The labor standard., 1919-03-01
MANY NORWALK
 TRADESMEN IDLE
Painters Union and Employers at Odds - One Dollar a Day Increase Refused = Rubber Company to Pay Soldiers Full Wages

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 l NORWALK-The Building Trade Council of Norwalk has elected tn 1 following officers: President, Franl Clark; first president, Richar' Dean; second president, Waite Smith; general secretary-treasurel Lloyd Phillips, IT,; sergeant -at-arms Harry Marshall. Trustees, Edwfl Vorhees, John Keller, James Gilbert. l Painters Increase Refused 1 Norwalk Painters Union No. 527 Ii asking for an increase in wages. Tn Painters now receive $4.50 day ant ask for $5.5O. Employers were noti fled of the desired wage increase ol Dec. 12, 1918 (to take effect Marcl 1, 1919. The employers are said t, have notified the Painters that the, had as much chance as snow ball il h. of getting any more than $4.5( per day-in fact the employers "hae thought of reducing wages" they said A Painters committee of five met ar employers committee of three or Feb. 21 at the Hotel Mohackemo. The employers committee claimed that the high cost of living was primarily caused by labor, also that the cost of living had decreased twenty per cent. l citing the present cost of butter, eggs and meat as an example; not taking into consideration that the workers wear shoes or any other garb. B. B. Gorham was the employer who put forth the above statement regarding the reduction in price of the articles mentioned. It was provel. by the Painters committee that the cost of living had increased more than seventeen per cent. since Feb., 1918. After much discussion the employers committee offered thirty cents day increase which would make wages $4.80 day. The wage scales in Stam- ford, Ridgefeld and Bridgeport are $5 and $5.5O per day respectively cities only few miles distant from Nor walk. The Painters committee stated to the employers committee that the members of Local 527 did not want charity they want fair wage, and that $4.5e or $4.80 per day was not adequate conpenaatip ion, all things con- sidered The off of S4 80 rer day ssvss nof accepted the Paiutes <oI nittee.
 Other Building Tradesnen Want
 Wage Increase
 5. The Masons want 877S cents per hour beginning April I; carpenters probably 75 cents an hour on May 1 ;; Plumbers, and Sheet Metal Workers now receiving $6 per day seem to be satisfied.
 Holders Arbitrating
 The Molders now receive $5 per day. On Jan. 1 they requested an in crease of $1 pef day and the matter pected that the increase will be granted.
 Many Out of Employment
 Seven buildings are now under con-' struction; outlook for spring work good. About seventy per cent. of the union carpenters are out of work at the present time, primarily due to the. Bridgeport strike. Ninety per cent. of the union Lace Makers are unem- ployed, and sixty per cent. of the union Painters. Cigarmakers are all employed at present. The Hat Mak- CTS and the Hat Finishers are work ing about half time. About ninety per cent. of the Plumbers and the Sheet Metal Workers are working.
 Burleson Bucks Unions z Congress is asked to appropriate $165, ,000 for new post office build ing, but Postmaster General Burleson is opposed he who always opposes labor, especially union labor, and has refused to confer with representa- tives of organized labor. The Nor walk c. L. U. has requested our sena- tors and congressman to start an i'm vestigation of Burleson's administra- ton of the telephone and telegraph lines.
 Polishers Supported
 The c. l.. U. has extended support to the members >of the Polishers Union who have been on strike at the Colt Fire Arms Go. in Hartford for several months.
 Good Opportunity for TaiIors
 There is no Tailors Union in Nor walk notwithstanding the fact that there is good opportunity for launch ing local.
 East Norwalk Aroused
 A petition is now in circulation and being signed by about all residents which oppose House Bills Nos. 335 and 336 now before the Legislature. These bills concern the taking of fish and clans from the water, which priv ilege provides not only pleasure at times but also square meal.
 Real Estate Sales
 The buying and exchanging of real estate in Norwalk is now very evident. All realize that Norwalk has been on the dormant list" long enough. The war is over; now for reconstruction and prosperity.
 Lace Mill Using Two Shifts