The herald., 1919-01-16
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


clerks.
Public school teachers in New York
are agitating for higher salaries.
Forty-six women craftsmen are now
employed by the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
Four large steel plants to cost $15.-
100000, are to be established in Du-
lutil.
Wives of men in military service are
now admitted in the Kansas City post
office.
Blyth (EnglanO Soldiers and Sail
ors' federation has refused to join the
labor party.
1t is proposed to increase the wages
of the Glasgow (ScotlanO police
$125 a week.
Derry Ureland) workers resumed
work pending the reOpening Of the
wage question.
Over 1000 girls are employed In the
big seaplane factory at the League
Island navy yard.
The war labor board is to make an
investigation into traction problems in
New York city.
Repair work absorbs about 40 per
cent of the labor and machinery Of
British shipyards.
The Augusta (Ga.) Builders asso-
Aation has recognized trade unionism
f6s the first time in it's history.
A large number Of Irish carpenters
over military age have gone to Eng
land to work on government buildings.
The Scottish institute Of account
ants has decided to admit women to
membership on the same terms as
men.
The Massachusetts minimum wage
commission has established minimum
rate for women employed in retail mill
linery workshops.
Aerodrome contractors from Great
Britain are at present in Dublin for
the purpose of employing men for their
work in England.
A new find of coal seams in the
Irish Midlands promises to give an
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situation in Ireland.
Unskilled workers employed In the
Illinois Central railway shops at Wa.
terloo, Iowa, are being organized into
a federal labor union.
Secretary Daniels asked congress
to make permanent the double-pay
given the enlisted men of the navy at
the beginning of the war as tempo.
rary measure.
Liebknecht's appeal for general
strike Is meeting with more response
with many strikes in big factories
Liebknecht himself. entering buildings
backed by force, has persuaded work
ers to quit. The coal mine strike at
Essen has taken serious turn, the
miners trying to enforce their demand
by threats to destroy the mines on
Monday.
Every employee of Morris & Co.
packers, was given a Christmas bonus
of 10 per cent Of the amount Of their
salary for the six months period end
ing November. The total amount dis
tributed aggregates several hundred
thousand dollars, III. A. Timmins, sec
rotary and assistant treasurer, said
The bonus brought smile from the
Office boy up.
The National Alliance of Employer!
and Employed, whose object 1t is t.
bring British employers and workers
together in harmonious cooperation
recently held successful meetings II
the MidIands of delegates from trades
and labor councils. AS the result o.
activities of the alliance, joint com
mittee of employers and employed hal
! been formed at Liverpool.
The house bill providing for the pay
ment by the government Of the rail
road fare of war workers returning t
their homes was passed by the senat
and now goes to conference. Tn
measure applies only to workers re
reiving not more than $1,400 annu
ally, and to encourage reduction In tn
number Of government employees a
quickly as possible the senate amend
ed the bill so that 1t will apply t
workers whose services will terminal
by next January Is instead Of Marc
81, as provided in the house draft.
The board of directors Of the Cans
: dian railway has ordered the Grea
Northwestern Telegraph company
include chiefs and linemen in its me-
schedule, thus avoiding a strike.
The strike Of policemen, firemen an
other city employees Of Montreal wa
settled and the men returned to worl
The strikers agreed to arbitrate aftt
the city council had voted to acced
to their demand for the dismissal {
, the director OF public safety, his a
sistant and the chief of detective
> While the strike lasted only SO hour
, gangs of hoodlums caused damage e
timated at more than $3.50 900.