The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-21

pIoyment, for which they are in tended. The free public employne ent bureaus located at Hartford New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Norwich are we'll distributed geo. graphically and are showing satisfac-3 tory results
 Private Employment Agencies.
 In part VI, concerning private em-# p1oyInent agencies. the report pulp fishes the name of owner and 1oca- ton of 54 licensed agencies in Con- necticut. The General Assembly of 1918 amended the law regulating those agencies in accordance with the commissioners recommendation changing the annual license fee from $5 to $25, with the result that while the mum ber of them decreased from n reported in 1912 to 54 at the pres ent time, the receipts as license fees of private employment genc1es TOT the two years ended November Soth, 1912, was $810, and for the two years ended November 30th, 1914, $2,775, a. gratifying result which justi- fes the expense of better supervis- ion. The commissioner revoked the licenses of four of these agencies dur ing the past year and recommends the law changed to provide that no fee be demanded or received from any applicant until a situation has first been provided and accepted.
 Strikes, Lockout and
 Trade Agreements.
 A record of 43 strikes and two lockouts that have occurred within the state during the period of two years ended November 30th, 1914, is cound in Part VI The total num- Classified by occupations it is found that textile workers lead in number having 2,71o, 1aborers 1.274. metal workers 628. building trades ss4. cigar makers .46S, Journeymen tailors l 400, electrical workers $50, painters l150, various occupations FIT. In- vestigation as to the result of these 1 disputes show that 20 were success | full, Is unsuccessful, and 2 partially successful Among the most impor- tant or those having the largest num- Der of persons idle during strike were weavers. the Sidney Blumen- thal company. Shelton, employees of the Aeolian company, Meriden: weav- 1 CTS, Speciality Weaving compny, SheI- | ton textile workers, MuIler-Gloria Mills. NorwaIk textile workers. Brinard & Armstrong company, New l London; IaJborers at Greenwich. and 1 journeyTnen tailors at New Haven.
 The commissioner believes that had 1 trade agreements existed as advocated | in his last report of the Bureau, some of these difficulties might have been obviated, and is pleased to note thai OI II10 OTSdH16Sd LFAQ0S are I dopting this peaceful form of dnsur- | ing continuous employment He ex- l presses the opinion that in considera- ton of the opportunities the Labor
 Commissioner has to receive early advice concerning disagreements be. tween employers nd their workmen it would be advisable to have the
 commissioner serve as a member o1
 the Board of Mediation and Arbitra. , ton with authority to all the mem
 bers of the Board into immediate a5c ton whenever a strike or lockout oc
 CUTS or is seriously threatened, anc h erecomnends the passage of a law l to that effect.
 Directory of Labor Organizations. , Part VII concludes the report ant , is given over entirely to director, of labor organizations, showing thei
 location by towns with names ant
 post office addresses the secretar / ieS