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Domestic News May 25, 1931

Seward Daily Gateway

Seward, Seward County, Alaska

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In Washington, D.C., on May 25, the American Federation of Labor urged the Metal Trades Council to better organize workers to counter employers' wage reductions encouraged by bankers.

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METAL TRADES URGE BETTER UNITY PREVENT UNJUSTIFIED BURDEN

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25. (P)—Better organization of labor to keep "any unjustified burden from being forced upon labor's back" was suggested to the Metal Trades Council by the American Federation of Labor.

The Federation's metal trades department held that since "short-sighted and selfish employers, encouraged by some of the nation's leading bankers, are reducing or attempting to reduce wages," active efforts should be made to organize the non-union worker.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic

What keywords are associated?

Metal Trades Labor Organization Wage Reduction Afl Union Efforts

Where did it happen?

Washington, D. C.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Washington, D. C.

Event Date

May 25.

Event Details

Better organization of labor to keep any unjustified burden from being forced upon labor's back was suggested to the Metal Trades Council by the American Federation of Labor. The Federation's metal trades department held that since short-sighted and selfish employers, encouraged by some of the nation's leading bankers, are reducing or attempting to reduce wages, active efforts should be made to organize the non-union worker.

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