Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-29
1910 OUTLOOK
IS BRIGHT FOR
LABOR UNIONS
There Are Few Troubles Here,
and Work Is More Plenti-
fol Than in Years.

The Essex Trades Council will meet
tonight instead of Friday night, which
is New Years Eve. One of the i'm
portant matters that will be placed
before the meeting viii be a request
from the striking shirtwaist makers
for the moral support of the council, in
order to help them win their fight for
better conditions.
All Of the eighty and more unions
that are affiliated with the council have
been reporting for a month or more.
that work is becoming more plentiful
than 1t has been for a year or so, ana
the outlook for a buster year in 1910
IS very bright.
Among the trades that were hard
pressed during the year were the Uni
ted Hatters Of North America, the He.
Trimmers and the Weighers and Feed
ers' unions, which were ON strike or
locked out for nearly ten months, be-
cause some of the manufacturers re-
fused to use the hatters' label.
AT first it was not thought that tine
fight would be a long one, and tho
United Hatters ~endeavorcd to go It
alone in the way of assisting their
members financially, but as weeks Went
by without a prospect of settlement
appeals were sent out to all labor Or
CARNATIONS for financial, as well as
moral. assistance. Outside of those
laber unions in Essex county the nnan-
cial replies were not very encouraging,
and the fight looked like a lost cause.
The organizations in this county,
however. put their shoulder to the
wheel, so to speak, and made all kinds
OF personal sacrifices in order to help
out the matters, and in the end suc-
ceeded in raising gooaly sums or
money each week. While the hatters
have often expressed their gratitude
for that help. they were neyer un-
mindful of the assistance given pthen,
by the women, who composed organizes
tons of trirnuners, feeders and weigh
ers, who. with only a very few cxcep-
tons, remained loyal to the men. and
it is said that it was owing TO them,
more than any one cause that the long
drawn out fight was brought to ar emo
There was also trouble in the Team
sters' Union for several weeks, which
was settled by some of the men re-
ceiying an increase in wages and
shorter hours. ~
.Oify VI SOAi
nected with the council that has any
trouble is the Brass MouIders' Union,
which is trying to win a shorter work
day in n or two concerns, The num-
Der of men affected Is not very large.
In the building trades the only Or
~ganizations that have any difficulties
at present are the Masons and Labor
ers' unions, as about $50 members, WHO
Were engaged on the new Prudential
buildings are Oh strike, on account OF
a portion of the work. the plasterins,
being sub-Iet to a New York concern.
When the rule against sub-letting wits
adopted by the inasoils and bficlSlayersi
organizations. many years ago, it was
to prevent members OF the union TAX
ing contracts, so as to avoid the dam
ger of the piece work system, and then,
too, there We're not many members who
could do plastering work in this city.
With the advent of s~ky-scrapeTs. the
demand for plasterers became 50 great,
especially in New York, where the
majority of those large buildings have
been erected, it was found necessary
by the contractors for the Whole job to
sub-let that work, as well as the steel
or concrete construction, An o~rganiga-
ton of plasterers was effected in New
York in order TO meet the new condi-
tons. but the Newark men, until a year
or SO ago, did not feel any necessity
Tor such a union In this city, and have
kept the plasterers in their ~organlza-
ton.
The New York plasterefs' union has
been trying to control that part of the
work In this CITY by oor1yellinr New
York contractors to employ only MEM
bers Of their organization. Hence tho
trouble at the new Prudential build
ings.
Whether trades employed oil the job
will be affected will probably be de-
cided upon at a meeting of the Build
ing Trades Council tonight. So far no
demand has been made on the other
trades by the Brickiayers' and Labor
ers' unions.