Word: laboritis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Owen D. Young, board chairman of the General Electric Co., a vast open-shop organization, did not speak in person. President Green quoted him; quoted from a speech Mr. Young once made at Harvard, when Mr. Young said: "Slowly we are learning that low wages for labor do not mean high profits for capital. What we need to know is the limits within which men may work with zest, spirit and pride of accomplishment." Just as Mr. Young's speech had originally startled old-fashioned employers, by its proximity to Labor doctrine, so did the quotation of Mr. Young...
Secretary of Labor James John Davis endeared himself by championing the cause of trade unionism and high wages with an emphasis that must have impressed Los Angeles, the convention city. Los Angeles boasts that it is the second largest open-shop city in the U. S. Secretary Davis also emphasized the interdependence and mutual obligations of Labor and Capital and explained coal troubles by the fact that that industry has 300,000 more workers than it can support...
...Department from the National Board of Jurisdictional Awards. The latter, now collapsed, was a board composed of civil engineers, architects, contractors and other employers, and of workers in the building trades, which was formed to settle disputes as to what workmen should do what sorts of work and how. Labor accused the other members of the Board of failing to carry out the Board's decisions. Secretary of Labor Davis deplored Labor's withdrawal. A return to the confusion at Babel was predicted if contractors, engineers, architects, et al. are once more obliged to deal separately with...
Resolutions were passed to establish a country-wide network of Labor radio stations; to advise the British Government to employ union labor in building its new embassy in Washington...
...Premier discussed onetime Premier MacDonald's invitation to call a general election, saying that he was too sporting an opponent to hit the Labor Party until it had a stronger issue than repeal of the Trades Union...