Another Union Wins' Health Agreement
Another Union Wins' Health Agreement TRADE UNION TOPICS Another Worker** Health AgreemenT A significant victory in the fight for workers' health if reported by the Workers' Health Bureau, New...
...on one side .and tha shop chairmen and the President of the Union on the other side...
...then S map of the world showing areas where oil was not now being obtaineo but which were "possible" oil fields...
...The Union has scored another victory at the Premier Shoe Co...
...On Saturday afternoon there will 'be a special program for their delight...
...Mevie-Oil-Goverament Propaganda Editor, The New Leader: The articles in The New Leader bearing on governmental expenditures for propaganda attacking Government ownership of electric power utilities remindi me of similar propaganda...
...I am at a loss to explain the silence of these champions of public rights and Democracy...
...In the case of wood alcohol and benzol, painters are poisoned either by inhaling the fumes or absorbing these poisons through the skin...
...Following immediately upon the showing of these maps were these titles: "Where Will Possible New Fieldsj,Be Developed...
...The artists will be Miss Lillian Gennis, I pianist...
...Following this the miners obtained employment elsewhere but continued to live in the company houses...
...The July convention will be the regulur annual convention...
...In a year or two I shall not be so timorous...
...The only struggle in the picture is this: a map showing those portions of the world politically controlled by the big powers...
...ALFRED HENDERSON...
...The Organization Drive is being pushed forward with great vigor by the officials of the Union and more victories are expected to come...
...GEORGE LLOYD...
...I have copies of my correspondence ti these parties...
...State Control of Parties Editor, The New Leader: I was much interested in your introduction to my letter on the legal control of political parties as appealing in the current issue of TH* New Leader...
...The terms of the agreement, the Bureau states, "should do much towards minimizing these occupational .dangers...
...And the Kiddies...
...A Question Editor, The New Leader: I respectfully ask the following vital question: "Shall the subways (present and future) be provided, operated and maintained with the untaxed ground rent of $500,000,-000, or with the wages of Labor...
...An agreement has been stipulated between the Elco Shoe Co...
...crease of .'1 rents on every pair of shoes for the lasters...
...However, they did cehsor my reference to "Capitalistic Imperialism...
...They will not be forgotten...
...Russian folk-dancers and dancers from other lands will exhibit native dances...
...And the booths—the Russian Novelty Booth, the Cross-Word Puzzle Booth, the Fortune Teller's Booth, the Book Booth—are in charge of the Rand School Women's Committee...
...This agreement, which went into operation April 1, will be effective for one year," G. A. Gordon, secretary of the Rochester painters' local states...
...The Rochester health agreement is as follows: HEALTH AND SAFETY J. Journeymen are to care for and inspect all ladders, scaffolding and plank* used by them for the protection^ their own ssfety snd in the interest of the employer who provides and maintains the equipment...
...New Victories for Amer'n Shoe Workers' Protective Union The big Organizstion Drive of the American Shoe Workers' Pro-I tective Union is meeting with suc-I cess...
...Royal-Dutch, Anglo-Persian, etc...
...A convention of District 1, in which there has been much disturb anre in recent months due to several "unauthorized strikes," will be held in July...
...Last Spring the New Y'ork World was courageous enough to print the exposition and denunciation of this picture as I have given it to you...
...As a result of two weeks' strike at the Elco Shoe Co...
...Another Union Wins' Health Agreement TRADE UNION TOPICS Another Worker** Health AgreemenT A significant victory in the fight for workers' health if reported by the Workers' Health Bureau, New York City, which states that the second trade union health agreement in the United States has been made in Rochester, New York...
...I Daniel Saydenberg, cellist: Theo-I dore Saydenberg, pianist...
...I<ead or products containing lead •hall be given workmen only in the form of paste or ready-mixed paints...
...In addition to the concert, August Claes-sens, former assemblyman, and one of the most popular speakers in the Labor and Socialist movement, will deliver an address on "Easter...
...At any rate I pasB this information over to you, citing governmental imperialist propaganda and the indifference of radical politicians and a magazine to public need...
...Secretary Work countered quite artfully that this could not be true, for in June, 1923, Secretary Fall had arranged for the production oi the picture...
...1 think, besides, that as advocates of an independent Labor party we would immensely gain if this avenue of the open primary was closed to our friends of the non-partisan persuasion, those who believe in working through the old parties...
...The first trade union health agreement, made between the paint ers of New York City and the employers, went into effect less than a year ago...
...then the map sgain showing the present location of the fields of the big oil companies: Standard, Sinclair, Texas...
...It was alleged to be propaganda to clear the air of the stench of Teapot Dome...
...The matter in question deals with the propaganda connected with the moving picture, "World Struggle for Oil," which was exhibited at Moss' Cameo Theatre last April (1924...
...A cabaret program will be offered In Uie cafeteria, and general social dancing will take plare in the auditorium...
...Ten monthB ago the company demanded the minasasjagree to a reduction in wages and the men refused...
...Incidentally, I am charging La Follette, his friend.i, and tho Nati n; and also the New York Times (to whom I wrote last October), with the suppression of news vital to the public welfare...
...Scenes followed titles showing the United States Navy steaming out to sea...
...Keep those dates open—Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25—for a jolly, rollicking good time...
...Russian Village Fair at Rand School All roads lead to the Russian Village Fair in the Debs Auditorium and the Rand School cafeteria on Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25...
...Miss Mathilda Present, so-' pialio, Charles Lichter, violinist...
