War Time Labor and Postwar Strikebacks
A critique of employers exploited during wartime profits. Bosses paid high wages to boost profits, then cut wages after the Armistice and crushed unions. Millions unemployed, welfare lines and charity aid rise as police threaten workers. The speaker urges labor to rethink the labor capital alliance.
The World Today Rallying Cry for Workers
A passionate call urges workers to unite against oppression and hunger. It decries wealth inequality and jail for the honest, and advocates collective action to seize what is theirs from their masters. The speaker praises struggle and organization as the path to justice.
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George W. Gentile
Living wage estimate for a five in New York City
John P. Mines, president of the printing trades demands committee, estimates a living wage for a family of five in New York City at 2682.68 dollars per year, signaling a push for wage increases in the printing industry.
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New York City
John P. Mines
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