Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31
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| are lar aneau OF the United States IN
the cooperative movement.
A movement, national in character,
| has been started against the beef trust
by the Pittsburg United Labor League.
AT St Louis a movement has been
started to organize the 10000 Pullman
conductors and porters. They want
more wages, the conductors naming $40
| Il month.
indianapolis grocers and saloonkeep-
| ers are enthusiastic over the proposed
establishment of a cooperative ice
that charged by the combination OF
| factories.
The executive board of the Western
| Federation of Miners will meet in Den
Yer on May % for a prolonged session.
| The convention does not open until
! May 26 President Boyce anticipates
the largest convention in the history of
| the organization.
plasterers' labOrers in Manhattan
| ana the Bronx have had their wages
! increased to 1925 for u days work of
eight hours duration. Their wages
had been SO and they demanded re-
Gently $3.50 day. but their union
made compromise with the con-
tractors on the demand.
The system of official sweating in
England has driven the telegraph
, operators and other postoffice employees
to organize for the redress of their
grievances, and there are now five
trades unions in that government de-
rartment. with an aggregate member
ship of $4,000.
Kings County district, Brooklyn, N.
Y, Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners has appealed to organizations
of the craft throughout the United
States and Canada for financial assis-
lance toward defending the suspended
secretary at the coming BIZ
ennial convention in Atlanta in
September.
June IL will be the date of the meet
Toronto's (Canada) various local labor
Central Labor Council. 1t is reported
that the scheme has been Endorsed by
all the unions. At present there are
about ninety EIGHT labor organizations
in the city. OF this number fifty four
are represented in the Trades and
Labor Council.
If the plans of Alfred Mosely. the
English multi millionaire, are carried
out Great Britain will have within
year great labor court modelled upon
the recently formed National Civic
Federation. Mr. Mosely came to
America with the object of arranging
for the reception of two delegations
from England this fall who wish to in
vestigate the industrial conditions of
the country
The Birmingham Trades Council, by
its action, has decided to make an eff
fort toward having the workingmen of
Jefferson County act in concert in the
coming campaign with a platform as
laid down by the American Federation
of Labor. The plan is to go into the
primaries, elect as many members of
organized labor as possible and those
who are in sympathy with labor and
will pledge themselves to support labor
in its efforts to secure needed reforms.
AS the demands of the American Fedora
ton have been selected as a platform,
ii is interesting TO note what those de-
mands are, and they are here given:
l. Compulsory education. 2. Direct
legislation. through the initiative and
referendum. 3. A legal workday of
not more than eight hours. 4. SAM
tary inspection of workshop. mine, and
home. 5. Liability of employer for
injury to health. body, and life.
6. The abolition of the contract sys-
TEN in all public work. Z. The aboli-
ton of the sweating system. 8. The
municipal ownership of street cars,
water works, gas and electric plants
for the public distribution of heat
light. and power. 9. The nationalist
ton of telegraphs, telephones. rail-