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May 19, 1891
The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
Telephone operators at the Central Telephone exchange in Detroit are upset over new company rules banning gum chewing, flirtatious conversations, and requiring 'number' instead of 'hello' during work. Day shift girls, earning $16/month, consider striking but lack organization; night shift, at $20/month, face similar issues. From Detroit correspondence to Chicago Herald.
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Deprived of Their Gum and Their Hello.
The girls in the Central Telephone exchange are in a frame of mind over the new rules of the company, which prohibit the chewing of gum during working hours, interdict flirtatious conversation over the wires, and require them to say "number" instead of "hello." The day girls, who get sixteen dollars per month, are willing to strike, but they are not organized, and fear their chances of success would be very small. The night girls, who get twenty dollars per month, have more time to themselves, but owing to the nature of their work cannot talk up the matter of striking during working hours, and neither set will trust the other to organize a union. The girls are mad, however, and have been muttering over the new rules ever since they went into effect.--Detroit Cor. Chicago Herald.
The girls in the Central Telephone exchange are in a frame of mind over the new rules of the company, which prohibit the chewing of gum during working hours, interdict flirtatious conversation over the wires, and require them to say "number" instead of "hello." The day girls, who get sixteen dollars per month, are willing to strike, but they are not organized, and fear their chances of success would be very small. The night girls, who get twenty dollars per month, have more time to themselves, but owing to the nature of their work cannot talk up the matter of striking during working hours, and neither set will trust the other to organize a union. The girls are mad, however, and have been muttering over the new rules ever since they went into effect.--Detroit Cor. Chicago Herald.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Telephone Operators
Workplace Rules
Gum Chewing Ban
Strike Threat
Labor Discontent
Where did it happen?
Central Telephone Exchange, Detroit
Story Details
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Central Telephone Exchange, Detroit
Story Details
Telephone operators protest new workplace rules prohibiting gum chewing, flirtatious talk, and mandating 'number' over 'hello'; day and night shifts consider striking but lack organization and trust.