The San Francisco call., 1910-02-03
PAWN MT SOUGHT
FOR EXTRA WORK
POstoffice Clerks Sue the Fed
eraI Government for Compen=
safion for Overtime
Five Hundred Garment Workers
in This City Not Employed
at Their Trade

Postofice clerks union No. 1881 has
elected the following officers:
walter Hancock. president: John J..
McNaughtoR. vice president: Charles
KinraGe. financial secretar1-; Thomas
Flaherty. rscouding secretaTy: F,reder-
icE Rice. warden: sJohr y. Fitzgerald.
cor,dlictor; Arthur LseesclI~r. trustee /;
T. 2 King and JossPh Raymond. dele
gates 10 the labor council.
The union was advised by communi-
cation that the officers OF The National
rnion have commenced action in Che
United states court Of claims to secure
pay FOR overtime for postoffice clerks
The contention of the clerks is that
they are entitled 10 extra pay for all
time they arc required 10 work in ex-
cess OF eight hours a day. The nation
al committee is working TO have an
early hearing Of this matter.
approximately 500 garment workers
in san Francisco are not working at
their trade The representatives of
the garment workers union attribute
thlS to the fact that a number OF berge
firms enga ged Ia the manufacture OF
shirts, overails. aprons, BARRIERS coats
anc other ready made articles for men
aye not employing union help.
The union. which is composed al
most entirely Of women has a little
more than 500 members, with prac-
tically all OF them in employment.
Five hundred garment workers who
are moi working al their trade at pres
ent would be able 10 Go so and would
again affiliate with the union If the
factories now employing nonunion
hetp were to emplo- only union lfelp.
Tnicu members work only eight
hours Il day, or IS hours a week. Some
OF the other shops work nine hours
day Some OF the large firms also
employ Chinese. Goods manufactured
IN Chinatown are secretly moved 10
the warehouses OF the white dealers
ard placed in competition with the
goods manufactured by union estab-
ushuents.
To eliminate The sweat shops and the
Chinese factories is the tcsk that
tie members OF the garment
workers union have set for them
selves. IN order that all the union
members Of their craft may have work
and that conditions may he improved
in the shops they are asking that their
friends look for the union label on gar
rnents they purchase,
4 comInu1 cation from the Amer
ican federation Of labor 10 the San
Franchises labor council conveys the
fnfornla ton that the executive commit
tee OF the federation viii be IN san
Francisco during the later part of
next April.
The committee during its stay in the
state viii take testimony from inter
ested parties belonging to unions that
nave differences with their interna-
tional organization This is with a
view to bring about an amicable set
ucment OF existing difficulties
The street. concrete and asphalt
workers union last Tuesday night do
mated 80 to the fund that is being
raised by carpenters union No. 1910
10 send one Of its members who is
sick 10 his former home in the east
Tbs union was informed by the busi-
ness agent that business is improving
and that prospects for the future are
seven accepted candidates for mem
bership.
Electricians union 40. 15l al its last
meeting discussed a proposition to add
to its membership by the addition Of
certain workers employed in the tele-
phone companies. The union will give
q smoker in Saratoga hall next Satur-
day night.
The stationary firemen's union has
voted to pay cent per capita for six
Incnths 10 the fund that is being raised
Tor the organization Of the migratory
labor OF the state. This union has. in
tn last II months. suffered the loss of
fcUr members by death.
The naIders' uHjon last Tuesda,
night received report from the inter
nation4i body which shows tnat dur
ms 1903 the receipts from all sources
exceeded the disburseme- s by more
than $1,000