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Torsnso fCanAdal shoe CLERKS have or
CANNED 4 union.
All the i40 iasnpligh.ers In Boston.
Mas hessas to The IAmplishsers' Union.
The Drug Cserks' Union al San Fran
cisco, Cal, has opened an ruaplo, nent
BUREAU for clerks.
The Trades Unicaise Of Washington. u.
=. has been taken OUT OF The r~s,sivvr.s
hands.
Lynn tMsss) building trade unious ar.
getting together for onr c~ntrsi council
that viii include all.
The recent SS~stish trade unlon Goa.
gr~ss lssssd resolutions la favor Of old
are r~nsions and ia Avor al compulsory
intervention ia labor disputes-
The "COPPER" local unions will vo&e "a
= Proposition to do away with c~cnventions
and adopt the initiative and refer~ndan
system In conducting he affairs III the
organization.
Machinists OF Fan rrancisco. Cal. and
tAose OF OAKLAND have under consideration
proposition Z form Q district council
os lodges Of machinisss al the Ay cSun-
tiest
Al = meeting Of the United Hebrew
Trades Union Of New Yort City. II was
decided to afhiiats With the worAm<n's
Circle, the national Hebrew lAbes TED
~sration.
The Journeymen taiiors' general ess~u-
tive board has Interpreted the law rela,-
Ing 10 siek benefits 70 man that No such
benefits can be paid to q msnbsF
while outside tho United States o. csA-
ada.
A. q resuk Il complaiats mads BY shs
Vallejo fCal) trades council orders have
been issued ~ The Navy Department 10
sbserv- the prsvisi0s Of the California
child labor law h employing boys ~ the
Mare Island navy-yard.
An asrs~nest. which IL 10 said win
end the difsssnces existing between the
Boston tMaa) pofers and sheet metal
workers unions for many years was
signed BY rsprsssntaves Of botA eeUan-
is~ations.
BY a rssersadum vote the Poster Ar
tigts' A~xsociatiea Of America has D.
cided 10 affiliate with the An,cri~n Fed
sration Of Labor. I've union has passed
its tenth anniversary, and there are 10
Gals in every important labor csntes 81
Tie country.
Outside Of the American redcrafiaa Of
Labor, the largest labor orEanisatica u
this country are the great railroad
br~otherhoods. SIX In number. wich In
clude something lie . million workers.
divided up into thousands u local
naions.
A period Of twenty years In Francs
and Belgium has not materially changed
the tonnage output a miner employed. but
the German miners have reduced their
output by tweuty-one tons In that term.
and the British miners by no less than
thirty-f-ur tons since 1887.
In the matter Of factory inspection and
he health and safety OF employees. leEis-
lative action was taken in thirty nine
States and Territories last year. These
include all States in which mining or
manufacturing employs a considerable
number OF persons. In fourteen Stntes
new en0ctmen1A touSliHk uphA NuAs suW
jet we're written into the statutes.
Sixteen British trade unions. with 4
membership Of 100000, ate ~snppovins .
movement 10 establish . l-cent eiEht-pAxe
daily Newspaper In the interest OF labor.
Its title will be the Morning Herald. The
parliamentary committee Of the trade
union MR. will manage ne vsnture.
The suggested capital 10 100000.
The law in Spain which alresdy fixed
the maximum working hours for cAildren
between the ages Of ten and fourteen
years, limiting them to SIX hours in mills
and other Industrial establishments, and
to eight hours in shops and ofbces, and
which further prohibited them from being
employed on night work. has until sow
made no reSulasiona against the employ
ment Of we@en and children In CERTAIN
harmful branches OF industry.