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    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-02-04


    • Plans to organize Coulee dam labor.

    • 1936

    • Plans to organize Coulee dam labor. - Washington State Federation, aided by national representative, will undertake the task. - Avowed intentions of "organizing" workmen at the Grand Coulee dam project will lead representatives of 17 international...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-02-04
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-12-14


    • Defends Coulee at labor meet

    • 1936

    • Defends Coulee at labor meet. - One of the recognized leaders of Spokane labor single-handedly opposed action of the building trades section of the Washington State Federation of Labor at its meeting in Wenatchee Sunday, when it threatened to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-12-14
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30


    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract

    • 1937

    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract. - Here is the text of the "closed shop" agreement between the MWAK company, contractor at Coulee dam, and the American Federation of Labor:
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30. p. 1.


    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract

    • 1937

    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract. - Here is the text of the "closed shop" agreement between the MWAK company, contractor at Coulee dam, and the American Federation of Labor:
      ""1. That the word day shall not exceed eight hours...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30. p. 1.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30.


    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract

    • 1937

    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract. - Here is the text of the "closed shop" agreement between the MWAK company, contractor at Coulee dam, and the American Federation of Labor: ""1. That the word day shall not exceed eight hours and...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-12-14


    • Defends Coulee at labor meet

    • 1936

    • Defends Coulee at labor meet. - One of the recognized leaders of Spokane labor single-handedly opposed action of the building trades section of the Washington State Federation of Labor at its meeting in Wenatchee Sunday, when it threatened to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-12-14
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-22


    • Groups prepare wage analysis.

    • 1937

    • Groups prepare wage analysis. - C. I. O. and A. F. of L. ready to demand 20-cent boost at dam. - A hearing to determine the wage schedule for the next Grand Coulee dam contract will probably be held by the United States department of labor here or...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-22
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-06-29


    • 2600 to decide labor contest.

    • 1937

    • 2600 to decide labor contest. - Three labor groups are claiming big memberships in their drives for the right to be selected as the bargaining agency at the dam site under the Wagner act. Fifty-one per cent of dam site workmen, or about 2600, must...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-06-29
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-31


    • Coulee builder signs up union

    • 1937

    • Coulee builder signs up union. - Closed shop agreement with A. F. of L. reached--C. I. O. protests immediately. - Grand Coulee dam construction became an American Federation of Labor "closed shop" union job today.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-31
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-08-06


    • Unfair charges at dam listed

    • 1937

    • Unfair charges at dam listed. - United Dam Construction Workers' union, an affiliate of the C. I. O., filed charges of unfair labor practices against the Coulee Dam contractors with the national labor relations board here today.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-08-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-12-14


    • Labor ruction menaces Coulee

    • 1937

    • Labor ruction menaces Coulee. - Low bidders and A. F. of L. agreed, but C. I. O. says it was ignored. - In spite of an agreement between the low bidders on the next Grand Coulee dam contract and the American Federation of Labor, the specter of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-12-14
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-10-12


    • Coast is issue in wage probe

    • 1937

    • Coast is issue in wage probe. - Might come to Coulee for less money on 40-hour than 30-hour in Seattle. - One indication of what the federal department of labor might be thinking about in connection with the wage scale that is to prevail in the new...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-10-12
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-02-02


    • Organized labor demands removal of U. S. engineer at Coulee dam.

    • 1936

    • Organized labor demands removal of U. S. engineer at Coulee dam. - In their first act toward organizing labor on the federal Grand Coulee dam project, Washington State Federation of Labor representatives demanded tonight the removal of Frank A....
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-02-02
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-12-14


    • Dam pay scale brings threat

    • 1936

    • Dam pay scale brings threat. - Building trade unions say labor exploited, may oppose Coulee funds. - Passage of a resolution condemning the present wage scales for skilled labor at Grand Coulee dam featured the closing session of the building trade...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1936-12-14
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-08-09


    • Abandon plan to strike at Grand Coulee

    • 1937

    • Abandon plan to strike at Grand Coulee. - Plea for collective bargaining election goes to relations board. - Plans for a strike at Grand Coulee dam have been definitely abandoned until a decision on a request by the United Dam Workers for a...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-08-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30. p. 2.


    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract

    • 1937

    • Strikes and lockouts lack place in Coulee contract. - Here is the text of the "closed shop" agreement between the MWAK company, contractor at Coulee dam, and the American Federation of Labor:
      ""1. That the word day shall not exceed eight hours...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Labor. 1937-07-30. p. 2.

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