Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-11

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WHAT LABOR rs DOIl,G.
Teamsters at Emporia. Kan, have
formed a union.
The dye workers in Minneapolis
Mimi, have recently organized.
The Operative Plasterers' Information
al union has joined the A. +. of l..
The retail clerks at McAlester. OK
have obtained a reduction in workin.
hours.
The labor unions of Albany. n. Y
have erected and opened tuberculosis
pavilion.
The various central bodies of Orange
county, \. Y, have joined county
labor union.
The wages of women in Asiatic Tur-
key vary f-om 10 to IL cents day for
ten hOut9 work day.
A reorganization of the building trades
unions has been brought about in Buffd-
10, \. y, after many years of war
fare.
United Brewery Workmen Of America
have a cash surplus on hand of S91,-
622.4l and an investment i'll municipal
bonds of 100000.
A new law passed by the state of Okla
homa orders that ali school books issued
to the children of that state must bear
the union label in the future.
William 7. Lewis of Columbus, O..
who was appointed state labor commits
sioner of Ohio, is brother of Tom
l.. Lewis, president of the United Mine
workers.
Seaman's compensation laws, for in
juries received in the service of sEl1.
owners. are in operation in Austria, Bel
GUM. Denmark, France, Germany, Rus
STA, Italy and Spain.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus has promulgated rules to put into
effect the Government Employees Com
pensation act. More than 10000 en-
ployes come under the provisions of that
act.
The appellate division of the New
York supreme court, second department,
corporation with labor union, whereby
only union men shall be employed,
should be upheld as valid.
The Cigarmakers' International union
of America will not hold convention
this year. An amendment to the consti-
tuition designed TO make ii convention
possible, has been defeated in the refer
endum by BOG votes.
The Akela mill in Paseoag, r. l..
which has been closed for more than one
year, resumed operations this week, Civ
ing employment to about 100 hands In
connection with the mill the erection of
large dye house plant has been begun.
Additional death benefits of $3.50 for
membership of seven or more years
and $500 for ore of ten or more years
have been established b. the Brother
mood of Painters, Decorators and Pa
perhangerS.
The Women's club of Magnolia, Mass.
is said to be the only one of its kind in
existence. 1t has a membership of more
than 300, all women employed as work
ers in the hotels, boarding houses and
residences of the summer population of
tnaL resort.
Paper mills. OF which there are eight
in India, employ 400 persons, but this
is not at present a progressive industry,
as European wood pulp is largely i'm
ported There is, how. yer a prospect
of the establishment IF wood pulp
manufacture in India
The Bakers and Confectioners Inter
national union has adopted a plan 10
fully organize all the large cities of the
United States, with the idea of having
a membership of 100000 within stated
time.
The Iver johnson arms and cycle
works in titchburg, Mass, which have
been running for a considerable period
ON a ,tive-day-a-week schedule, have re
sumed work on full time in all their de
partments. More than six hundred men
are affected by this change
Boycotting is prohibited by law in
Colorado, Illinois and Indiana. Black
listing is prohibited by law in Colorado,
Connecticut, Florida. Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Okla
ton ard Wisconsin
In California. Colorado, Connecticut,
Idaho. Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts,
Minnesota. Missouri, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Porto Rico
and Wisconsin it is unlawful for an en-
ployer to exact an agreement, either
written or verbal, from an employe not
to join any labor organization.
John Il Walker, president of the Hi
nois Mine Workers union, has been
brought out by friends of John Mitchell
as candidate to oppose President Lew
is of the United Mine Workers for in
ternational president at the annual Goa
vention of the latter organization neNt
January.
Fifty per cent. of all the men employc!
in the printing trades In Kingston, ia
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