This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Eight Hour Day Debate in Steel Industry
The piece reviews a Harding era committee report on eliminating the twelve hour day in iron and steel mills. It quotes Pro and Con views, cites unions and press opinions, notes potential 15 percent price increases, and highlights European shifts to eight hours. It mentions Ford and Standard Oil as examples and contrasts U S and foreign practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
United States
Elbert H. Gary
Iron and Steel
American Congress
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Pittsburg
Gary
Washington
American Federated Engineering Societies
New York Times
Russel Sage Foundation
John A. Fucg
AG Ise
White House
Britain
America
American Iron and Steel Institute
Allentown
Pennsylvania Labor Herald
Children’s Bureau of the
Departme of Labor
Steet
Washington, D. C
Standard Oil Company of
California
K. R. Kingsbury
la Follette Gasoline
Ford
Chicago Tribune
Iron and
Europe
Federated American Engineering Societies
International Labor Office
Geneva
Switzerland
Belgium
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Jugo-Slavia Polaand
Roumenia
Spain
Sweden
Ime Europera Couneies