...Cincinnati, Ohio...
...Brooklyn...
...Pennsylvania Miners Evicted Five hunded miners employed by the Traders' Coal Company, living in the company houses at Lafiin, Pa., have been .ordered to vacate their homes and move from the miners' settlement there...
...4. All hand mixing of dry lead, other leads or lead paints and m\y process involving the mixing™erushing, sifting, grinding in oil or any other manipulation of lead or lead color, causing dast on the job, shall be prohibited...
...In the painting of area-ways, elevator shafts, kitchenettes and other confined places where there is no possibility of fresh air, rest periods of ten minutes in each hour shall be allowed...
...For many reasons, if any private or public use is made of this letter or contents, I do not wish my name divulged...
...A SUBSCRIBER...
...the lasters have won an increase of from 6 cents, to 8 cents per pair, while the entire shop crew gained recognition n.i an organized body I affiliated with th* American Shoe "Workers' Protective Union, Inc...
...My request to you is that you demand of the Senate an investigation of the conditions which brought about this picture, that you demand information as to the whereabouts of the film and that iv and all copies be destroyed...
...I also wrote the same to the Progressive party le- 'ers in New York and Brooktyn, anj also to the Nation...
...Christ J. Golden was elected to succeed Thomas Kennedy as chairman of the tri-district board...
...Russian folk-songs will be sung...
...The Rochester agree ment, which also affects the painting trade, went into effect April I. According to the Workers' Health Bureau, which acted as the Union's scientific adviser in negotiations with the Rochester employers, "Painters are poisoned by breathing lead dust, or by inhaling overpowering fumes sucb as turpentine, benzine, naphtha and gasoline...
...This concluded the showing of the "WorM Struggle for Oil...
...The order comes as a climax to a dispute which has been hanging fire between the men and the company for nearly a year...
...The union has also started a campaign among its members against non-union made bread, f...
...change) "and Undtr What Flag...
...Professional vaudeville artists will entertain...
...I have not written previously, as I had once directly by mail turned this information over to Senator La Follette (but received no answer) and had hoped to get some action...
...If no notice in writing of alteration is given before January of next year, the agreement will automatically be extended for the period of a second year...
...Anthracite District Convention Called The week-end of June 2" has been selected by members of the executive boards of districts 1, 7 and D of the United Mine Workers for the annual tri-district convention...
...j 2. Damp rubbing-down and sandpapering shall be substituted for the dry method on all paint surfaces...
...3. Adequate toilet facilities within easy access shsll be provided on all Painting Operations...
...The New Leader mail Bag...
...The convention, which will frame demands for a new agreement covering wages and working conditions to supplant the agreement which expires August 31, will meet in Scranton...
...Naturally the orchestra, or organ, played the "Star Spangled Banner" as the fleet scene was shown...
...The Bonnaz Embroiderer Workers' Union, the Fancy Leather Goods Workers' Union, the Neckwear Makers' Union, the Furriers, the Children's Clothing Workers, are also planning interesting booths...
...Fur Workers' Concert Sunday The Educational Department of the International Fur Workers' Union will hold a concert this Sunday afternoon, April 12, at the Debs I Auditorium, the Rand School, 7 I East 15th street, New York...
...Because of the scarcity of homes in the neighborhood none of the miners ordered to leave can find new quarters there and they may finally deride to establish a tent colony...
...Adolph Held is chairman of the Booth Committee...
...6. In order to remove poisonous psint from the hands and face men shall be allowed five minutes before the end of the morning and afternoon shift for the purpose of washing up...
...The membership of the Union is elated over these conquests...
...It is now seven to ten months since the letters were written...
...This firm, which is one of the largest independent shoe concerns in Brooklyn, has agreed to recognize the Union granting union Condi-I tions in all departments and an in...
...Gowan is President of the local and H. Drucker, secretary...
...A Russian I'alalaika Orchestra will play Russian airs...
...My complaint is that, being produced by the United States Department of the Interior with the cooperation of Harry F. Sinclair Inc., and suggesting that the UnitSn States Navy*be used to put possible new oil fields under the United States flag, that this picture is a piece of Government Oil Imperialistic Propaganda, In vcvober, r.UH, the New Y'ork Times published some account of a controversy between Democrats and Republicans over this, the forme-charging that it was propaganda to show what a good man Harry Sinclair was, with all the wonderful work he did tc get oil purely in the interest of service to humanity...
...The company then ordered the workings bj cltsed...
...This agreement provides for recognition of the thop chairmen and committee in each department, the right of the American Shoe Workers' Protective Union to collect dues in the shop, the principle of ii hours per week and a clause relating to "no discrimination against any employee for Unionistic activity...
...All guests are invited to come appropriately costumed for a Russian fair...
...I suppose that all that can be done is to publish this letter and any other information that might be obtained by you...
...8. To offset the injurious effects of paint fumes on the health of the men, windows shall be kept open to assure a sufficient supply of fresh air...
...District President Henaldo Cappillini has refused the request of numerous locals for a special convention...
...Sam De Witt, editor of the Chatter-box, will be Master of Ceremonies...
...I hope the Transit Committee of the Socialist Party will answer that vital and fundamental question...
...Laundry Workers' Resolutions The Laundry Workers' International Union, Loral 2H, has adopted resolutions pledging support to the Grocery Clerks' Union and urging its members not to patronize stores that do not employ union clerks...
Vol. 2 • April 1925 • No. 15
