Word: mines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chief C. I. O. unions boycotted the Tampa meeting and as William Green was about to depart from Washington, Mr. Lewis gave him a parting kick in the pants. He summoned him as a member of the United Mine Workers to answer charges in Washington this week of 1) conspiring to oust the U. M. W. from the A. F. of L.; 2) failure to conform to the official policies of U. M. W.; 3) fraternizing with avowed enemies of U. M. W.; 4) misrepresenting the objectives...
...shooter. Taken from his job as chief lobbyist of the A. F. of L., he was made General Hugh Johnson's labor-aide on NRA, soon after Assistant Secretary of Labor, began his travels from strike to strike. In 1933 he went to Uniontown, Pa. where striking United Mine Workers were meeting. In one speech he persuaded them to accept a truce and go back to work. In 1934 he spent six months on the Pacific Coast with the shipping strike. Same year he was occupied with the A. & P. strike; in 1935 with the Chevrolet strike (Toledo...
...Steel, so in Motors is C. I. O. pressing its unionization drive. While Philip Murray, Secretary & Treasurer of United Mine Workers, was speaking last week for the union at motor plants near Detroit, the Chrysler, General Motors and Packard companies all gave wage boosts or bonuses to their workers...
...these years is admirably solid and detailed. Some, perhaps, will regret his almost too scrupulous adherence to detail. Generalizations on the significance of the mass of facts he presents are largely left to the reader. Readers accustomed to more indulgence will be disappointed. But the facts are a mine of interest which no student can wish or afford to overlook...
...Brussels palace, King Leopold III of the Belgians entertained at dinner 64 coal miners and their families as a tribute to the men's heroism during a Bouverie mine disaster last month...