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Focuses on the trial of publisher, owners, managers, and editors of "The New York Times" against the charge of violation of the Wagner Act where three employees were discharge because of their union activities in the U.S. Institutionalizing of labor-spy system by "The New York Times," to know the progress of union organization within the company; Contention of the Newspaper Guild who handled the quasi-judicial hearing that the management intimidated the employees by discharge or transfers to "Siberian" assignments; Threat of publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger to sell the paper; Assertion of the author that the newspaper were shown to be the ringleaders in the campaign of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association to smash the unionization movement; Statement of the managing editor Edwin L. James regarding the case.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed against Swift & Co. because of its violation to the wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act in the U.S. It indicates that the said lawsuit has affected several meat-packing firms because they have been doing such violations. Moreover, it states that the entire industry has mailed a white paper from the Institute of American Meat Packers to deal with the issue.

Focuses on the unionization in the pulpwood industry in Southern States and social conditions of these states. Relationship between rural poverty and presence of valuable resources, tax incentives and anti-labor laws in the states; Contributions of Southern States in the production of pulps in the U.S.; Overview of employment situation of woodcutters in the region; Effect of the strike in Chicago, Illinois-based firm Masonite Corp. on the payment of wages to woodcutters; Reasons behind the increase of the power of the Gulfcoast Pulpwood Association in the region.

Focuses on U.S. Senator Royal S. Copeland's closed hearings on legislation to amend the 1936 Merchant Marine Act. Comparison to the charges of irresponsibility and insubordination that were splashed across the papers as a prelude to the Maritime Commission's report and the Senate hearings; List of seamen's unions; Laws in regulating labor conditions in the maritime industry.

The article focuses on repeal of legislation requiring continued employment of railroad employees in several U.S. states including California, North Dakota, and Mississippi.

The article reports on the second consultion of adminstrator Elmer Andrews and the Committee on Education & Labor of the U.S. House, concerning the proposed amendments to the U.S. Federal wage hour law during the last week of March 1939. It discusses several amendments which were favored by them including the enforcement of the law in the U.S., exemption of highly paid workers from under the law, requirement for a better definition of the "area of production" exemptions.

The article discusses Governor William M. Tuck's proposal to block unionization of state, county and municipal workers as he urged legislature to declare unionization of employees of the state a violation of public policy. The proposal was an offshoot by Congress of International Organization (CIO)'s State, County & Municipal Workers of America's attempt to organize and negotiate for membership of employees of Richmond. It indicates plans by Senator Harry F. Byrd to introduce a bill requiring labor to assume responsibility that accompanies power.

This article discusses a debate over labor reform legislation in the U.S. in 1960. It observes that labor unions will not fight legal restrictions concerning the legislation. It expects the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO) to focus on worker welfare issues. The article predicts changes in the minimum wage law.

This section offers news briefs about labor. A fact-finding board has been created as provided for by the Railway Labor Act to study the dispute of the Belt Railway of Chicago, Illinois with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Negotiations will resume in the strike of Domtar Pulp & Paper Products Ltd. following a 26-hour takeover of the mill by 150 workers. Lawyer Emil E. Narick assurges the United Steelworkers to re-examine its affiliation with other labor organizations.

The article focuses on the effort of the U.S. state legislatures to ease labor shortages through passing new laws and changing old ones in 1943. The enactment of a "work-or-fight" measure is requested by the legislatures for 14 Maryland counties. All work-hour limits for women are suspended in Indiana and Wyoming, while a 48-hour week for women is implemented in Arkansas. Furthermore, a law assuring women equal pay for equal work is opposed by businesses and industries in Washington.

The article reports on the outlook in labor and management negotiations for 1968. It predicts that labor unions will continue to seek wage increases and income guarantees for lesser hours, employers will oppose unreasonable demands because of declining profits and President Lyndon Johnson's administration will try to maintain friendships in the face of spiraling wages and prices. Critical bargaining mainly on money will reportedly occur between June 1 and election day, November 5.

The article reports on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings in the American Pearl Button Co. and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union case, which upholds the Chamber of Commerce and marks out new zone for legal antiunion activity in Washington, Iowa. It highlights the significant participation of the Washington Chamber of Commerce in defeating the union in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election and in the federal court decision.

