ONE DOLLAR PER WORD IS GOAL SET
FOR ESSAY ON THE UNION LABEL
BY A. F. OF L LABEL TRADES DEPT;
B? I. M. ORMBL’RN
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In order to stimulate interest in
Union Labels, Shop Cards and Serv
ice Buttons we are offering 11,000 in
cash and valuable Union Label articles
as prizes for the best essays on the
following subjects:
“Why I Buy Union Label Goods.”
“Why I Use Union Services.”
“Why I Am a Labor Unionist.”
“Why I Joined a Women's Auxil
iary.
This Essay Contest takes the place
of a national AFL Union Label and
Industrial Exhibition during 1940.
Essays on those various subjects
are limited to 260 words. The grand
prize for the winner of each essay
will be 2260 each in cash. Numer
ous Union Label articles will be given
for the second, third and other prizes.
The Union Label Department will be
glad to send full information, includ
ing the rules and regulaitons to any
one who is interetsed in writing an
••gay in this Nation-wide contest.
Simply address the Union Label
Trades Department, American Feder
ation of Labor, Washington. D. C.
It is most important that every
contestant read the rules carefully
before he starts an assay.
We especially urge students in
grade schools, high schools, and col
leges to take part in this Essay Con
test. If full information about the
Union Label can not be obtained from
local libraries, a small pamphlet con
taining the history of all Union La
bels, Shop Cards and Service .But
tons will be mailed upon request.
Everyone is eligible to write on the
essays entitled “Why I Buy Union La
bel Goods,” and “Why I Use Union
Services.” They are free-for-all. Any
person, man or woman, boy or girl of
sny age, can compete for the prises
given for these two essays. The Es
say entitled “Why I Am a Labor Un
ionist” is confined to only membershp
in Labor Unions, and the Essay,
“Why I Joined a Women’s Label
League is naturally confined to mem
bership of Women’s Auxiliaries.
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Asheville Gets New
Tannery Workers
Local - Teamsters
Making Progress
ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 8—Re
cently organized and chartered, the
new Local Union of Tannery Workers
is making splendid progress. This
organisation was perfected under
leadership of L. D. Warren, President
of the Asheville Central Labor Union,
and the organising committee. It is
said that outer Local Unions will soon
be organized among tannery workers
in Western North Carolina.
The newly organised Local Union
of Teamsters and Chauffeurs is like
wise making splendid progress. The
Central Labor Union assisted in the
formation of this Local.
Local Union 22-129, Rayon Work
ers employed at the big Enlca plant,
is making good progress. Charges
have been filed before the Labor
Board against the American-Enka
Company for violations of the Wag
ner Act, and the hearing has ben set
for April 15. The outcome of this
case will be watched with interest
throughout the South,
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Job Shops In
Chicago To Get
Wage Raise
CHICAGO, April 6.—Typographi
cal Union No. 16, International Ty
pographical nion, has signed a new
contract with the Franklin Associa
tion of Chicago, a representative em
ployers’ group.
Under the contract, the rate of pay,
51day, 40-hour week, will be $66 for
day work, $60 for night work. This is
$2 a week higher than the old scale;
and provision is made for an addi
tional increase of $1 a week, which
will take effect March 4, 1941, and
will make the rate of pay the highest
in the union’s history, s
The new wage schedule will be in
corporated in agreements with shops
which are not affiliated with the as
sociation and will affect some 3,500
or all of the union’s members who are
employed in Chicago’s commercial
shops.
Buying Power
On Ungrade In
The United States
NEW YORK, April 8.—There are
18,251,300 "preferred families'’ in
the United States with the equiva
lent in buying power of an annual
81,500 New York City income, the
magazine "Sales Management” re
ported last week.
The publication, announcing its
yearly survey of purchasing power,
said the American public last year
| had an “effective” income of $67,783,
307,000, an increase of 7 per cent over
the 1938 figure and the fifth highest
total on record.
