Word: wages
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Farmer-Laborites, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies at the Conference for Progressive Political Action, which backed his fellow Wisconsinite, the late Robert M. LaFollette. With not even a LaFollette in sight, Mr. Berger will probably confine his attention to legislative reforms, such as unrestricted immigration, minimum wage and child labor laws...
...miners demanded an increase of 2½c an hour, equivalent to a 12½% rise on an average eight-hour weekly wage of $9.60, which, considering the high cost of living in the Reich, is unqualifiedly asserted to be far below decent living...
...significance of the strike, however, was seen rather in its probable effects on other wage-earners than in the walk-out itself. Many workers are admittedly underpaid and a general move for increases is now envisaged, as was sometime ago predicted by John Maynard Keynes, British economist. This move has already received a fillip by the Federal Government which recently raised the salaries of its employes. In this connection other able economists pointed out that Germany is short-sighted in that she does not grasp that raising the standard of wages also raises the standard of living and promotes internal...
Professor Wambaugh, therefore, gathered four or five men from the third year class of the Law School, hired an office in Central Square and waited. Clients flocked to the office, but unfortunately they did not bring the legal problems for which he had hoped. Instead of wage disputes, and landlord and tenant cases, the clients wished advice concerning their marital obligations and disputes. He felt that the social agencies were better equipped to handle this sort of case than were students of the Law School, and after about two years the experiment was given...
...last election. Observers said that it will be difficult for him to raise money now and that the party is likely to suffer as a result. However, Mr. de Valera announced that he is well prepared, and as an indication of the strenuous fight he intends to wage, Republican conventions for naming candidates were held in all constituencies...