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Scope and Contents Major Topics: Bridge and Structural Iron Workers internal corruption charges; cotton legislation breach of labor standards; Federal Employees Union charter application; five-day workweek; Machinists jurisdiction dispute with Carpenters; eight-hour day in motion picture industry; American Federation of Labor nonpartisan political action committee; American Federation of Labor proposals to national party conventions; racketeering in labor unions; American Federation of Labor charges against...

Scope and Contents Major Topics: Carpenters agreement with Machinists; Communist conference stumps American Federation of Labor convention; child labor; convict labor; five-day workweek; immigration restriction; injunction relief legislation; Kellogg-Briand Pact; old age security legislation; Pan American Federation of Labor; depression relief principles; unemployment; unemployment insurance; unemployment policies; Volstead Act modification; workmen's compensation; American Federation of Labor finances and...

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Major Topics: Convict labor; Sleeping Car Porters injunction fight; shorter workday and workweek legislation; Daniel Tobin candidacy for secretary of labor; women and children in industry; bill to prohibit federal purchase of sweatshop products; women's auxiliaries in American Federation of Labor; workmen's compensation.

Scope and Contents Major Topics: Brewery Workers jurisdiction dispute with Engineers and Teamsters; Bridge and Structural Iron Workers corruption case; Chain Store Employees organization drive; Commercial Telegraphers organizing drive among postal employees; five-day workweek; six-hour day legislation; Nazi treatment of German trade unions; Marine Engineers Beneficial Association charter application; National Association of Master Mechanics and Foremen of Navy Yards charter application; American Federation of...

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Major Topics: American Federation of Labor organizing campaign in federal labor unions; Federal Bankruptcy Act; Firemen and Oilers jurisdiction award over Brewery Firemen; Machinists jurisdiction dispute with Carpenters Union; Executive Council visit with President Roosevelt; six-hour day legislation; American Federation of Labor finances and membership statistics.

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Major Topics: Amalgamated Clothing Workers charter issued; nationalization of banks; Communist interference with American Federation of Labor convention; resolution on Father Charles E. Coughlin; policies regarding federal labor unions; Panama Canal Commission; National Recovery Act; discrimination against older workers; organizing drive among African Americans.

Scope and Contents Major Topics: Brewery Workers jurisdiction dispute with Teamsters, Engineers, and Firemen; cigar making industry code; company unions amendment to Section 7-A National Recovery Act; resolution on Father Charles E. Coughlin; Fur Workers representation dispute; Ladies Garment Workers jurisdiction dispute with Textile Workers; unemployment relief in New York, New York; Steel Workers protest against Weirton Steel Company; Theatrical Stage Employees; jurisdiction over motion picture machine...

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Major Topics: American Federation of Labor organizing drive; Automobile Workers organizing campaign; Firemen dispute with Engineers; Garment Workers jurisdiction dispute with Textile Workers; paper industry organizing campaign; resolution on George W. Perkins; Wagner-Connery Labor Disputes Act; women's auxiliaries; American Federation of Labor finances and membership statistics.

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Major Topics: Automobile Workers Federal Labor Unions; Sleeping Car Porters charter application; women's auxiliaries; American Federation of Labor finances and membership statistics.