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Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-03 | Page 1 | A. F. of L. Head Calls upon Workers to Resist Efforts for Wage Slashes

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Date 1932-09-03
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title A. F. of L. Head Calls upon Workers to Resist Efforts for Wage Slashes
Type article
Date 1932-09-03
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text A A. F F. of L L. Head Calls C Upon Workers To Resist Efforts for Wage Slashes m Br UT Associated d Press WASHINGTON Sept 3 3 Amen Amerlan Amerl- Amerl can an workers in all lines of industry today oday were called on by President William Green of ot the American Federation Fed Fed- ration of ot Labor to resist reported minute last efforts of business lead lead- ers era rs to cut wages before industrial conditions improve I Green denounced wage cuts at athis this his time as a last stand by business leaders who realize that once prices have lave gone up there will be little excuse excuse ex ex- cuse use for further wage reductions The labor leader said he had been informed that there seemed to be a movement among industrialists to use the present low prices as an excuse for reducing the workers' workers income It flU Is a foolish and md sighted short policy Green said The same sort of sightedness short-sightedness they have shown for Cor the past two years I do not think they would hesitate to try i it r S 'S The recent attempts of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads to put through an additional wage reduction appears to be a part of ot this policy Green said and wIllbe will willbe willbe be resisted by labor generally Such a movement now would represent represent represent rep rep- resent about the limit in taxing the patience of ot the tho worker the labor leader continued Many business leaders already have taken advantage of a serious situation to bring wages down and cut purchasing power to the bone I They can only injure their own cause and perhaps destroy whatever upward movement there may be in m business conditions by attempting at ata a time like this still further lurther to reduce the ability to buy on the part of the American worker Labor will protest and arid resist any further attempt to cut wages and we will wUl call on all nIl classes of labor in every field organized and unorganIzed to Join in Lathe inthe the f fht ht l
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