The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-02-16

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o the Miners with 90 local unions having OF this number 1900
members the next largest the group being the Federal Unions
which are composed largely Of common laboers with member
ship OF ~ while the BARRIERS third with total OF 454
In the Printing industry this State there 5o2 organized
women the Printers having membership of 81 Pressnen 2o
| i'ookbndcrs Is; and Slereoypcrs,
In the Railway Employees Train Service is total member
aen have the seratest number OF employees in this with
membership OF 665 The Conductors and Engineers nearly
divided The former having membership OF 5S and the latter 46l.
Railway Employees Miscellaneous Trades, show a member
ship o increase 552 The Railway Tegraphcrs
have 81 Tins number 2 S4 nemh and the Railway Carmen 74I
TO the casual observer nj appear from the there
such small increase in membership that labor organizations
not made the heretofore record There has been ap
parent phenomenal growth any locality but steady gain
mensuratc with c activities in commercial undertakings rep
take up the question Of and the increase thrcof
An analysis Of This stion shows that total Of 100 organza
fair average being abont o6 cents
In The Building Trades there ~ locals reporting an
crafts total OF twenty showing increase ranging from o25 oz5
cents hour Seven Painters organizations their wages
show increase OF o65 and four Pasterer oganza
tons increased their cents per hour each The other oganza
on showing an increase in this group Of wage eaners
follows Electricians . llod Carriers Lathrs Plumbers and
increase pay the buk Of these being represented by the Miners
their increase day. Two Teamscr organza
up the remainder in this group
In the Printing industry, twelve locals show The
Printers with locals increased pay o6 cents
per hour -Four locals the Pressmen organization report
crease OF o3 cents per hour.
Railway Employees Train Service report an increase as fol-
lows 1--WE locals OF the Conductors organizations eight of the En-
gncer tour OF the remcns two OF the Swicmen Train
in Miscellaneous Trades Railway Employees the Railway Car
men show ten locals with an increase Bocrmaker and Macnis
MONTHS EMPLOYED AND HOURS PER DAY
KS stated report last year there has been
change in these subjects In the Rudng Trades industry with
Jew exceptions the organizations enjoy eight hour day
10 twelve an average being nine
Miscellaneous Trades governed by peculiar conditions
rounding their work and employed from eight hours
hours BARRIERS Bakers Postal Clerks Laundry Workers are
employed from to eleven hours per day crafts as the
Cigar Makers Miners enjoy eiehhour work day The
average months employed BY crafts represented this group
ne PRINTING fade all enjoy e9hthour work day. and
generally employed about months per year
Railway Employees Train Service show average
per day while their employment 1917 months per
year the average being IA
The Miscellaneous Trades employed on the different lines of rail
gradually working eehthou dav The AVERAGE III
this class OF employees the present time hours the Boiler
makers showing Of SS and the Railway Clerks average
o. o5 me other crafts being about hours The average
employed i lis
SICK AND ACCIDENT BENEFITS
AS was explained in our former report Of this subject every
International organization has of death disability
M ranging from $500 $1,000 $1,000 this of course being
nted by the parent organizations m applicable to all members
who have been IN good standing their local specified
period OF time In addition this form benefit loweve the dif
ieren crafts have fit establish known as local
sick and accident fund This fund contributed TO ont Of the
monthly dues paid BY the membership small being
ASIDE 70 preserve this fund While the past year slight
crease in the total amount paid The fact that less
Enc and fewer accidents have been reported in ogan
feature in fact the information submitted to this Department shows
a many locals have adopted the sick and accident during the
past year
he total amount paid i'll such benefits year covered
by tins report was $f22S2S9 The Carpenters contributed TO
amount III me sum OF S323t2o Electricians $6oIoo; Painters
$4,000 and the various other crafts in the Building
$500 10 $4,000 making total Of $44322o the group
represented IN the Building Trades
IN the Miscellaneous Trades there paid $4,000 Of
ch amount the Miners paid ou $4,000 and the Cigar Makers
$4,000
The Printing Trades paid total of $4,000 Railway
Employees, Train Service $6ooooo
The amount paid week by the different crafts ranges from
$500 to $50 the average being about $500
IN The following table give detail the Of wages
different crafts r = ~
WINE tables following this report give in detail
parnent during the past year perhaps prove beneficial to
represented
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Nineteen Bncdayers organizations, total of entvt two
m the State reported showing total membership at the close of the
year S5 The hours day, Of this craft eight throughout the