Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-30
LABOR
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A Jewish labor hall is about to be
| erected in Leeds, England.
The woman clerks in Leavenworth,
Kan, have formed an organization.
International Longshoremen have in
! creased their membership in eleven
years from 5000 to $4,000.
The Illinois State Federation of La
Dor has taken a decisive stand in OPP
position to local option.
Steam Engine Makers Society of
Great Britain has $4,000 members, with
a bank balance of $425.00O.
The Chicago Federation of Labor is
doing good work in undertaking to
limit women's working time to ten
hours day.
Photo Engravers' Union reports a
membership of 1886, net increase of
S64 for the present year. The total
number of locals is forty mine, a gain
of four
The long standing differences be-
tween the New York local and the In
ternational Theatrical State Employees
Union have been adjusted to their mu-
tual benefit
The National Federation of Cotton
Weavers, at its recent annual conven-
ton, adopted a resolution to change the
name of their organization to National
Federation of Cloth weavers
The national executive board of the
Metal Polishers and Buffers Interna-
tional Union has announced that it will
start fight in every State in the I'm
ion for the eight-hour day, and that it
has set aside large fund to carry on
this campaign.
Upon recommendation of the labor
organizations of Oklahoma, the State
board of public affairs has adopted a
rule that hereafter no contractor who
is not willing to stipulate that only I'M
ion labor shall be employed and union
rates paid for such labor will be per-
mitted to bid on State work
The Federation of Labor of the State
of New York has declared its belief in
woman suffrage as a necessary step
toward the better protection of the in
dustrial interests, not of women wage
workers only, but of men as well.
An official inquiry has recently been
made in ST. Petersburg, Russia, with
reference TO the medical assistance
furnished workmen by the different
factories. One-third of the enterprises
give no medical assistance at all, and
forty-five allow free drugs. New regu-
lations are likely TO grow out of the
inquiry.
y noticeable feature in recent child
labor legislation in this country has
been the increasing emphasis placed
upon the proof of age requirements of
children who desire to so TO work.
AT the request OF the California State
Federation of Labor the San Francisco
labor council named a committee of
four to meet with the federation in the
matter of organizing migratory labor.
The official organ of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Street and Electrical
Railway Employees of America. the Mo-
tornlan and Conductor. shows a sub
s.antial profit. having in the last two
years paid of large deficit. and is
now on a paying basis.
The general run of wages in Buda-
Pesth. Hungary. may be inferred from
these rates: Bricklayers. paid by the
hour and losing even part-day time
through bad weather, and with four or
five months loss in winter, receive 81
TO $50 day. carpenters. working un-
der the same conditions. get SLlo TO
81 so for a day OF ten hours
The number Of children working half
time in Great Britain has decreased
materially in recent years and this is
said To have teen due mainly 10 re-
strictive Hesitation.
The official labor paper in Nanoou-
yer. 3, c.. Is said TO be proving sue
cess In every way.