The article discusses the American Federation of Labor International Typographical Union (ITU) and the impact of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 in January 1953. It notes that the union passed its century mark in 1952, making it the oldest national union in the U.S. It talks about ITU's record of internal democracy, its benefit payments which are deemed top ranked, and increase in membership. ITU president Woodruff Randolph sees the Act as a nemesis which has restricted a list of ITU operating traditions including the closed shop security.

The article discusses U.S. Senator William F. Knowland's campaign for trade union reform as the central issue in his candidacy for governor of California. It cites his espousal of the right-to-work law which he calls voluntary unionism which is seen as a hydra-headed bid for the Presidency of the U.S. by his opponent, the incumbent governor Goodwin J. Knight. It mentions that the points Knowland considers desirable in a labor bill of rights such as the use of secret ballots to elect union officers, recall union officers and call to strike.

Presents information regarding political developments from around the world with special emphasis on the U.S. Analysis of the revised retail code which eliminates the proposed provision that no retailer could sell an article for less than 10 per cent above its invoice cost; Statement of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding the state of unemployment in the country; Objection of small independent oil producers regarding the provisions of the oil code; Support of Walter H. Eddy, head of the journal "Good Housekeeping" to the Copeland Bill, designed to strengthen and extend the work of the Pure Food and Drug Law; Objection of the Americans on the circulation of "The Daily Worker," the Communist newspaper in the U.S.; Analysis of the Literary Digest poll, based on ballots sent to every registered voters in the New York City which indicated that Fiorello LaGuardia, the Fusion candidate will win; Information regarding the election in Spain to choose a new Cortes.

The article reports on the case of department store, Meier & Frank (M&F), in Portland, Oregon, which was charged with unfair labor practices in the fall of 1950. The newspapers, "Portland Oregonian" and the "Oregon Journal," have reported the decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the case. As a reaction to their reports, M&F reduced its advertisement to Portland Oregonian, which reported a detailed account of the decision of the NLRB. M&F's advertisements to the Oregon Journal, whose report is kinder to M&F, were retained.

The article focuses on the move of the Pennsylvania state government to enforce changes under the state unemployment compensation (UC) programs. It states that the changes include the revisions of employment legislations, and providing wider coverage for employment benefits. It mentions that the changes are considered to affect many employers through the tax increase of the maximum of 2.7%. Moreover, the changes in the UC to increase the employment benefits were supported by the Republicans.

The article offers information on the cancellation of the short-lived right to work law against compulsory unionism in Louisiana. It mentions that the adoption of the right to work law in the state occurred after the paper mill strike concerning the postwar labor disputes at Elizabeth, Louisiana which went into effect on July 1954. It says that the 17 states have the right to work laws despite the cancellation in the state which was being campaign by Unions to be repeal.

Focuses on the strike against working condition in the textile industry at New Bedford in Massachusetts. Presentation of the strike by evasions of the code and disregard of Section 7a; Refusal of labor leader William Beatty to proposals of the National Textile Workers' Union, the left-wing and Communist-dominated union; Participation of youngsters in demonstrations in favor of the strike.

Highlights a discussion related to the question as to whether or not a radical organization can function under the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in the U.S. Cessation of a strike of 1,500 coal miners in the Carbon County of Utah with the help of the armed forces; Passage guaranteed to the law titled "Industrial Recovery-Code of Fair Competition" defining the operation of the NRA in Utah; Invocation of the criminal-syndicalism law to send strike leaders to prison; Opinion of the liberal elements of Utah that the law is a stark violation of the national law which explicitly guarantees the workers the right to be represented by unions of their own choosing, and that it furnishes a dangerous precedent for other states.

Focuses on the formation of a new trade union by the foremen in the U.S. Discussion on the reasons for the formation of the trade union as foremen today are not management in the sense of two decades ago, when a foreman was a boss with full power to hire, fire, promote, demote and discipline his workers; Information on the permission granted by the National Labor Relations Board to the foremen to join a union in the recent Packard Motor Co. case; Statement that the hasty swing into defense and the Second World War production that began in 1940 found industry less inclined than ever to deal with the foreman's personal problems of wages, status and grievances; Discussion of the reasons of the strike of the foremen as they wanted the right to join a union and bargain collectively with their employers on the conditions under which they work; The Foremen's unions are not new, although the vigor with which the current membership drives are being conducted is unparalleled; Discussion of the grievances of the foremen as related to the Foremen's American Association; View that the industry must gear itself to the changed labor and economic realities if it is to absorb the coming shock of the foreman's full participation in postwar collective bargaining.

