Union Strikes Keep Wage Levels After Factory Settlement
The Ward's factory strike ends with workers returning to the same wages after successful union action. Propaganda and militant tactics revived solidarity across shops, with the Labor Council backing shorter hours and a 44 hour week. Delegates to a Special Conference plan a united front and a boycott of non union shops while resisting wage cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Council of Action
Trades Union Conference
Melbourne
Inbor
Reaelissary
Iron Trades Unions
Hadfield Steel Foundries
Alexandria
England
Jason
Union
Labor move calls convention over wage cuts in Queensland
Brisbane reports a Trades and Labor Council meeting demanding a Labor Convention to address wage reductions by the Queensland Parliamentary Labour Party and urging unity among Labor organs to respond to what they call a violation of labor principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Council
Queensland Parliamentary Labour Party
Queensland
Wooll
New South Wales
Who's Who in the Trade Union Movement No 5
A critical profile of union leaders and secretaries across Australia. Thomas P. Howard of Adelaide speaks for conservatism and arbitration as a worker’s path while rejecting revolutionary rhetoric. H. Millington of Western Australia is praised as practical and on the workers’ side. W. Wallace of Brisbane is lauded for left positions and active fights for unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Howard
Trades and Labour Council
Adelaide
T. B. Merry
T. P. Howard
Labour Council
Workers of
Australia
South Australia
H. Millington
Australian Labour Party
Western Australia
A.L.P
Industrial Movement
A. McCallum
Millington
Metropolitan Council
A.S.P
W.A
W. Wallace
Painters’ Union
Rbrisbane
Industrial Council
Brisbane
Mulvey
Queensland
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The Dignity of Labor and the Slaves of Capital
A critical meditation on capitalism portrays workers as dignified slaves shaped by poverty and wage labor. It denounces machine labor, overwork, and patriotic indoctrination, ending with a grim image of accidental death and the relentless hunt for "Hand Wanted" ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
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Stovemakers' Union
Fire Brigades’ Union
Board of Commissioners
Wosiow
Stovemakers
Fire Brigades
Ono
Labor Council
Bricklayyers’ Union
Sydney
Council
Commonwealth Council of Action
Broken Hill Prop. Ltd
Federated Tronworkers
Dsaworsert
Lal Council
Coachmakers’ Union
da Labor Council
Rte
Pps
Sfleayer
Faesbis
Pertees
Public Service Association
Labor Council of
N.S. Wales
Bakers
Operative Bakers
Nowe
J. Rawstrong
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