Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-31
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A roofers' union was recently organized
in Lynn, Mass.
Brickmakers in New South Wales earn
about $40 a week.
Furniture making in Canada gives en-
ployment to over 5000 people.
their living in the capacity of baggage
men.
Among the organized women workers
in Germany, 1872 belong to the metal
trades.
Tinsmiths in Calgary, B. c., have had
their wages Increased from 40 cents to
4215 cents an hour.
The strike of Vienna (Austria) omni-
bus employees is at an end, several con-
cessions having been made by the manage
ment.
The iron Turing and metallic fathers
of Boston have recently had their wages
increased from 411a to 47M cents an
hour.
The Fall River Textile Council and the
manufacturers have agreed to continue
the wage-establishment agreement for an
other six months.
During the period extending from Janu-
airy, 1896, to Nov. j of this year, the
lyon Molders' Union paid in benefits to
i,s sick members $1,397, 1853. The union
has passed the 100000 mark and is still
growing rapidly.
At the Cancellation meeting, held re-
Gently, the request of the Welsh Golfers
foI an, advance of 21a per cent was
granted. This now makes the rate at 60
per cent above the maximum, according to
tn. standard of 1879.
More than 80 per cent of the stereo-
typers and electrotypers of the United
States and Canada are within the ranks
of me union, while in some Of the larger
cities every man at the trade is mem
Der of the union.
The loss of time to employees through
trades disputes in the Dominion of Cam
ada during September of this year
amounted to 1900 working days. In
1906 the loss from the same cause was
90,S60, and the year before, 97140.
The next biennial convention of the
Retail Clerks International Protective
Association will be held at Louisville.
Adelaide (Australia) warehousemcn,
shop assistants and clerks unions have
recently become affiliated with the local
Trade and Labor Council.
Unions in the clothing trades of Russia
number 1903 members. This refers 20
strict trades unionism free from any po-
lifical utilization.
Patternmakers are voting on a plan to
sIoeo of al
dent and secretary-treasurer and thus
have but one permanent general officer
whe ministers Of Coffeyville, Kan, have
adopted a uniform scale of prices for con-
Quoting funerals. and they propose to ex-
tend their organization to all parts of the
State.
Since the workmen's compensation act
came into force in Great Britain the mem
beers of the Dockers' Union have received
by way Of legal awards for accidents the
large sum Of S1SJ,3S1.26.
The British ambassador has suggested
to the Department Of State that owing to
the existence of industrial depression in
Cape Town. persons seeking employment
be warned against migrating to that
place.
The largest addition to the ranks of
organized labor in Cincinnati is the Milk
ers' Union. which has received a charter
from the American Federation Of Labor
II is composed of men who do the actual
work in supplying the city with milk.
BY an overwhelming vote the Butte
Miners Union has accepted the reduction
Of wages from 81 to $50. in accordance
with the contract that the scale would be
$3.50 when copper IS below IS cents and
81 when il is above.