Arizona republican., 1913-03-16

During the past year trade unions of Norway have increased their menI- bership by r0O0 At present they number about 60000 members.
 Colorado women are evading the law forbidding them to work moro than eight hours a day by buying stock in the concerns that employ them
 A bill has been introduced in the Oklahoma state legislature for the purpose of restricting the hours of labor for women in all avocations to eight per day.
 Two members of the Los Angeles barbers' union were fined $100 each and suspended from the union Tor joining the Industrial Workers of thc World
 Justice BIackmar. in the supreme court of Brooklyn. has handed doWI. a decision declaring that the 54 -hou: law, applicable to concerns employing women and children. is constitutional
 The Pacific District Council of Eicc- trical Workers is composed of or ganiza tions of the trade in Arizona British Columbia, California, Oregor and Washington
 A national union of teachers. to be affiliated with the Belgian labor party and Federation of Trade Unions. has been established at a congress ie- gently held in Brussels
 Estimated wage increases as a re- suit of the efforts of the Boot and Shoe Workers union approximate >c- 200, 900. with decreases in- hours |, Il
 A strong movement for amalganGa- tion is afoOt among the 3S different trade unions in the printing trades in England. The unions have an aSSrc~ gate membership of T.161. Consideration is being given b. the provincial government of Ontai Q. [ Can. to pension scheme for it's employees. and a bill may be inJrc- duced at the coming session of t.e legislature
 A resolution adopted at the Roches- ter convention directed the officials of the American Federation of Labor to arrange an A. F. of L. exhibit 10 be displayed at the Panama eXposi- ] tion in San Francisco in 1915 Steamship traffic between Scandina = 1 vian ports has been badly crippled by a strike of pilots. who are demanding I higher wages and fewer hours Figures compiled by the Consumers l league show that 50 per cent of Ne;, l York saleswomen more than 16 years old receive less than S650 a week and 33 per cent receive between %G l and s6.5O.
 I London CEngland) bakers demand
 
 wage of $S a week. or the penalty of i striking. At present, it is said. there | are many cases where men are work ing loo hours for B week. Reports from the Painters Interna = l tional union show that something like $15,000 month was paid in 1912 to beneficiaries of deceased members | and other thousands were dsburseJ in sick claims and funeral benefits oy the local unions
 Government insurance for workmen in Manitoba was adopted as a prin- ciple by both employers and employees at a recent conference of representa- : tives of the board of trade and the builders exchange and the trades and labor council
 Agitation of the employment of child labor during the year 1912 brought about better conditions for children in fourteen states and an increased in- terest in behalf of children who are | driven to work in factories and tene- ment sWeatshops.
 During 1912 in Germany the metal workers and the transport workers unions increased their membership by T workers increasing by 27.OO0 mem- bers, the factory workers by 10000. Toronto. Canada. restaurant girls are becoming interested in the trade union movement and have invited several labor men to address a meet ing to be held shortly for the purpose of organization
 w. H. Mcintyre of the Bartenders' union of Minneapolis, recorded a per feet score in the label examination, every article of wearing apparel he possessed being union made and bear ing label
 The announcement that q co-opera- tive store would be established for the employees of the InterborOugh and Metropolitan railway systems of New York has been followed by similar declarations from other large cor porationS.
 Stimulated by the efforts of their fellow labor unionists in the city of Toronto. labor men at Montreal, Can ada will take up the question of the price of coal and make efforts to ma teriaily reduce it by bringing in q supply direct from the mines.
 Home in he ments and agriculture including berry picking. cotton fields. tobacco fields, tobacco stemmeries, cranberry bOgs. and in many states canneries are un- touched by any child labor law.
 Senator Stotsenbnrg introduced q