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Appears before Roosevelt fact finding committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. H.A. Enoch's, Chairman of the Carrier's Joint Conference Committee, today traced the history of collective bargaining of rail unions with the carriers. He asserted that since the 15 percent wage reduction notice was served on the unions, "our employees have refused to face the facts". "We have offered to submit the dispute to an arbitration board, whose decision, by law, is binding," Enoch's said. "The employees refused arbitration. Instead, they took a strike vote." that is why we are here today, 10/7/38

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Meeting between officials of the OPM, Army, Navy and representatives of the automobile industry and the automobile unions, to discuss the problems of conversion in automobile plants. Left to right: R. J. Thomas, UAW-CIO (United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations) president; Sidney Hillman, associate general, OPM (Office of Personnel Management); Leon Henderson, director, OPA (Office of Price Administration); Paul Hoffman, president of Studebaker Company; Edsel Ford; William S. Knudsen, direcotr general, OPM; C.E. Wilson, president, General Motors

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LABOR UNIONS. CORSET BUYERS ASSN. DELEGATION AT WHITE HOUSE

LABOR UNIONS. CORSET BUYERS ASSN. DELEGATION AT WHITE HOUSE

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Army guards Hdqtrs at Manassas - 19th century Virginia.

Army guards Hdqtrs at Manassas - 19th century Virginia.

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Trade unions foster education and uproot ignorance. Shorten hours and lengthen life. Raise wages and lower usury .... Make the world better. All wage-workers should be union men. Their progress is limited only by them to hold aloof ... Organizin

Trade unions foster education and uproot ignorance. Shorten hours and ...

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House Committee told AF of L is split on its own Wagner Act amendments. Washington, D.C., June 29. Mrs. Nina P. Collier, center, Chairman of the National League of Women Shoppers Legislative Committee, today told the House Labor Committee that A.F. of L. is split on its own Wagner Act amendments. Out of 117 queries to local and central A.F. of L. unions, she said, she received 22 replies and 16 were against the A.F. of L. amendments. On the left is Sidney Cohen while on the right is Monsignor John Ryan, Director of the Department of Social Action of the National Catholic Welfare conference

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Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Paul S. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today that while his firm recognized "outside unions" it kept an elaborate "company union" which is known as the "the industrial assembly", and it comprises an assembly and Senate, much as the state legislature. Acting in a capacity similar to a state Governor, the manager has power to disapprove assembly actions, he added

Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Pau...

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A.F. of L. President protests to Roosevelt about P.W.A. labor. Washington, D.C., May 20. William Green, President of the A.F. of L. carried a protest to the president of the U.S. that a PWA order barred thousands of unemployed building workers from PWA projects because they are not actually on relief, that some of the labor unions are carrying these men, or have some other source of income other than government relief. Left to right: M.J. McDonough, Sec. Treasurer of the buildings Trade Dept. of the A.F. of L.; William Green, President; and Harry O. Dates, President of the Bricklayers Union, 5/20/1937

A.F. of L. President protests to Roosevelt about P.W.A. labor. Washing...

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AF of L meets to try to solve WPA strikes. Washington, D.C., July 12. William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, today pledged to presidents of 103 unions to do everything in the federation's power to persuade Congress to rescind the new wage provisions that reduced hourly rates. He disclaimed AF of L responsibility for the strikes of 77,000 WPA employees and the sympathy strike of some member unions

AF of L meets to try to solve WPA strikes. Washington, D.C., July 12. ...

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Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in Pennsylvania. She worked in textile mills from the age of eleven to nineteen, until tuberculosis forced her to cease work altogether for two years. She has done factory inspection and trade union organization for women in the Consumers' League and Women's Trade Union League. Spent last three years, when able to work, campaigning for women suffrage. Took part in anti-Democratic campaign of California with Lucy Burns. Spokeswoman in working women's deputation to President Wilson, February, 1914.

Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in...

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Invites C.I.O. leader to the World Labor Conference in Mexico City. Washington, D.C., May 2. Vincente Lombardo Toledano, (left) Secretary General of the Confederation of Mexican Workers, today invited C.I.O. head John L. Lewis to attend a World Labor Conference against war in Mexico City next summer. Lewis said he would be "pleased to attend". Toledano is enroute to Oslo, Norway, for a meeting of the International Federation of Trade Unions, 5/2/38

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AF of L returned charter of textile workers to seal peace after CIO bolt. Washington, D.C., May 10. AF of L President William Green today returned the AF of L charter to the United Textile Workers Union and appealed to other CIO affiliates to return to the mother group in order that labor unity might again be achieved. 'The door to the House of Labor,' he said, 'is open and we will welcome all unions back.' The ceremony took place before the statue of old-time labor leader Samuel Gompers. Left to right: Frank Morrison, Secretary of the AF of L; Frances Gorman, retiring president of the Textile Union; and President Green

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Withdraws amendments to labor relations law. Washington, D.C., July 30. Senator Arthur H. Vanderburg, Republican of Michigan, reads a copy of the Labor Relations Bill after withdrawing his amendments following a protest from William Green, President of the A.F.of L. Green charged that Vandenberg's amendemnts to the measure provided for an extension of regulation of unions by the government that falls little short of the example set by fascist Germany, 7/30/37

Withdraws amendments to labor relations law. Washington, D.C., July 30...

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R.R. labor unions - Public domain portrait photograph

R.R. labor unions - Public domain portrait photograph

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Chairman of R.R. Labor Unions - Public domain portrait photograph

Chairman of R.R. Labor Unions - Public domain portrait photograph

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In unions there is strength! / J.S. Pughe.

