Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

San Francisco, Cal, is to have a build
ing trades temple.
The knights of Labor at Boston have
decided on political activity
The cutlery forgers of Southbridgs,
Mass, formed a union recently.
Garment workers, the majority Ital-
ians, are on strike at Utica, \. Y.
The timers of Nashville. Tenn, are
on strike to enforce the eight-hour day.
New Orleans, La. union plumbers have
been on strike since the first of the year.
The plumbers and carpenters of Port
land, Me-, have obtained the eighthou
day.
Slate workers in Maine have obtained
nine-hour day and 10 per cent increase
in wages.
The suburban railway employees o.
Cleveland have obtained an increase OF ]
cent an hour.
The fathers of Cleveland have raised
their initiation fee to SO and the dues
are $1.50 per month
The United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers
declared for international socialism at
their recent convention.
Bridge and structural iron workers
have formed new unions in Hamilton,
Ont, and Vancouver, h. c.
Fur workers are now agitating a de-
mand for their label and planning cam
paign for the coming season.
An effort will be made by the Brother
hood of Bookbinders to organize that trade
more thoroughly in the Southern States
Union teamsters have introduced an or
dnance in Jersey City, n. j., preventing
the employment of boys under Is years OF
age as teamsterS.
In 1929 a strike took place among the
tea pickers of the central Chinese prov
ince for higher pay. Ihey We're hanged
by men in charge of the trust.
A victory for organized labor took place
in the recent election in San Jose. Cal.
resulting in the election of two out OF
three councilnlen and the city clerk.
In the four years of its existence the
Chicago Milk Wagon Drivers Union has
increased wages of its members more than
% per cent, while it has cut the hours of
labor in two.
A year ago the average quarterly earn
ings of organized wage workers in New
York State were only $1SI as compared
with 1912, the average earnings for the
first quarter of this year.
The Union Spenders' League is the
name of new organization that has been
formed in New Jersey. 1t is composed
of the women relatives and friends OF
union men, those who spend all the
! money, or nearly all.
1t is the intention of the Boot and
Shoe Workers international Union OF
interesting women in buying union-made
articles 1t is said that there are now
$50 factories in the country using the
union stamp in the manufacture of mems
and boys shoes, but that wOmen'S shoes
with the union stamp on them are scarce.
Union window washers at Chicago, ILL.,,
have served an ultimatum on the Office
Building Managers Association, declaring
that they will not work unless the wages
are increased $3.50 a month. They have
tried by conferences to obtain an adjust
ment of the new wage agreement, but
the owners have refused to make conces-
sions or settlement.
James O'Connell, president of the In
| ternational Association of Machinists and
| third vice president of the American Fed
| Grafton of Labor, has issued circular
| to the employers explaining the Interna-'
| tional Associations reasons for agitating.
| for an eight-hour work day at the present
| time The machinists have voted in favor
Of making a general demand for a shorter
work day, but the date for its introduc-
, ton has not yet been fixed.
Chicago union horseshoers have signed
| an agreement with the master horseshoers
which gives the men Saturday half hol-
iday during four months in summer with
out a reduction in wages The scale re-
mains the same as last year. S3.2J, $3.50
and 1915 a day for the three. branches
of work in the craft. The working day
is nine hours, with five hours on Satue
day during June, July August and Sep
TENDER and eight hours or all other Satur-
days in the year.
Labor officials announce that work on
the four-stery labor temple in Cleveland,
Ohio, will be begun within a year. The
appointments will be modern and thor
ough Bowling alleys, shower baths,
smoking and lounging rooms will be To-
Gated in the basement. On the first and
second floors will be the headquarters of
the different unions, while lodge rooms
will be on the third floor. An auditorium
suitable for entertainments will be on
the fourth floor. The building will cost
$4,000.