The article analyzes the effectiveness of the Railway Labor Act of 1926 (RLA) in preventing rail strikes, including the planned strike on December 7, 1941. According to the Twentieth Century Fund, there has been no major railroad strike since 1926. The controversy over the unions' demand for a 30-percent wage increase, mediation efforts by President Franklin Roosevelt, and National Mediation Board's handling of cases, and relevant provisions of the RLA are discussed.

Discusses the role of the newspaper in inciting violence in the labor sector in the U.S. Excerpts of newspaper reports and headlines concerning labor strikes; Falsification of reports to convey the impression that law authorities were upholding the law against a "criminal mob" or strikers; Elevation of the labor problem to the councils of national statesmanship; Differences in the treatment of wage-workers and employers.

The article reports on the proposed labor reforms of the U.S. Conciliation Service, designed to increase confidence in government or government-appointed arbitrators. It discusses how management favors the proposed reforms, but the plan to pass arbitration costs on to participants in disputes has been protested by labor unions. The article describes the settlement of labor disputes in which arbitrators are appointed by the Conciliation Service.

This section offers news briefs on U.S. politics as of June 1945. War Mobilization and Recoversion director Fred Vinson is expected to issue his updates on the program of compensating workers for war production cutbacks. President Harry Truman's early request for making permanent the Fair Employment Practices Committee is considered a strategy to obtain funds to sustain the committee. A number of lawyers and politicians desire to succeed Conway Coe who has resigned as commissioner of patents.

Presents experience of the author of his visit to Danville, a town in Virginia. Description of a hall at Danville that had been used by Ku Klux Klan, a secret society; Opinion of the workers on Fitzgerald, head of the Dan River Cotton Mills; Information on the workers strike at Danville; View that the strike is simply for the right to organize.

The article reports on the political and economic developments worldwide. The American State Department has announced a plan for the financial rehabilitation of Nicaragua. The competition in ocean shipping is so keen except in vessels under American registry. President Emilio Portes Gil of Mexico has framed a comprehensive labor law that would implement an eight-hour day and a six-day week work in the country.

The article reports on the issues confronting the shipping firm American Coal Shipping, Inc. (ACS), which was founded by a grand alliance of coal producers, coal-hauling railroads and the United Mine Workers, as of August 17, 1957. The issues include the labor problems due to John L. Lewis' part in the management and a drop in the shipping cost of coal. The labor problems on ACS subsidiary, HH Bull & Co. Inc., are also examined.

Focuses on the criticism of Farmer-Labor Governor of Minnesota, Floyd B. Olson, for the proclamation of martial law in Minneapolis truck drivers' strike. Demand of employers to use the National Guard to allow free movement of trucks; Insistence of strike leaders that the troops be withdrawn and that the workers be allowed to picket in their own way; Organization of 7000 workers in the first strike of the International Union of Truckers and Teamsters; Announcement of Olson that he will use National Guard forces for free movement of trucks; Intention of Olson to use the troops in the defense of labor's rights; Confusion of Olson to take decision either in the favor of labor or employer; Allegations on Olson for violating his oath of office "by using the troops to restrict traffic"; Purpose of the Northwestern regional conference of the National Farmer Labor Political Federation at Medicine Lake outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This section offers news briefs on the automobile industry as of October 1933. The effects of the encouragement given by code labor provisions to argument in employer-employee relationships are being felt by factories. The popularity of motorcycles continues to decline in the U.S. Automobile finance companies have been fighting to get installment paper recognized for discount at the Federal Reserve Bank.

The article reports on the initiative of the English government to address the issue on labor poaching among machine tool industry as a result of shortages of skilled labor which includes enforcement of regulations and negotiations that were undertaken between labor unions and employers.

A summary is presented of the U.S. labor control bill, proposed by Labor Committee chairman John F. Kennedy and Senator Irving Ives.

Forecasts several worldwide political issues and events in 1974. Estimate of the number of energy laws which would be proposed in the U.S. Congress; Theme of a two-week international conference in Brussels, Belgium; Importance of the Emergency Relief Act to U.S. electric workers; Opposition of the workers to the establishment of national daylight saving time in the U.S.

Highlights the pending businesses of the U.S. Congress and the Senate as it went on a eleven-week wartime vacation. Decision pending on the San Francisco Charter ratification; Apathy of the Congress towards the imminent reconversion crisis that came within one vote of rejecting the Selective Service Act extension; Indifference shown by the Congress towards the recommendation of U.S. President Harry S. Truman for federal supplements to the inadequate state unemployment- benefit payments; Discussion of the labor bill, which claims to be impartial.

