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Global War Labor Strife and AFL Growth Report
The piece notes friction in munition plants in parts of the world with employer and worker resistance and women’s reluctance. It cites the American Federation of Labor at 3,314,256 members, predicting a rise to 3,009,000 by year end. It praises Major LW B Rees for the Victoria Cross feat in Washington, and reports wage and hour changes for New York rubber workers, plus Canada’s labor famine response offering 160 acre homesteads to new settlers to boost production.
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Washington
United States
M. Vielant
Jusser
Wilson
M. Vieiant
Marshal Joffre
State Department
Department
France
Ts Ows Ntuativn
Terre
Fm Faly
South
Italy
Aleily
Woren
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
A. Fy
Noxbury
Mass
Mubber Workers’ Union
Canada
Ottawa
Lome