The San Francisco call., 1910-03-30
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

ties. The movement is of a purely
business character. and it is be-
refuse charity will not hesitate to
register when seeking employment.
No fees will be charged. 1t is un-
derstood that all operating eX-
funds. The law provides also for
advancing the railway fare of
workman from his home town to
another where job, awaits him.
A building is now being fitted up
Change. m This will be the center of
q large district.
The district will be directed from
Nottingham. but each town will
have a branch exchange and each
village will be connected through
the local postoffice with the near
est exchange. The exchanges will
be connected by telephones. which
are expected to be very useful in
distributing notices of work and
workmen wanted and preventing
congestions of applications in large
industrial centers-
leicester will be another labor
exchange center. and large build
ing is being equipped Tor the serV-
ice.
Women trade unionists are to stump
the state of Illinois in the furtherance
of plan of the national woman
trade union league of Chicago to make
eight hours a day the maximum time
women in any trade shall work in that
state. The speakers will appeal to all
organizations of women and to labor
unions to urge upon the Legislators
when in session to enact a law that
shall result in fixing the maximum
hours of wage earners.
The ministry of labor of France has
issued an order to the effect that on
and after June l of the current year
there shall be no more night work by
factory women and seamstresses. At
this time the latter are required to
work until 10 and II o'clock at night
and in times OF great rush they are
forced to work all night, working in
four hour shifts; that is. working four
hours and resting four hours.
Boston, with a population of 500, 600,
has a cigar makers union with mem
bership of $500 San Francisco, with a
populat ton of 500, 900. has a union of
that trade with a membership of only
800 The officers of the local union of
cigar makers account for the difference
by the fact that the people who ought
to ask for cigars bearing the union
label ask for goods made in unfair
factories in preference to home prod
ucts made under fair conditions.
The millmen's union No. 422 will
meet next Tuesday night in quarterly
session for the purpose of voting on
the proposition to affiliate with the
labor council and the state federation
and on the laws of the district council
of carpenters, with particular refer
ence to the apprentice system. At the
last meeting OF the brotherhood of car
penters it was made apparent that q
uniform system for apprentices can not
prevail in the national jurisdiction
therefore il was decided to refer the
matter to the district council of each
jurisdiction to prepare a system suited
to the particular locality.
The building laborers. excavators
street. concrete and asphalt workers
union was addressed by Supervisor T
Minehan last night. He said that ht
will see to it that contractors perform
work in the sewer line in strict &C.
cordance with the specifications.
The union initiated five candidates.
The stationary fremen at their meet
ing last night voted TO request the
la Dor council to declare boycott or
the Merchants cold storage ice com
pany on the ground that it is unfair t
the stationary f1remen.
This is the company for which Super
visor Knowles was soliciting wher
forced to retire from the icemen'i
union.
The committee on consolidation o.
unions of the trade reported progress