Word: wages
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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John L. Lewis' political implement, Labor's Non-Partisan League, published for the benefit of Labor voters a list of Congressmen coming up for renomination and re-election this year. Rated on this roster, chiefly by their votes on wage-hour control, were: A) aggressive friends of labor; B) passive friends of labor; C) borderliners whose fate might be decided by local circumstances; D) aggressive enemies of labor. Obviously this invitation to turn out the rascally Ds suited C.I.O.'s program of direct political action and tied in well with Administration strategy...
...Between 1870 and 1936 prices came down and wages went up so that the amount of goods a wage-earner could buy with his week's wages was multiplied two and a half times, though working hours were meanwhile cut by one-third...
Last week the Pittsburgh Musical Society ordered its members to cease playing remote control dance broadcasts for the five Pittsburgh radio stations, informed broadcasters that remotes would be permitted on payment into the union's unemployment fund of full union wage for each man before each broadcast. This fee would approximate $10 per man per broadcast. Pittsburgh stations responded by picking up out-of-town bands. Co-signer with local union officers of the Pittsburgh notice was Music Federation National President Joseph N. Weber. Union President Weber left Pittsburgh the day the union served the notice. At week...
...rise in Pullman rates as "unreasonable," the Interstate Commerce Commission did consent to a 5% rise. This gave eastern roads new hope that ICC may look favorably on their renewed petition for higher coach passenger fares. Meanwhile last week, the railroad unions agreed to discuss the proposed 15% wage cut at a meeting July 20 and Class I roads as a group reported a net loss...
This was a bit stronger than Mr. Stettinius had bargained for. As the steel industry quaked and the stockmarket paused over rumors of a definite pledge not to cut wages, Big Steel's young chairman announced flatly: "No official of the U. S. Steel Corp. has given any assurances that wage reductions will not follow the steel price reductions announced yesterday...