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country are, and have been for some
time, taking much interest in the
Union Printers home at Colorado
Springs, Col, conducted by the In
ternational Typographical union. Va
rious internationals have taken under
consideration the establishment of a
home along similar lines for their own
members. In the current issue of the
Bricklayer and Mason, the official
journal of the Bricklayers' and Ma
sons International union, there Is an
illustrated article dealing in an espe-
cially clear and thorough manner with
the printers home and its method of
operation. Speaking of its expense,
the article says that one minute of his
working time each day is what every
union printer in North America gives
as his mite toward the maintenance
of the Union Printers home. Every
month every one of the $4,000 mem
bers OF the International Typograph-
ical union pays All assessment of Is
cents-half cent day. or less than
the amount the average printer will
earn in minutes working time. Con-
tinufng, the article says: 1T is a
small sacrifice, but it is this small sac
rifice, coming from every man. work
ing in cooperation with his fellow Ia
borers. which gives to the home an
annual fund of 100000 for mainte-
nance and improvements.
New York.-The long threatened
general strike of the Kosher Butchers
union throughout the city for union
conditions began in 800 kosher butch
er shops in Manhattan, The Bronx,
Williamsburg and East New York.
Headquarters were established at 1873
Eldridge street, where the strikers as
they came from the store reported.
About twenty committees were ap-
pointed to go to the shops in an effort
to induce the non-union kosher butch
ers to strike. The demands of the
strikers are as follows: Working
hours to be from five a. m. to five
p. M. with half an hour Off for break
fast and an hour off for dinner. Cen
erai recognition of the union and
union cards to be displayed in the win
dows of the stores. Minimum wages
from So to $12 week for the various
grades of workmen, and the abolition
Of the rule by which kosher butchers
board with employers.
Washington.-A report has just been
published dealing with the first eight
months, from August A. 1907, to
March 81, 1908. of the new Danish
act concerning unemployment benefit
societies. At the end of the above
term there were "a such societies duly
recognized; 81 of this total covered
the whole country. three only one
province (Zealand). The aggregate
number of members entitled to aid in
case of unemployment was 70.449, or
67,789 men and $500 women, and of
these only 1868 lived in the rural dis
tricts.
Washington.-The city of Ulm, in
Germany, deals with the problem of
homes for wage-earners in q way that
attracts the attention of social stu
dents in other countries. The city
bought suburban land and built small
hooses, each with a little garden.
These were sold upon reasonable
terms. After 20 years of this expert
ment many of the working people own
their homes The death rate is no.
ticeably lower than In other cities of
Germany.
London, England. Insurance
against unemployment is exciting a
great deal of attention in England.
The passage of some law for earning
such insurance is being discussed
from every point of view. Whether or
not the effort to make this insurance
compulsory by parliamentary enact
ment will succeed is still matter Of
doubt, but strenuous effort will be
made to obtain the passage of such a
law.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Wfth so per cent.
larger enrolment than when it
opened, the only mine workers school
in the United States has completed
it's first years session. 1t is at Lost
Creek. Pa, little mining village In
the anthracite region. The success
of the experiment has been so pro-
nounced that plans are being made
still further to extend among the
workers the advantages of mining ed
ucation.
ottawa, Canada.-The Trades and
Labor congress of Canada, it is said.
will spend several thousand dollars on
organization work during the year.
Cardiff, Wales.-Iron workers in
Wales have been awarded an advance
of one-half per cent. dating from Oc-
tober l.
kansas City, Mo-Labor men are
in hopes of occupying their new labor
temple by January /.
Ottawa, Canada.-Recently several
Of the trade unions in Canada, with q
membership of about twenty thousand
effected an amalgamation into what
they termed a federation of labor
They take the ground that Canadian
union men should act Independently
of the international bodies. and &C
cordingly have passed strong resolu
tons aimed at such international or
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