Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

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A roofers' union was recently organized
in Lynn, Mass.
Brickmakers in New South Wales earn
about SO a week
Furniture making in Canada gives en-
ployment to over 5000 people.
Ten women in the United States earn
their living in the capacity of baggage
men.
Among the organized women workers
in Germany, 1892 belong to the metal
trades
Tinsmiths in Calgary, B. c., have had
their wages increased from 40 cents to
421a cents an hour.
The strike of Vienna (Austria) omni-
bus employees is at an end, several con-
ccssions having been made by the manage
ment.
The iron Turing and metallic fathers
of Boston have recently had their wages
increased from Az to AIN 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. l of this year. the
Iron Molders' Union paid in benefits to
lis sick members 1897, 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
fol AIN advance of 215 per cent was
granted This now makes the rate at 60
per cent above the maximum, according to
tn, standard of 1879.
Iore than 90 per cent of the stereo-
typers and electrotypers of the United
States and Canada are within the ranks
of the union, while in some of the larger
cities every man at the trade is a mem
Der of the union.
The loss of time to employees through
trades disputes in the Dominion of Can
ada during September of this year
amounted to $1,000 working days. In
1906 the loss from the same cause was
1850, and the year before, 97,140.
The next biennial convention of the
Retail Clerks international Protective
Association will be held at Louisville.
Adelaide (Australia) warehousemen,
shop assistants and clerks unions have
recently become affiliated with the local
Trade and Labor Council
Unions in the clothing trades of Russia
number 15,039 members. This refers to
strict trades unionism, free from any po-
litical utilization.
rpr q IN rto To
consolidate the Office of national prcsi-
dent and secretary treasurer, and thus
have but one permanent general officer.
The ministers of Coffeyville, Kan, have
adopted 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 men,
bers of the Dockers' Union have received
Dy way of legal awards for accidents the |
large sum of S1S5,381.26.
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 |
labor in Cincinnati is the Milk |
ers' Union. which has received a charter
from the American Federation of Labor. /
L 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 $3.50, in accordance
With the contract that the scale would be
$3.50 when copper is below IS cents and |
81 when it is above.