The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-11-15
IN THE LABOR FIELD

Union workers in Mobile, Ala, have
purchased a labor temple.
Women factory workers in Japan
outnumber the men by over 100000.
Female weavers~ In Japan earn on
an average OF from 16 to 10 cents O.
day.
Costa Rica has 4 monopoly Of the
match and cigarette paper business in
that country.
Seventy-eight per cent Of the de-
crease Of unemployment in Great Brit
ain Is among women.
The Hamilton Watch company OF
Lancaster, Pa, has given Its many
hands Is per cent increase In wages
Over 10000 dressmakers In London
Will receive an average Of 81 a week
more in pay under the new minimum
wage law.
Safety gloves for machinists have
been invented, made Of chrome leather
and sewed with steel wire so that they
will not rip.
London shipping clerks have formed
q clerks union to protect the interests
of shipping clerks as to hours, cOndt-
tons, salary, etc.
Between June, 1914, and July, 1919.
the average weekly earnings OF fac
tory workers i'm New York state In
creased 81 per cent.
Employees q years Of age and over
receiving less than 521s cents per hour
In Denver packing plants gained IN
increase In wages through arbitration
British Columbia Will have q de
| partment Of industry with 100000
| to spend In bringing about better In
| dustrial conditions SO as TO provide
| more work for the unemployed. Re
turned soldiers will be given the pref
| erence.
The Ave pottery firms located in Sc
bring, O., have notified their employees
that they viii provide free life tnsur
ance from $500 to $1,000 each, depend
ing on the length Of time each worker
has been in the employ OF the com
panies.
In Omaha, Neb., street car men have
secured a new wage rate that means
an additional $40 a year for each Of
these workers. The schedule calls fol
81 cents an hour the first three months
SO cents the next nine months and 8!
cents thereafter. Other employees re
ceived substantial increases.
A total of 568 new members wer
gained at O. mass meeting OF the re
Gently organized Indianapolis local 0
the International Ama1gamated Nea
Cutters and Butcher Workers union
The local now has a membership o
more than 1890, including ITO womel
employees Of packing houses.
The Society of Technical Engineer
In England is forming union OF brail
workers, beginning with the engineer
and extending in time to all ranks o
qualified men, including doctors, scien
lists and chemists. It has been ca1cu
lated that at least 10000 men com
within the scope Of the new union.
A wave Of eight-hour strikes 1
spreading over Belgium. The lega
eight-hour day for mining becomes e1
fective next December and in mechar
ical construction next March. In othe
industries 1t has been sought for, sho
by shop, with the employers mobilizin
every power to resist the workers.
Employees Of the Boston Protecttv
department, an insurance organization
which aims to reduce fire loss by earl
salvage, are planning to form union
One man was discharged, according t
reports, for his activity In establishin
q union organization.
Employees Of all the distrtbutiv
trades in Great Britain will shortl
be scheduled under the British trad
boards act, which will mean to thei
an increase Of from 81 to $3.50 pc
week In wages Of all store assistant
making the increased annual wages bi
for this class of labor $125, 100000
$50, ZOO, 900 over the present rates.