The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-05
OTHER LABOR MATTERS.

Australia has over $4,000 union engi-
neering and metal workers.
Boilermakers employed In the gov
eminent navy yards receive $6.40 a
day.
Locomotive engineers in the Domini-
can republic receive from $3.50 to 81
a day.
Competent female stenographers In
Toronto, Canada, can demand as high
as $25 week.
Trade union membership in Switzer-
land has increased over Is per cent
In the last two years.
Switzerland has an unemployment
fund which pays unemployed skilled
workers SO cents day and unskilled
workers SO cents day.
The National Federation of General
Workers In Great Britain, representing
nearly 100000 men and women, is
making strenuous fight for a 44-hour
work week.
Nearly all the ship yards in England,
Scotland and Ireland were made idle
owing to workmen leaving their places
until they are granted shorter hours
and improved working conditions.
The managers Of the Burden iron
mills In Troy, N. Y, announced that
the plant would close for an indefinite
period. Lack of orders was given as
the reason. The mills employ 5000
hands.
The strike of employees of slaughter
houses at Paris, France, has been de-
clared off, the men being satisfied with
measures being taken by the authori-
ties to remedy conditions OF which
complaint was made.
Closer cooperation is being brought
about between the Regina (Canadal
Great War Veterans association and
the Trades and Labor council by the
granting to the veterans OF five seats
on the labor council.
The British and Allied Chefs and
Employers union recently formed IN
London, for the purpose of keeping
out enemy aliens who might spoil
their business has decided to admit
domestic servants into full member
ship.
The International Granite Producers
association Cancelled its order by which
all plants in the country would be
shut down. The plants will continue
at work pending conference with
granite workers regarding wages and
working hours. A shutdown would af-
feet New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin
1 and Illinois.
Notice was received at district head
quarters Of the United Mine Workers
in Hazleton, Pa, from Frank ]. Hayes,
international president, that he called
a meeting Of the policy committee Of
the union In Indianapolis on March IL.
The meeting will consider wages, I'M
employment and other issues growing
out Of the reconstruction period. Rep
resentatives from every district will be
present.
Superintendent CAM, Of the Derry
mills, York, Pa, the employees OF which
are on strike for better conditions and
recognition of union labor, refused any
conference. In consequence those en-
ployees who had not affiliated with the
strikers handed in applications and,
with almost 400 more, formed local
organization, which Is now associated
with the American Federation OF
Labor.
| A new law will soon become oper-
alive in Switzerland compelling EN-
ployers to provide strike pay for EN-
ployees. A London business man who
owns a factory in Switzerland employ
ing $50 persons stated his manager had
reported the law would compel the
factory to set aside $4,000 annually to
the workers unemployment fund. The
fund is collected and controlled BY the
state.
By the terms Of an award made
public by v. Everitt Macy, the umpire
selected by the National war labor
board to pass upon the demands of the
Marine Workers affiliation Of New
York, all harbor and marine transport
workers In New York are granted the
elght-hour day with time and one-hah
for overtime. The demands Of the men
for higher wages and that the award be
retroactive to December 1 are denied.
The federal government Of Australia
has taken measures to prevent the
landing OF bolshevih and other unde-
sirables. The government has dis
missed 500 shipbuilding employees on
Cockatoo island, owing to the mems
ego slow policy"
4 The strike Of port workers at
Buenos Aires, which has been in prog
ress for 40 days, has prevented 100000
tons Of cargo from entering Buenos
Aires. Thirty refrigerator steamers
which were shunted to other ports
after starting for Buenos Aires could
have carried away 100000 tons OF
Argentine meat.
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