Abstract

Labor Notes

This article presents information on labor disputes in the U.S. The cotton-textile strike may be reinforced on October 1, 1934 by a walkout of cotton-garment employees. The cotton-garment manufacturers have threatened mass disobedience against the U.S. National Recovery Administration's order to reduce the maximum work week from forty to thirty-six hours, but to preserve intact the present minimum wage rates of $12 and $13. In this strike, if it takes place, three unions, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, the International Ladies' Garment Workers, and the United Garment Workers, will constitute a united front. During the last week in August representatives of the automobile manufacturers and of the A.F. of L., automobile workers' union appeared, separately, in Washington. The union men met and discussed what improvements they ought to urge for the code that would succeed the one due to expire on September 4. They considered the question of shorter hours, higher wages, and seasonal employment.