The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-04-04
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Hungary has over 10000 female
trade uni0niSts.
In the factories in Sweden there are
o3 women to every 100 men.
Women are employed as gtaSsblo"-
ers and engravers in England
Over $500 girls were placed on
farms last year by the Ontario labor !
bureau.
Argentina is threatened with a STRIKE |
Of tenant farmers throughout the re-
public.
Toronto (Canada) street railway
men have been granted an increase III
pay.
In some parts of England dogs wool
is being spun and manufactured into
garments.
Nearly 10000 people are employed
In the various plants of the Armour
Packing company.
During the first ten months of 1878
o04S men were Killed by coal mine
accidents in fine United States.
One hundred thousand Canadian
women are represented in the FEEDER
alton of Women's Societies recently
formed at Winnipeg, Canada.
French postofiice and telegraph
workers have been granted 200 per
cent increase in wages. Under the
provisions Of the bill women'S wages
will be the same as men for the same
kind of work
Fur manufacturers in New York
have granted their workers higher
wages and a guarantee against slack
season layOffs. The increase in wages
amounts to about 10 per cent over the
old minimum.
Park Place colliery. near Mahanoy
| City. Pa. owned by the Lehigh Rail-
! road company. has been placed on n
| seven-hour schedule for an indefinite
pa,iod. Over 500 men and boys are
employed in the mine.
| The Welsh tinplate Cancellation
! hoard at Swansea. Wales. has granted
q further increase bonus throughout
the trade ranging from - TO 20 per
cent on present bonuses. which already
| amount To % per cent.
To protect lnineworkerS from pos
sible injury by explosion in gaseous
mines and to instruct new miners of
underground danger. the anthracite
coal industry has posted precautlon-
! airy rules in and about the coal mines
! The twentyfour international
unions in the the steel industry have
Il membership of over 100000. They
cover the iron and steel industry in
all its branches from the men who
dig the coal and iron ore to the men
who load out the finished products at
| the plants
I'm order to take care of unemployed
soldiers. the federal government Of
for the construction of public works,
pending the completion Of larger
loan scheme to provide work for the
home coming Anzacs along more per-
manent lines.
Twelve hundred members of the
Railway Clerks union employed ny
the Nashville. Chattanooga & st.
Louis railway went on strike. aIiec-
ing unfair treatment of the union by
| A. p. OttarSon. federal auditor for the
railroad administration. The entire
system Is affected
Following shutdown for one week
to forestall strike of it's machinists,
the New York Arbrake company's
plant. WATERFOWL. n. Y. opened as an
open shop. Estimates by union Off
! Gals place the number of men who re-
turned at from 80 to 80 out of Il
total of LOO union machinists en-
ployed at the plant. Company officials
claim 400 machinists returned to work.
4 l.. T. Lindeloff. secretary of the
| painterS' district council, and ]. d. RiS-
ing. chairman of the wage committee.
| announced at Chicago that an agree
@usnt had been reached granting 3
-of 1215 cents an hour TO paSy y
~~-~ s5ars. Mr.. Rising sahN stEc
increase IN spring rates for all CLASSES
Of painting and decorating will he
about II per cent.
The.IoroHto Raiiwaymens union has
decided to accep. the increase award
ed item by the majority ~ the boar
If copciiiatinn which was 2Ia cents
: an hour for frst-year men end : cents
] an hour for all other men.