Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cheyenne, the Nominee promised a wage-protecting tariff which would at the same time strike at monopolies. He asked for "restoration of the Tariff Commission as an immortal fact-finding tribunal...
...clean country, an orphan wrestling with poverty for a living and an education. After gaining these with his great natural powers he was called to carry on from China to Australia immense constructive works at the head of armies of co-workers with whom he has never had a strike or a misunderstanding. ..." Mrs. Clendenin then mentioned Nominee Hoover's feeding of Belgians and Germans, his flood-control work, Europe's understanding of him, and closed: "For these and a hundred other reasons, dear sisters, give Herbert Hoover your vote...
...folly and danger of such a reversion to pre-war distrust need no elaboration. Even if, however, the peril to friendly understanding between two powerful nations latent in this attitude of suspicion be over-looked, it must yet be regretted that the Transcript chose to strike so discordant a note in a day of general welcome and rejoicing...
...week strike was over. Although accepting the 5% wage cut, the mill workers obtained an agreement that any further reduction would be preceded by 30-day notice. Estimates of strike cost to workers & mills were as high...
...platform promises that the Party, if returned to power, will gradually nationalize the coal, transport, power and life insurance businesses and establish minimum wage scales for all earners. Swiftest action is promised to repeal: 1) the Trades Union Act (making a "Coercive" or General Strike illegal); 2) the Trades Disputes Act (restraining unions from making extraordinary levies on their members) ; and 3) the Eight Hour Mines Act (under which British miners now delve an hour a day longer than...