In unions there is strength! / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Employer's Union" and a man labeled "Workingman's Union" drinking a toast while sitting on the back of a man sprawled on the ground, clutching papers labeled "Bribes" and "Brok... More

Presentation of U.S. flag to Labor Unions by I.O.O.F Lodge. Labor Day. Red Granite, Wisc.

Presentation of U.S. flag to Labor Unions by I.O.O.F Lodge. Labor Day....

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Discuss rail strike threat. Washington, D.C., May 20. David B. Robertson (right) President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginermen, discuss with Chairman Burton K. Wheeler of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, the threatened "Nation-Wide" strike bode of the railway labor unions which would no good to the already extreme railroad crisis.

Discuss rail strike threat. Washington, D.C., May 20. David B. Roberts...

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Meeting between officials of the OPM (Office or Personnel Management), Army, Navy and representatives of the automobile industry and the automobile unions, to discuss the problems of conversion in automobile plants. Left to right: Walter Reuther, USW-CIO (United Steelworkers of America-Congress of Industrial Organizations); R. J. Thomas, UAW-CIO (United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations) president; Sidney Hillman, associate general, OPM; William S. Knudsen, director general, OPM; C.E. Wilson, president, General Motors

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Army guards Hdqtrs at Manassas - 19th century Virginia.

Army guards Hdqtrs at Manassas - 19th century Virginia.

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Government workers union sponsors school in capital. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. A school for government workers sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, affiliate of the CIO, was inaugurated only two weeks ago but already the registration has increased 200 percent. A variety of courses are offered for which a tuition fee of $2.00 a course is charged to members in good standing of C.I.O. Unions. Non-members will be $2.50. Naturally, a class in Union Organization will be one of the principal courses. Miss Olivia Israli, instructor at the Federal Workers School, registering new students.

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Drinking fountains are provided at engineering projects and recreational parks for visitors' convenience. This one was donated by the labor unions associated in the Tennessee Valley Workers' Council as a memorial to a labor relations official of the Authority after his death. The bronze dedication placque carries the favorite stanza of the deceased which reads as follows: "Mourn not the dead who in the cool earth lie, Dust unto dust, The calm sweet earth that mothers all who die, As all men must, But rather mourn the apathetic throng, The cowed and the meek, Who know the world's great anguish and its wrong, And dare not speak."

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The American federation of labor does what all federations of labor unions do, attempts to give solidarity to the labor movement by getting the various sections of the labor army into touch with each other ... Organizing bureau of the American f

The American federation of labor does what all federations of labor un...

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Appears before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 14. Zygmund Dobrzynski, of Detroit, United Automobile Workers Organizer, told the House Committee investigating un-American affairs that the Communist party once sought control of auto unions believing that in event of war, they could paralyze the armaments industry. These tactics, he said, were outlined to him in May 1937, by William Weinstone, at that time State Secretary of the Communist Party in Michigan. Dobrzynski, said he was National Director of Ford Plant Organizers for the UAW, 11/14/38

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Why central labor unions should be a part of the American federation of labor ... How to form a central labor union .... American federation of labor. Headquarters 423-5 G. St. N. W. Washington, D. C. [n. d.].

Why central labor unions should be a part of the American federation o...

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Federal workers school. Public relations and trade unions. This course taught by Miss Jessica Buck, will familiarize the student with all forms of trade union publicity, including newspaper, radio, union publications and leaflets. Miss Buck (center) is explaining newspaper make-up to the students in this photograph. 11/30/37

Federal workers school. Public relations and trade unions. This course...

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U.S. Maritime Commission poster. Poster distributed by the U.S. Maritime Commission to U.S. employment offices, hotels, taverns, post offices, labor unions, etc. The original comes in two sizes: 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches, and 14 1/4 inches by 20 inches, and is printed in red, blue, and black on white. Copies may be obtained from Bureau of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information (OWI), 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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Young Unions song. By Smallbones. Tune: The farmer's boy. Andrews, Printer, 38 Chatham Street, N. Y

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C.I.O. counsel hits A.F. of L. criticism of National Labor Relations board. Washington, D.C., Lee Pressman, C.I.O. counsel, today took issue with the A.F.L. proposals to "safeguard" unions against NLRB "favorism" by providing that the Board's decisions shall not become effective until confirmed by the courts. Testifying before a Senate education and Labor Subcommittee, Pressman asserted that such an amendment to the Wagner Bill guaranteeing collective bargaining under Federal contracts, loans, or grants would eliminate the effectiveness of the board, 3/24/38

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Hitch in peace meeting netween C.I.O. and A.F. of L. Washington, D.C. Oct. 14. The contemplated peace meeting between the Committe on Industrial Organization and the American Federation of Labor hit a snag today as John L. Lewis, chairman of the C.I.O., announced that he refuses to consider any peace negotiations with the A.F. of L. until the attitude of the federation on revoking suspension of the 10 Committee for Industrial Organization unions is clarified. The decision was reached after a conference between Lewis and his CIO aides with whom he is shown in this photograph. Charles Howard, (left) of the International Typographical Union; and Max Saritsky, President of the United Hatters and Millinery Workers

Hitch in peace meeting netween C.I.O. and A.F. of L. Washington, D.C. ...

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At A.F. of L. meeting. Washington, D.C., April 19. William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, and Daniel J. Tobin, (standing) Vice President, held a last minute confab today before attending a meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation to consider calling an emergency convention to expel unions affiliated with the C.I.O., 4/19/1937

At A.F. of L. meeting. Washington, D.C., April 19. William Green, Pres...

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Young Unions song. By Smallbones. Tune: The farmer's boy. Andrews, Printer, 38 Chatham Street, N. Y

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