of Manufacturers after December 31, ending his tenure as a congressman. NAM plans him as a fulltime employee, transitioning from current purchase basis work to a formal position with the big business group.

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Hospital Policy and Dr Wicks Court Battle

Continued from page 1 the hospital board should set medical policy. The piece argues nurses may administer anesthetics but questions their qualifications versus Dr Wicks a specialist with national board credentials who trained in the Army. Staff doctors and the Medical Advisory Committee support him while urging physician-led policy.

Wicks National Board of Anesthesiology Alton Memorial Hospital Alton W. R. Wicks

Free enterprise strong if benefits all Americans

Quote from William Green on the free enterprise system and national strength. He argues that prosperity for the many preserves strength, while elite benefit at the expense of others dooms the system.

America Benett William Green

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