Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hoover, the miner, was resurrected by a C. I. O. strike at the New Idria quicksilver mine near Hollister, Calif. (100 miles south of San Francisco). New Idria Mining Co. was organized in 1936 by Brother Theodore Hoover, who is president of the company. Engineer Henry W. Gould, vice president and general manager, and State Senator Sanborn Young, a leading sponsor of the antilabor proposal which referending California voters turned down last month. Because war in Spain has curtailed output from the biggest sources of quicksilver. New Idria's business has picked up lately. The mine produces one-third...
...overtime), get around $4 a day. live in hovels, pay 20? a pack for cigarets at a company store. Recently they raised a fund for Loyalist Spain, then split over disposition of the money. One group called in C. I. O. organizers, who last week called them out on strike for union recognition. Brother Theodore and associates declined to recognize or dicker with their union, reported to Brother Herbert that all was peaceful. Eighty-five pickets patrolled the mine while their officers asked for help from the National Labor Relations Board...
...Strike-of-the-week was at Flint, Mich. Union employes of General Motors' Fisher Body plant No. 1 voted 3,434 to 433 to strike, surprisingly walked out instead of sitting down. Out of work with them were 2,500 Fishermen. In other related plants 5,000 walked out. G. M. officials complained that U. A. W. had violated its contract by short-circuiting the usual grievance procedure. U. A. W. spokesmen said they had grieved per contract without avail. The strikers wanted to be paid at flat day rates instead of by piece work. Before making the change...
...Service for visiting cattle, hogs and sheep was restored at the Chicago Stockyards last week. A 14-day strike of stock handlers (TIME, Dec. 5) won recognition of their C. I. O. union and a promise by the management to negotiate a written contract within ten days...
...explained that he has received no communications from his father, since the French strike trouble started, but he expressed the belief that no important developments would come out of the difficulties...