Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-31
MINOR LABOR NOTES

more Cnan ZUOOOO people are elh-
ployed in the mines in India.
The average pay received by women
time workers is about $608 week.
Breadmakers in the United States
are averaging from $58 to SCI a week.
England has over 1,200 unions with
a total membership exceeding 4,5O0,-
600.
Foundry employees in Wallace,
Idaho, have perfected a strong trade
union.
Nine states now have in force health
insurance which must be paid to wage
earners.
Over LOO women are employed by
the street railway companies of New
York city.
The socialization of all the impor-
tant industries in Spain is being given
careful consideration.
Shoe workers in the United States
average $40 a week, with some earn
ing from $50 to $12O.
Over 1000 persons were killed by
coal mine accidents during the past
year In the United States.
Newspaper printers in Tulsa, Okla,
have raised wages to $42 a week for
day work and $45 for night work.
In Quebec, Canada, state employees
and motion picture operators have in
creased wages 81 and $40 week.
From $4,000 to $4,000 year is the
average wage being earned by pud-
dlers throughout the United States.
Pennsylvania has a greater diversity
of industry than any other state, lead
ing both New York and Illinois in that
particular.
Plans are under way for the build
ing Of a labor temple at Martinez, Cal.
The new building will be modern in
every detail.
The Bronx Physicians federation Of
New York city has just been formed
and shows q membership of more than
200 physicians.
In the silk trade, Japanese work
men receive from sgd to lid day;
in England the pay Is from Is Cd to
Is Cd an hour.
Safety gloves for machinists have
been invented, made of chrome leath-
er and sewed with steel wire so that
they will not rip.
Street cleaning teamsters employed
by the District of Columbia have or
ganized and affiliated with the trade
union movement.
The total number Of agreements be-
tween employers and employees ap-
proved by the Pennsylvania cOmpensa-
ton board in 1918 was 65,574.
In order to have their schools open
on time the Board of Education in
Springfield, Ohio, granted a 20 per
cent increase in pay to teachers.
The Pennsylvania railroad has in
it's employ 168,S92 persons, as against
147,718 before we went into the war,
or an increase Of over IA per cent.
Window cleaners in Syracuse, N. Y,
have made a demand for an increase
in wages from $50 to $40 a week, with
$5 extra for work above the second
floor.
EVERY p6TSOH ellSdSeu III SelIlIlS IucI-
chandise at retail in Richmond, CAL,
is a member of the Retail Clerks un-
ion. Two-thirds of the members are
women.
While the trade of carpentry and
joinery at present represents about 55,
900 workers in Greater New York, 1t
has, during the last 20 years, declined
from being one Of the best Of the
building trades as regards wages and
regularity of employment to one OF
the poorest.
Ten unions of stock yard employees
of Chicago have submitted demands
for wage increases ranging from %
to so per cent above the scale award
ed February 10. twenty-five thousand
employees are affected.
1t is contended that the war has
been responsible for the spread of a
spirit of unrest among the women of
France. Thousands who formerly
wove cloth or made lace have declared
their unwillingness to go back to their
old occupations. They prefer to work
in the factories and they now stand
out for a minimum wage Of $1.4O a
day.