Labor unity speech outlines 1918 AFL platform
The address urges unyielding labor action against anti-labor legislation and calls for defeating pro-repeal candidates in Congress and state legislatures. It advocates price relief, full employment, a broad housing program, higher minimum wage, and a nationwide health insurance system, stressing discipline and ballot-based opposition to opponents.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Organized Labors
Congress
Whch
Amerian Federation of Labor
AFL
Green
Isaah
Ileast
Indust
Press Lords Plan Secret Meeting On Unions Anew
ANPA invited publishers to a closed Palmers House Chicago session on September 45 to discuss the Taft Hartley act and how to blunt unions. Elisha Hanson and Gerard Reilly will speak as George Dale leads the open shop committee aims. The notice notes no public advance, seeks silence, and hints at broader action to restore pre union era conditions.
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Publishers Assn
Palmer House
Chicago
Elisha Hanson
ANPA
Gerard Reilly
NLRB
George Dale
Intel-iberal
Amer
Sulla
Hartley Debate Sparks Labor Law Clash Across Press
Coverage in The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post cites A Hartley claim that unions and employers could jointly evade Taft Hartley provisions by mutual pacts. The papers condemn the rhetoric, arguing such agreements are not illegal when pursued in good faith and stress the law does not punish peaceful labor management efforts.
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Nlite
Younfren
Dle
Hout
Hts
Bor
Stremph
Wall Street Journal
Business
Hed
A. Herry
Cief
Antlabor
Hartley
Nets
Fartley
Washington
Congress
Lnions
Washington “Post
Mult-Milionaire Bank
Ber
Catholic Group Urges Workers to Join Unions for Protection
A Catholic group, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, called for union organization to protect workers. The body urged creating social councils with government help to address wages hours prices and production. It supported broader social coverage and a higher interstate minimum age and urged tax simplification while urging action on behalf of low income families. The NCWO, led by Father Raymond A SteGowan, continues to push for industrial and social reforms and criticized Taft-Hartley last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Nations Welfare Conference
Acton Dsparnet
National Catholic Welfare Organization
United States
Raymond A
SteGowan
NCWO
Taft-Hartley
Truman backs Union Industries Show in Milwaukee 1948
President Truman approves the Union Industries Show to be held in May 1948 in Milwaukee and endorses the union label. The letter to I M Ornburn, secretary-treasurer of the Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, praises labor management cooperation and notes the annual show plan with strong industry participation.
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United States
Harry 8. Truman
Milwaukee
I. M. Ornefourm
Union Label Trades Department
Jamerican Federation of Labor
Union Industries
Ormburn
Ornburn
Union
Harry 5. Truman
Orburn
Union ‘Labor ‘Trades Department
Jamerican ‘Federation of Labor
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Labor Federation Maps Aggressive Political Campaign
The Wisconsin Federation of Labor approves a militant political campaign for the federation's history, organizing voluntary committees, outreach to labor, farmers, and small businessmen, and pledges by labor groups for candidate support. It calls for broad action in upcoming elections and opposes compulsory training while supporting displaced persons admission and Palestine as a Jewish homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation
Veterans Committee
Congress
Stratton Bil
Palestine
Alton’s Gloom Describes Moss Tangle Over City
A poetic vignette portrays Alton as overgrown with moss and decay. Residents are depicted as hollow figures, while outsiders fear the town’s haunting mood. The speaker proposes a sharp, unglossed remedy to banish gloom without gloss.
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Altonia
Frank Anthony Blankenship
Alton
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