Word: wages
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...National Association of Manufacturers and the American Farm Bureau Federation also opposed the bill. They argued that at no place in the cascade of arrangements for settlement was the public represented, that there was no guarantee that there would be no strike, that it would probably result in wage increases and then rate increases for the public...
...Democratic leader, both opposed the bill - yet it was passed by vote of 69 to 13. The opponents of the bill never mustered more than 14 votes. The opposition was small but stiff. Senator Curtis offered an amendment which would have allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to reverse any wage settlement if it was likely to cause an increase of freight rates contrary to the public interest. He brought together only 12 votes for his proposal. For five days this little band of ill-assorted comrades in arms stuck together -Republican leader and Democratic leader against the majority of their...
...Creation of a National (coal) Wage (revision) Board, representing miners and owners equally and having a neutral chairman with a casting vote; 3) Revision of wages to proceed on the explicit understanding that the Royal Coal Commission's recommendations for increasing the efficiency of the coal industry are to be given effect; 4) Legislative measures for reconstructing the coal industry to be prepared by a Government-named committee partly representative of the miners...
...that the general strike is over, the workers have gained more by the terms of its settlement than they originally asked. They have been guaranteed that there would be no further wage reduction, the lockout order would be withdrawn, and a commission with delegates from the miners appointed to work out a plan of reorganization in the mining industry...
...year 1926 I believe marks the end of unqualified wage reduction, and also the beginning of a new industrial-era. The next five years will see Great Britain well on the way toward the application of the principle of nationalization in the coal industry, and also toward the coordination of this with other industries...