Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-20
LABOR
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Hungary has almost 10000 trade
unionists.
Union tailors all over the United
States and Canada are voting for in
ternationaI officers.
Preliminary steps have been taken
looking to the erection of a labor tenn
pie in Fargo, N. D.
Organizers are at work in New York
trying to form an international union
of typewriters and stenographers.
A State federation comprising in its
membership about 5000 miners was or
ganized recently in Wyoming.
Machinists of the New England
States will work for an increase of 20
per cent in wages between now and
next May.
More than 100 delegates will repre-
sent New England at the biennial con-
vention of the railroad clerks, to be
held at New Orleans.
Believing in charity of a definite and
helpful form, Memphis (Tenn.) Typo
graphical Union has incorporated in it's
book of laws a provision that annually
an assessment of one-half of 1 per cent
on the October earnings of its members
shall be levied, the sum realized to be
divided equally between the day nur-
sery and the founding home.
International president of retail
clerks reports that letters received
from different parts of the national
jurisdiction show that there has been
great deal of activity in all the sub
ordinate unions, and that membership
and finances are increasing at a rate
that has not been known in the last
five years.
Every law pertaining to or bearing
on labor and in force in California at
the present time has been condensed
into one small compact volume by the
State labor commissioner. This is to
meet constant and increasing de-
mand for such a publication by law
yers, public officials and others inter-
ested in various ways.
It has been, decided that the Massa-
chusetts Legislature be petitioned to
enact a minimum wage law of S2.25
day Cor all State laborers, and particu-
Iarly for those employed by the water,
sewer and park boards.
Since the adjournment of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor convention,
renewed activity in the ranks of the
Interna tional Mill Employees Union has
resulted in the return to the union of
five locals, that have not only paid up
all arrearag es, but have been success
full in obtaining the use of the union
label for their product.
At the next meeting of the federated
trades council, of Sacramento Cal. an
effort will be made to amend the con-
stitution to the extent of making it OBJ
ligatory for every delegate to year q
union made hat.
Twenty-Five editors, owners and res
resentatives of different labor publica-
tions were present at the Toronto cor
vention of the A. F. of l., and twent-
of these signed a call for a meeting and
agreed to join an organization. After
several attempts to perfect the organi-
cation fourteen of the editors got to-
gether and formed a permanent organ
ization to be known as the Internation-
al Labor Press Association.
From returns received to inquiries
addressed to each of the labor orgari-
cations in Colorado there have been
compiled for 122 organizations that re-
ported figures relating to membership,
wage each day, hours worked each
year. The membership of the organi-
cations reporting numbers approx
mately $4,000. The hours worked each
day are reported as eight by thirty
three unions. as nine by fifteen unions,
as twelve by five unions, and thirteen
by one union, as seven by three unions,
and as five by three unions.
A convention of the International
Transport Workers Federation meets
in Copenhagen, Denmark, next August