Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1912-09-12
For Union Workers
Important Happenings in
Industrial Circles in This
Country and Europe

/ '"fH vt suppressing the labor move
ment The FIRST country to propose
legislation which would practically
suppress strikes Is Queensland A
W." measure. providing that labor or.
tahihations must take a secret ballot
OF Their entire membership on any
Erlke proposition and must give the
employers two weeks notice previous
10 ihe stoppage Of work. has been In
,todueed by the government OF
Vuccnsiand. Should II be- passed IL
N"I give the employers chance to
procure Htrikebreakers during the two
weeks notice given by the employees
ana viii make Il Impossible for the
"o'A'rH TO win strikes There IL
tfeat opposition to the measure.
chicago kalman Friedman.
''adlng member OF the United broth.
'ihocd " Tailors said that the work
oI organizing the clothing workers In
'hls city in preparation for concerted
action was now fairly started. aud
I mat 10y November 1926 600 Workers
would bc completely organized "Ef
loris VIII be made 10 avert q general
strike. Mr. Friedman said. hut In
's'e the demands are refused gen.
etal strike viii ensue in an branches
ol the clothing Industry The demands
ol 10" workers viii be Tor nine hour
uay. the union ware scale and aboll.
I lion Of the sweating system About
'''O' pants. vest. butlonhole knee
pants and childrcn's Jacket makers
are now organized"
Providence a. Mr.. Mcmahon Of
the Providence Folders Association.
| reports that In every important
: blcachery. print house and dyc house
o minimum wage Of si5 per week ~
90 hours 10 being paid to union men
PREVIOUS to organization. the highest
wages paid was s. a day Tor q 60
hour week Mr. Mcdonnell. president
OF tho Philadelphia local. reports that
the wages Of union dycrs have nd.
Nanccd from 10 70 90 per cent: that
30 shops In that city are now paving
minimum OF % cents per hour. Pre-.
'ioua TO organization. the minimum
wage paid 10 dyers In Philadelphia
was tl2 for n week Of 60 hours
Augusta. Me The FIRST meeting Of
the Farmers union ne a corporation.
Organized by farmers from all over
Maine for the more systematic grading
and marketing Of farm products. par.
ucularly potatoes and apples. was held
recently at Bangor II was voted 20
adopt a sealed package Of select
stock. apples aud potatoes 20 be sold
under the trademark Of the union.
and peck. halfbushol and bushel car
tons. Plans are practically complete
Tor handling the fall crop Of the grow.
crs IN the union
London. England Under the Mini.
mum Wage set, recently become onec.
tive In England the wages 81 coal
mine workers In South Wales have
been nxed by tho commission created
by the act aud the award IL only
slightly lower than the wages demand.
Cd In the schedule submitted last
January by the Miners Federation OF
Great Britain for these collieries
New York. England Ia very busy"
said Frank A. Vanderbilt. president OF
n New York bank They have never
been 90 busy before In her history
She has had her troubles with labor
wages politics. LloydGeorEe. but
their business IL better than II ever
was before They are active In all
branches, England IA building more
ships than all the rest OF the world"
Los Angeles. Cal consider Il
neither Illegal nor unethieal TO buy In.
formation from a detective" says
Clarence Darrow My experience OF
10 or 20 years had taught me the
detective agencies have detectives In
every labor organization In the ooun.
try-often the president or secretary
and that they know more about the
business OF the unions than the unions
know"
New York For the month OF May
the iourneymen tailors paid To us
members sS.2i2.5O as strike benefits
sl,7f6 as sick benehtg and Sl,lb5 az
death benefits The balance In the
general fund OF the organization was
S742756O.
Liverpool. EnFlahd-A renewal Of
labor troubles here IN threatened, ow
INK 20 the refusal OF the dock board 10
bring the wages OF hremen and crane.
men Up 20 the local standard. -Four
hundred men struck al the new Glad
stone docks
Shenandoah. Pa.-Anthracite miners
OF this vicinity accorded John =
White. OF the United Mine Workers
OF America. welcome yociferous IN
It's cordially. when he came into thai
region on tour a few days ago.
Boston.-The cases OF the pit men
who struck with the carmen At the
Fields Corner division barns, June 7,
was decided last week and was TO the
effect that they. too. must be restored
TO their old places. They we're i'm
mediately. The work or organizing
the old men who remained on their
cars during the strike has been prac
tleally completed. the union officers
state, as on some divisions but one
or two OF them are still outside the
union. The shop mechanical and pit
men are also being organized, and
S2s OF these men have Joined thai
branch OF the union.