The herald., 1919-01-02
N The LABOR WORLD

An states now have "olneh lne
-. ,ho executive councils of their
-,,e labor bodies. =
IN me state borticulturists In Neoras-
~ carving on a campaign to In
.'.,st farmers in the planting of home
richards. .,o,
i. secured an agreement which calls
~ oOhour week and a minimum
ssge Of SIS.
N inventor has mounted an orchard
.iaer on wheeled frame so that 1t
N be secured at any angle and easily
moved about.
c,er,cal STATS In several Irish NUM-
soo factories have threatened to go on
] sIte unless they are granted an In
rase In pay.
Mlners from the Pennsylvania an
! aracte fields are to be used to re-
mn the coal mines In the Lens
Tanes) district
peep Sea Fishermen's union OF
Nah Bar, Wash, has chartered a YES
Nj and will handle fish direct without
he did Of middlemen.
Ben Davis, the veteran leader Of the
Yorkshire miners, has cut loose from
he British labor party, as he refuses
% associate with anarchy and revolu-
don.
Over $4,000 has been realized by a
tls held by the workers In the royal
iNkyard, London, In aid Of the fund
for The erection Of a memorial hos
itl at Woolwich.
d Germany In certain industries the
roportion Of work done by women has
heu from slightly under IS per cent
b 1914 to practically 60 per cent at
be present time.
Portland (0re) meat cutters are de-
handing an eight-hour day, a S35-a-
week minimum and $25 a week for
sonen employed as sausage makers
md 90 counter work.
During September official figures
nov that the average weekly earn
nn Of employees In New York state
w @Sl, an increase of S1.OS over
August and the highest of any month
tnU 1914.
ne executive committee of the
mercan Alliance for Labor and De-
s'raey Is opposed to any attempt to
ass ne standard Of living by lower
@msa and has adopted resolutions
iplnst bolshevism.
sslrds employed at Duluth-Superior
- and water front approaches
~ seen released from service. This
~ release several hundred men fol
I plo'nent in numbering and other In.
1 .u'ss IN this territory.
- december. when corn broom.
I ~ % New York city were organ
1er wages were from So to SIS
- NOW signed agreement calls
n'es ranging from $40 to s55 a
MN the work week reduced
ra w to 50 hours.
unlonists Of London, Ontario
0ecided to open cooperative
mere soon In order that members
w places at which they are
- q hiding goods which bear the
nOel. 1t is expected that the
WI De departmental In charac
- ~. : claimed that few o. the
a~ sold there bear the label.
- after the strike of 15.Oo(
s9plcyees Of newspaper mill.
aofk and New England wen,
s 50 J. 7. Carey. president o,
anational Brotherhood of Pa
. 800 sent the men message in
as hem to keep the mills run
49, notifying them the war la
80 J. would soon give decision
-. me wage controversy. A.
operations were resumed.
s.'s Of 10 per cent in pIeceworl
,.. men employed at rivetins
md caulkins, drilling ap'
= steel shipyards Of the AT
- =. ".s Delaware river, Gul
~ i, !. ursat Lakes steel shipyard
~ IN award by the shIpbuild
- \. ad'ustment board. The in
E2ss,s elective as Of November &c
= retroactive pay for thes
No, - on a basis of 80 cent
~ every day worked from
~ % November 80 also 4
-, s s IN Quebec. Canada, a. tn
49,. while the f,remen,s WAGE
& xsssn ~ and s1s. "'s'
n,'.ssnssp employees Of the southwes,
~ -. railway who did not :,
go s.t a certain date we j.
$ CIV nsI ne service.
Labor connc,, -. ~
khss... adopted resolutions ,, ds sS,
- -. 9 arescindins the previou
49, - y upwards Of tweut
~ ! z calling strike fc
plnD !. . demonstration I
~ Thomas 7 Moona~ =