Labor official urges states to modernize unemployment laws
Arthur Larson calls Washington and Ohio to raise benefit levels and duration, arguing current unemployment insurance is underfunded, misunderstood, and should be expanded to provide cash weekly benefits, preserve purchasing power, and reduce taxpayer burden. He cites Ohio's 40 percent cap and warns taxes fall on consumers.
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Arthur Larson
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Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies
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Larson
Bell System bargaining drags as wage patterns face delays
Local 4351 reports slow CWA-CIO contract talks with the Bell System as pay increases in Pacific Tel. & Tel. Washington Idaho area follow the usual pattern. Workers in traffic, especially in smaller towns, see smaller raises while the company trims weekly gains. Western Electric resumes operation after a 414 month strike, affecting 1152 workers. Mine Mill and Smelter union deal packages with Nassau Smelting. The piece accuses Bell System of favoring company unions and Communist-led Mine Mill over CWA.
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Pacific Tel. & Tel
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Western Electric
Buffalo
NLRB
Washington
Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
CIO
Commie
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