Dividing population by the income,
the total was equivalent to $2j267 for
a "composite American family,” or
$552 for the average individual.
The magazine explained, however,
that “relatively few incomes” in the
high brackets partly accounted for
the $2,267 average and that “actually
only 51 per cent of the families have
the equivalent of a $1,500 New York
City income.”
| "The magazine’s statistical staff,”
the announcement said, "has found
that a family income of $1,600 in the
biggest cities is necessary for the nec
essities of life. Above that figure
luxuries and savings are possible.”
ALABAMA CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN GADS
DEN NEXT WEEK
j GADSDEN, Ala., April 8.—Final
1 preparations have been made for the
. opening of the Alabama State Fed
eration of Labor convention in this
city next Monday. The program is
prepared and the business of the con
vention is expected to be carried on
in smooth manner. President 8. E.
Roper and Secretary-Treasurer W. O.
Hare are here this week, and express
keen delight over the way that offi
cials of the Gadsden Central Labor
Union have made preparations for the
convention.
Stalin’s motto: “The Soviet Union
does not covet one inch of other states
but will defend every inch of her own
soil.” Finland please note.
UNITED GARMENT WORKERS
UNION INSTALLS CHAPTER
IN ATLANTA. GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Ga., April 8.—W. B.
Reynolds. International representa
tive of the United Garment Workers
of America, announces the installa
tion of a charter for a newly organ
ized Local Union formed by the em
ployes of the Cluett-Pea body com
pany here. The charter was installed
and officers and members obligated
at an enthusiastic meeting held on
March 28.
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Typo Union, 338
Met Last Sunday;
was Well Attended
Typographical Union, No. 338, met
Sunday afternoon in the oMose Hall
inm regular monthly eeeeion, presided
over uy President a. A. Stall*. Extra
cnairs bad to he brought out to ac
commodate tbe overflow attendance,
committee reports were exceptionally
mtercsung, ana mucb discussion was
u» order of tbe meeting. The Stand
ltd-Printing Co jm- iepartri ■—
i having signed an agreement with the
11. T. U. and the Allied Printing Trades
Council. Three new members were
obligated.
Robert F. White and Ray Nixon
were elected delegates to the Tri-State
Typographical Council, which meets
in
Hugh M. Sykes and Howard If.
Beatty were elected alternates. Quite
a number of Charlotte printers sttend
this affair at each of Its meetings.
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LOUISIANA FEDERATION
HOLDS ONE OF ITS MOST
SUCCESSFUL CONVENTIONS
SHREVEPORT, La., April 8.—The
28th annual convention of the Louis*
jana State Federation of Labor was
held here last week, and was pro
nounced the largest and most suc
cessful convention in the Federation’s
history. E. H. (Lige) Williams was
re-elected President, and E. J. Bourge
■was re-elected secretary-treasurer, as
were all vice-presidents who stood for
re-election. Much constructive work
gras done, and the Federation had
more affiliates and more delegates
present than in any previous conven
tion.
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A. F. L. MINE WORKERS
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 8.—The
Progressive Mine Workers of Amer
ica. affiliated with the A. F. of L.t
Von another bitterly contested elec
tion against the CIO United Mined
Workers and was certified by the
Rational Labor Relations Board as
the sole collective bargaining agency
for employes of the Dawson Daylight
Coal Company mines at Dawson
•Springs, Kentucky. U. M. W. objec
tions to the election results were dis
missed by the Board.
OPERATING ENGINERRS
DOUBLE MEMBERSHIP
DURING THE TEAR
ATLANTA, Ga., April 8.—W. B.
Nixon, business representative of Lo
cal Union No. 926, International Union
of Operating Enginers, has reported
to F. H. King, chairman of the or
ganizing committee of the Atlanta
Federation of Trades, that member
ship in No. 926 has been doubled dur
ing the past year. In addition to this
increased membership, the Local ob
tained six sigend agreements with
employers with increased wages of
I from 10 to 50 per cent.
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