Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Germany

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Germany
The Berlin Magistrates answer to
the petition of the Domestic Servants
fUnion for special technical classes for
servants was favorable. - In 1911
there were in Germany 135 cement
works employing 27,116 workers. -
There were in Prussian in 1911. 193,6Q2
inns and public houses in which in
toxicants were sold as against
| 1899 in the previous year. The
number of houses where sold rose in
| the same year from 1868 to $3.50. The
| average works out at one inn or pub
lie house to 1913 person (173 in 1865
[ The cooperative Stores Peoples Pa
per of the Central Union of the Ger
man Cooperative movement is now to
be published fortnightly with circu
lation of 100000 to members of the
cooperative organization. ;- An ener-
getic fight against the prayer book
manufacturers in Keyeloer, who will
not recognize the workers right to
combine, was brought to succes sful
conclusion by the Christian Union of
Bookbinders in short time. The en-
polyers are particularly indignant at
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ed on prayer books coming from that
town. = The Leather Workers Union
has increased its membership in one
year by 600 to 1898 at the beginning
of this year. The union was able, last
year, to secure a shortening of work
time averaging two hours week for
1880 persons, and to raise wages for
4,132 persons by 16 weekly. AN ex-
traordinary congress of the Painters
Union agreed by $4,000 votes to $4,000
to arbitration by which the tariff move
ment, which at first threatened to by
an earnest struggle, will be ended.
According TO u arbii cation, who with
matters affecting 64,409 workers,
wages shall be raised 2 to Z pigs. per
hour, but work time has been shorten
ed only in various places where they
work 10 hours daily. The agreement
was reached on the ground of the in
PRODUCTION of an Imperial tariff which
shall provide for employment bureas
under joint control. = In the tailor
ing trades also, the tariff movement
was ended by the Arbitration Court.
| Austria
The Third International Congress OF
the Bakers and Confectioners will
take place in Vienna, in 1914. The
organizations of most countries in
which modern trade unions of the
bakers and confectiOners are establish
ed have already notified their inten-
ton to be present. = The Union OF
Agricultural and Forest Workers
which was founded year ago by the
amalgamation of three small organiza.
lions with several hundred members
numbers now 1915 members in So dis.
tricts. Last year a number OF wages
movements were successfully carried
through. = According to official stats
tics sc collective agreements were con
cluded\ in the wood industry In 1910
Under these agreements the daily
work time was 81 hours for $50 work
ers, hours for 1886, 9A hours fol
100. 91a hours for 1,408, 9A hours fol-
116, 10 hours for 1887, more than IL
hours for IA workers. = In a number
iof places in Lower Austria the doc
tors gave up their positions on the
insurance scheme on February 1st in
iorder to enforce the granting Of higher
fees. - The Union of Printers in
Bohemia has withdrawn from the
CzechlSlav Trade Union Commission
in Prague, giving as reason that the
the workers OF country should not
congregate into nationahties but
should all belong to one central or
/ ganization covering the whole land
and all nationalities therein.