The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-16

ktaen wholly or in part to enforce |
demands for increase of wages.
The most important cause of lock-
outs was disputes concerning recog-
milton of union rules ana employers
organization, which alone and COM
bined with other causes produced
nearly one-half of all lockouts and in
ciuded more than one-half of all es-
adjustments involved in lockouts.
The percentage of strikes for each
OF the leading causes has varied large
ly from year to year, but in every
year save 1884 and 1904 strikes for
increase of wages have outnumbered
| those for any other one cause. In
| 1884 a greater number (38.15 per
| cent? were undertaken wholly or in
in 1904 1892 per cent were for recog-
milton of union and union rules. In
recent years the percentage of strikes
against reduction of wages has shown
notable decrease, as is of course
natural in a period of advancing
wages. On the other hand, the PEI
centage of strikes concerning recog-
rition of union and union rules has
shown a remarkable increase, for
while they constituted less than
per cent of all strikes between 1881
and 1QS6 and uovor rpachod 90 nor
cent in any single year prior to 1896,
yet during the five-year period 1901
to 1905 they constituted more than
one-third of all strikes. The sympa-
thetic strike, which in the early
Eighties was comparatively rare, but
between 1889 and 1894 became of con-
siderable Importance, since 1894 has
rot constituted as much as per cent
of all strikes in any year except 1904.
Strikes for increase of wages have
heen more successful than those for
in only 31.36 per cent of the estab-
lishments involved in strikes for that
cause, while the next most success
full, those against increase of hours,
entirely failed in 300 per cent of
the establishments involved. Strikes
concerning recognition of union and
union rules entirely failed in 42.SS
per cent of the establishments in
vclved, and sympathetic strikes, the
most unsuccessful of all, entirely
failed in 1858 per cent of the estab-
lishments involved
Settlement Of Strikes.
Within recent years the effort to
bring about the settlement of strikes
and lockouts by joint agreement of
organizations representing the parties
or by arbitration by disinterested
third party has been attended with
; considerable success. During the five
year period 1901 to 1905, 5.75 per cent
of all strikes and 1920 per cent of all
lockouts were settled by joint agree
ment and 1.6O per cent of the strikes
and 2.03 per cent of the lockouts were
: settled by arbitration. These meth.
DDS of settlement have been thus far
largely confined to a few Industries
: practically one-half of the strikes and
two-thirds CT ;le lockouts settled by
| joint agreeE.e emit being in the build
r ing trades, and about IA per cent in
the coal and coke industry. OF the
strikes settled by arbitration more
: than one-fourth were in the building
? trades and Is per Cent in the coal an j
: coke industry. These figures do MOI
fully represent the progress of these
f methods of settlement of disputes be
: tween employer and employee, fol
: both methods are being used to :
|. large and increasing extent to settle
: disputes before a stoppage of worl
occurs.
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