The patriot., 1919-05-23
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR

Garment workers In Cincinnati, o..
have secured wage advances amount
ing to from 81 to 81 week.
Firemen employed on Swedish
steamships recently received an In
crease of 80 per cent in wages.
Nearly % per cent of the factory
workers In India are employed in cot
ton and spinning and weaving mills.
The strike of government officials
at Cairo, Egypt, which has been going
on for some time is over and work has
been resumed.
Thousands of teachers are joining
organized labor, according to officials
of the American Federation of Labor
and the National Wornen's Trade
Union league.
Telephone communication through
out most of New England except Con.
nectieut was suspended by strike OF
operators of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and the
Providence Telephone company. In
Boston and other cities the operators
quit work and the wires became dead.
The union demands include pay In
creases and the right of collective bar
gaining.
Three hundred and fifty machinists
at the Beck bearing plant, branch OF
the Standard Parts company, Cleye-
land, went on strike. The men origi-
nally struck last October for higher
wages, but returned to work when their
case was appealed to the war labor
board. A hearing by an agent Of the
board was held two weeks ago and no
decision has been given. The company
| at the hearing declared that since 1t
was not engaged in war work the gov
ernment conId no longer take any ac-
| ton.
The Builders league Of Macon, Ga,
has adopted new scale Of wages to
be paid after April IA, which Is de-
! signed TO stabilize" prices OF labor.
Rather than pay fiat rate 10 oil
worxmen, regardless Of their capabill-
ties, the league now proposes 10 pay
according to the following sliding
scale: Carpenters, 80 to 60 cents per
hour; brick inasons, 40 to 60 cents ;
+, plasterers, 40 to co cents: common la
| borers. 10 TO q cents. The workers
declare this represents a reduction In
wages. and they are preparing to con-
1 test the new scale.
/ Lancashire (Eng.) mills and looms
are idle while the world Is elamoring
for cotton goods, says the. Manchester
correspondent of the London Daily
Mail. which adds that crowds Of unem-
moved demonstrated IN front Of the
Manchester town hall. AfiIl owners
| have been criticized. but the real trou-
/ bic. the correspondent says, is that
customers cannot afford to pay the pre-
vaiiing high charges. Unemployment
| In the county Is rapidly reaching a eli.
max. Men are coming out Of the army
and are said to be unable to get the
work which was promised them.
Labor troubles are growing at Terre
Haate, Ind. Agachinists and black
| smiths are striking at American Car
I and Founlsy company for an eight
hour day, halliday Saturday and
time and one-half for overtime. Two
hundred mlachInists at the Pennsyi.
yaria raIIrcad yards quit work be.
cause = EflI0n man vas discharged for
failing ID work Saturday, and 2Oo
more are expected to walk out. More
titan 100 painters and paperhangers
struck. :ylllIe other building crafts bad
ordered 4 strike for May ] unless in
creased pay Is granted BY contractors
| The strike 0f 400 employees Of the
public Service Railway company
which fled up trolley service in north.
err New Jersey for four days, was for.
| uasiy called OF, With both sides claim
ing victory. The terms Of settlement
which we're approved By q virtually
unaniinOus vote of the strikers, provid
"a that tIbe company treat with any
authorized committee Of the Amaiga'
mated Association Of Street and EIec
trie RalIway Employees Of America, a
flae game tfsnc reserving the right e
q treat With any other employees orgsn'
/ lzatGoss: hist the coEnpany's cO-opera'
i've Ieagse srd collective bargaining
ular. npposeE ~ the men, be wItis
drawn ard that nj other points Of dis
pufe lie submitted 10 the national val
Iafor g.vard. The terms we're sng
eesfed l,y the war labor board
Seven thousand carriers and freis5'
handlers went On strike ~ sicDtrea
for l.feller wages. virtually suspeDdins
xelsicsslaf freight traffic On tbe streets
TI.e painters and decorators Of the esfj
aIso struck for i s01l0ur week and
wage gncrcase. =.
81 TIE National Industrial council, sif
fsnu l. Y.on.son. was notified b. Pre-
ruIer Llnysi George tisat bin vas Pc
fux draftasl 10 ezrrY ott Tie seccslissen
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