Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Railroads. Because Labor insisted that the railroad industry give up its demand for a 15% wage cut if a bill for railroad relief was allowed to pass Congress, the session closed without anything being done for the railroads. Result: unless the Interstate Commerce Commission closes its eyes to the facts, and certifies to the RFC that the hard-pressed roads can repay loans made to them (the necessary requisite for RFC loans), it is highly likely that within a few months most U. S. railroads will be bankrupt...
Merchant Marine. Congress extended the Maritime Commission's power to fix rates, and to insure ship mortgages up to $200,000,000. It created a Maritime Labor Board with mediation powers...
...Equalize the Wagner Labor...
...Maritime Federation: His sailors had now chosen A. F. of L. by a 2-1 vote, were ready to join A. F. of L.'s Maritime workers under Joseph P. Ryan in a new organization romantically called the Seafarers' Federation. Result: a new line-up of Labor on the West Coast, the solid front of the Pacific Maritime Federation shattered, new allies for the A. F. of L., a new chance for shipowners to drive a wedge between the warring factions of Labor...
Inventor Green, a lifelong member of the International Typographical Union, prefers not to think about the effect of his labor-saving machine on employment in his craft. Backer Johnson hopes it will mean bigger papers, thus even more jobs. The I. T. U. has already assumed jurisdiction over all workers operating the Teletypesetter...