The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-12
IN WORLD OF LABOR.

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| build 100000 cottages for worlmen.
American shipyards built 1852 yes
sells of 2,721,2S1 gross tons during
1918.
Over $4,000 people are employed in
the salmon canning industry in the
state of Washington.
The electrical workers strike in
Berlin has ended The newspapers are
being published again.
In American shipyards labor repre-
/ sents 70 per cent of the cost of YES
sells construction.
Bindery women and telephone oper-
ators in Denver, Colo, have secured
an advance in wages after enforcing
their demands.
munition workers in Canada have been
| thrown out of work since the signing
of the armistice
There were $1,000 shipbulders in
this country in September, 1917, and in
| September, 1918, this number had in
creased to 3S7,002.
Trade unionism has finally been Off
cially established in the Winnipeg
(Canada) police system. The council,
by a vote of s to 9, sanctioned the
| union force.
AS result of the requisitioning Of
transportation lines by the government
the strike of the operatives at Paris,
France, ended and normal traffic was
re-established.
A strike of electrical workers at
Paris, France, which it had been eX'
pected would be called was ayerted.
The power companies agreed to nego-
tate with the men.
The members of the Amalganiated
Union of Shop Assistants employed in
the hairdressing trade in London have
made demands for an advance of $240
a week in their wages z
In 1916 there were about 2.072,000
members of the American Federation
of Labor. In 1917 this number had
increased to nearly 100000, and to-
day it has gone beyond 100000.
Establishment of permanent wage
rates for the 100000 railway workers
of the United States, to continue after
the cost of living has decreased, is the
aim of the United States railroad adj
ministration.
Frank O'Shea Of Buffalo, vice presi-
dent of the International Street Car
Mems union, and three local labor
leaders, were arrested at Kansas City
on charges of conspiracy to interfere
with interstate traffic.
Trade councils composed of repre-
sentatives of employers associations
and of trade unions in a particular
trade or section of an industry are
suggested as the first court of appeal
in the case of disputes which may
arise among workers in England.
School teachers of Oregon purpose
to go before the legislature with a
request for a law establishing a min
imum wage of $75 for teachers
throughout the state The legislative
committee of the State Teachers as
ISOLATION has the measure in hand and
will push it.
A settlement has been effected by a
board of arbitration at Gananoque
Ont. in the dispute over wages be-
t.uoop tho onnplOuoc Of tbo c+noI Cor,
pany of Canada and their employers.
Hammermen are to receive for day
work 80 cents an hour, an advance on
the old schedule of wages.
The chief executives of the four
railroad brotherhoods issued state
ment saying Direct0r-General of Rail-
roads Hines had assured them of a
decision by him in reference to rail
road wage requests by March | next,
with the understanding that any bene-
fits of such decision are in fun force
at this time.
Textile workers of Lawrence, Mass,
at a mass meeting voted unanimously
to support movement to reduce work
ing hours from ffty-four to forty
eight week, without reduction in pay.
Leaders explained there would be no
f; strike, but that the operatives would
work eight hours daily and then quit
their looms and benches, returning the
next day. The employers announced
a refusal Of the forty-elghtshour week
proposal. About 25,000 operatives are
| employed at Lawrence.
Men employed in the steel works Of
Sydney, Nova Scotia, have received an
increase of 21a cents an hour in wages
| Buenos Aires was isolated for %
| days by the port strike, which pre-
! vented the entrance of trans atlantic
steamers into the harbor. Forty-nine
vessels, most Of them laden with gen.
eral cargoes for the city, were an
chored In the roads. The loss to fhe
strikers and ship owners alone is
estimated by the newspapers at more
than 100000 pesos. The loss to the
country 1t is impossible to estimate.
The loss in customs has been a half
million pesos daily.