Focuses on the prospects for preservation of civil liberties for the public in the U.S. during the World War II. Failure of hypothesis that no democracy could wage a total war without destroying its own democracy in the country; Record of the U.S. government in the treatment of Japanese Americans, who have been deported to concentration camps; Care to be taken on the issues of labor's rights and duties; Proposals that workers may not move from one job in a war industry to another without official permission, and the other regarding the military status of men refusing to work in any war industry; Controversies arising out of statements made by domestic fascists; Possibility of change in the government opinion in some cases under pressure of some organizations; Need for the government to release information in mass media about newspapers following the line of the Axis Powers.

The article offers information on the preparation of state directors of the U.S. National Recovery Administration for the meeting of labor code officials in Washington, D.C. scheduled for March 5, 1934.

The article reports that the implementation of the 48-hour workweek scheme has deepened the confusion among employers to comply with the law in the U.S. According to the author, all employers will not be allowed to increase their work-week to 48 hours. The author adds that some employers in the 32 designated areas complained that the law would not be applicable to them because their workers are working already at the 48 hour level or beyond. Some of the questions answered by the War Manpower Commission (WMC) regarding the issue are presented.

Focuses on activities of farm workers and city unions in Washington. Need for protective federal legislation for farm workers; Benefits for growers in a labor-sponsored bill; Claim that the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee has scored significant victories against the California grape and lettuce growers; Report that growers in Washington were facing a hops strike in the Yakima Valley.

The article focuses on the changes made in minimum wages under the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 by U.S. Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin in 1948. The 1943 minimum rate of 40 cents an hour for textile workers will be increased to 87 cents. The minimum for men's hat and cap employees will be 85 cents an hour from 67 ½ while auxiliary workers will receive 65 cents from 40 cents. Unions are requesting Tobin to include pay scales in 42 industries on the Walsh-Healey list.

The article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the labor control laws for review from the states of Florida and Alabama.

Much more valuable to labor than the wage-hour bill, was a little measure which slipped through the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent one day last week. While the watchdogs of the special interests slumbered at their posts, the Senate adopted an amendment to the Walsh-Healey Act providing that no person or concern shall be eligible to bid on a government contract in excess of $2,000 who has been found guilty of an unfair labor practice. It would apply to nearly all construction under the naval-rearmament program and to most of the contracts to be let under the relief-recovery bill.

The article discusses the developments that led to the non-revision of the U.S. Taft-Hartley Act in 1953. Circumstances including the violent reaction of labor leaders to proposed amendments prepared for Republican members of the Senate Labor Committee, no quorum for the executive session to take up labor law amendments, and postponement of drafting a bill if Congress goes on recess in July 1953. The author shares that many would prefer the Taft-Hartley than create more labor opposition.

The article offers news briefs on the labor sector in the U.S. as of May 1951. Burl Phares of Charleston, West Virginia won as president of the Confederation of Industrial Organizations' (CIO) Glass, Ceramic & Silica Sand Workers. The National Association of Broadcast Engineers & Technicians was awarded a new CIO charter in May 1951. The independent union United Domestic Workers of America is organizing the domestic workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The article reports on the guideline issued by the New York Commission Against Discrimination as of May 19, 1951 to ensure employer's compliance to the fair-employment-practice laws concerning the questions asked to applicants during interviews.

Presents news briefs in the U.S. as of April 1974. Bankruptcy of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital; Efforts done by a secretary in the Austin, Texas Department of Health to ban cigars and cigarettes from the office in which she worked; Information on minimum wage laws in the country.

Discusses the proceedings of the 80th U.S. Congress. Initiation of the hearings on the labor legislation in the Senate; Plans of the Senate to introduce various anti-strike laws; Views of labor unions and industry on the legislation; Comments of economist William Leiserson regarding laws which forbid strikes; Reasons for the failure of the House to vote on the La Follette-Monroney program which proposed the creation of responsible policy committees to provide modern, streamlined party organization for both Republicans and Democrats; Appointment of Republican-Maine Owen Brewster as the chairman of the Senate War Investigating Committee.

The article reports that U.S. railroad executives met with members of the U.S. House Interstate Commerce Committee to express their concerns about employment regulations proposed in the Wheeler-Crosser bill.

The article reports on the amendment by Pomona, California authorities of the city's licensing ordinance in December 1941, placing professional picketing on a commercial basis.