Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-09-20
GENERAL LABOR NOTES

The average rate of pay paid women
time workers in England is $6.OS per
week.
There are 1900 women employed
In the Paris offices of the French war
department.
Wages paid in Germany in the leath-
er and rubber industries average about
$1.20 a day.
Congressman Mayer of New York is
member of the United Hatters union
of North America.
The production of copper in the
United States has increased more than
25-fold since 1880.
The Argentine Federation of Labor
controls 250 labor unions and railroad
and maritime laborers.
At the present time there are 40
state branches affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor.
Several women in the state of Wash
ingtOn are working as station agents
on the various railroads in that state
The London and Northwestern rail
way of England has offered spare land
by the side of its line for food plots.
The pay of the school teachers I'M
der control of the London (England)
county council will be almost $1,000
600 more during the coming year.
Joseph Malachick, UniOntown
(Pa.) coal miner, walks two miles to
and from his work every day, yet dur
ing the month of July he was able to
make $500.
Winnipeg (Canada) was practically
without fire department recently, 100
firemen having struck because the
council refused the demands of the
electricians and waterworks men.
Kenosha is the only city in WiscOn-
sin where women are employed on
street cars. A large percentage Of
these women are married and are do
ing household work in addition to
their work as conductors.
Owing largely to big back payments
of wage increases, the railroads under
federal control in June reached an ag-
gregate deficit of $59,959 900 in rail-
way operating income as compared
with positive earnings of $98,909,000
in June, 1917.
AT meeting representatives of the
four thousand conductors and motor
railroad system voted to suspend
work" until the company was willing
to recognize their right TO organize.
The question of pay was not cOnsid-
cred.
Following the breaking off of nego-
tiations between representatives of the
Pacific Coast Steel company and 1000
employees engaged on contracts for
the Emergency Fleet corporation,
strike was declared. The workers de-
mand pay and working conditions sim
liar to those in effect in the shipyards.
London (Eng) Omnibus drivers,
who were on strike eight days, decided
to return to work. A conference last
ing nearly five hours was held and the
parties to the dispute reached an ap-
prOXimate settlement on the basis of
equal pay for men and women work.
erS and no discrimination or any KIND
between them.
The British ministry of munitions
ordered that the wages of woman mu-
milton workers be increased five Shil-
lings weekly after September 1. Girls
dnder eighteen in munition plants will
receive an increase of half a crown.
Wage increases to all workers now
receiving less than 78 cents an hour
in &C plants in the munition and relat-
ed Industries Of Bridgeport. Conn, are
provided i'll an award of Otto M. Etd-
litz, umpire chosen by the national
war labor board to decide cOntrOver-
sizes between the companies and their
employees About $4,000 workers are
affected.