HIGHER WAGES IN AMERICA.
STEEL MANUFACTURERS MOVE. SHORTER WORKING WEEK. (Received July 16, 9.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 15. Simultaneously with the announcement that the steel industry had filed its code with the Industrial Recovery Administration, setting a minimum wage of from 25 to 40 cents an hour, and a 40-hour week, eleven prominent steel manufacturers of the Youngstown (Ohio) district initiated immediate wage increases of from 8 to 25 per cent. These will affect 100,000 men.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20909, 17 July 1933, Page 9
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