The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01

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have been reached by managing ON
Gals of the various railroads that the
wages of employees shall remain un-
changed for at least three months
This is with the expectation that by
September either Industrial conditions
will have recovered sufficiently to en-
able the roads to maintain present
rates, or the necessity of reducing
them will be SO apparent as to weaken
the resistance of labor organizations
While many of the roads have desired
to make cut none has been willing
tn take the initiative, and concerted ac-
ton so far has been impossible The
feeling prevails that a railroad ought
not to cut wages and continue to pay
dividends.
Washington--A circular urging sub
ordinate unions to affiliate with their
respective State Federations of Labor.
has been sent out by Secretary Frank
Morrison of the American Federation
of Labor Now that the legal status
of labor organizations is placed in
jeopardy by recent court decisions. he
says, it becomes imperative that trades
unionists should be on the alert for
any legislation that may be enacted.
both for and against labor interests
This is the special function of the state
branches, and to increase the chances
for success in having remedial lezisla-
ton adopted by the state legislature
they must have the support OF every
local union within their Jurisdiction
Sheboygan, Wis = The Croker
Chair company, the largest chair fac
tory in the world, has resumed opera
lions in both of its plants. The Phoe-
nix Chair factory is again running on
ten-hour schedule and the American
Manufacturing company likewise is
running on a ten-hour schedule The
Sheboygan Chair company expects to
resume operations as soon as its semi
annual inventory is completed All
other plants in this city are arranging
to operate on schedule in force prior
to the financial depression and orders
are again coming in heavily
London, Eng.-The three chief
unions in the printing trades have. 1t
is announced. resolved to federate. SO
that they can act unitedIy in all mat
tiers pertaining to work and wages
throughout the United Kingdom Some
such arrangement was inevitable after
the decision of the London Society Of
Compositors to extend the metropolf
tan area which resulted in some fric-
ton between it and the Provincial
Typographical association. Four unions
have united; the benefits are to be
uniform, and are to be paid from .
| central fund.
Youngstown, GA settlement A.
fecting 10000 men in Pennsylvania.
| Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan. Missouri
and Illinois was reached at Detroit
between the Western Bar Iron associa-
ton and the Amalgamated Association
| of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and the
wage scale signed for the year ending
June 80, 1909. BY its terms the pud-
dlers are given q cut of about eight
per cent. In wages and the flnishers
| an average of about two per cent
Work will be resumed In the mills
following the settlement
Indianapolis, Ind.-Membership dues
for the Pattern Makers' League Of
North America are from IS cents to
81 q week, and the national per capita
tax is IS cents a month. When . mem
Der is out of work, dues are RENTED
after four weeks. The sick benefits
are 81 a week; the strike benefits 81
a week, and the death benefits from
| $50 to $500.
| Washfngton-Organi labor has
the right of recognition. 1t does not
deplore nor object against the employ
ers being organized. 1t Is far better
to make a contract between organized
bodies than It is between individuals.
Discipline comes with organization In
dividuals stand alone without any
force and destroy the right Of mutual
contract. The condition is deplorable,
but no one is to blame but the indt-
vidual. He stands in the way of col
Iective bargaining and better condi-
lions.
New York.-The membership dues
| of the International Association OF
Machinists range from 81 to $3.50 a
month. and the national per capita
tax is So cents a month for Journey
men and 25 cents for apprentices. In
regard to out-of-work benefits. there
is local remittance of dues, and the
locals pay the weekly sick benefits.
The strike benefits are from IS to IS
| a week, and the death benefits range
| from $50 to 5000.
| La Crosse, visa nine-hour day
has been announced at the shops of
the Burlington read. Since last Oc-
tober these had been running on a
| short-hour schedule.
st. Paul, Minn.-Whether six engi-
neers who have the best runs on the
Mason City and Fort Dodge division Of
the Chicago Great Western shall be
put back on other divisions of the road
or shall remain where they are, is a
question which the United States
courts will have to decide in the near
future The case affects the standing
and chances of promotion of between
200 and 300 engineers on the Great