The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-09-06
OF INTEREST TO LABOR

The great majority of women who
replaced men during the war are UNI
organized.
The meat packing plants in Canada
employ over 1900 women in various
capacities.
A machine for making stick candy
has been invented that has daily
capacity of 5000 pounds,
Practically so per cent of the total
number of vessels launched in 1918
were built in the United States.
The cotton mills in India employ
nearly 100000 persons and pressing
mills more than third as many addi
tional workers.
The Sioux City Ia.) Butchers
| union, with 5000 members, has voted
to accept the award of 10 per cent
increase in wages.
The average wage of the ordinary
farm laborer in England has been adj
vanced during the war from $3.50 a
week to $6.75 week.
The strike of 5000 workmen at the
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock company was adjusted and the
men returned to work.
Brooklyn IN. W returned soldiers
who are roofers find it difficult to pay
the union initiation fee of $75, and
are allowed to pay in installments.
The majority stockholders of the
great Oppeln mine, at Oppeln, Ger
many. have agreed to turn over its
stock to members of miners union at
| par.
BY vote of the Haverhill (Mass.)
Shoe Manufacturers association over
1900 women employees in more than
30 shoe factories are now working on
a 54-hour-week schedule.
Female labor in Switzerland has not
| yet been credited an equal footing with
the male labor, even where men and
l'women are doing the same amount,
kind and quality of work in the same
concern.
AS result of the general strike In
the building trades the Syracuse (Ark.)
| Builders exchange announced its in
tention of establishing an open shop
i on all contract work in the future and
refusing to consider agreements with
the unions.
Although the Transport Workers
federation in England has practically
reached settlement in regard to Its
| claims for the lockers, the tramway
men, canal workers and other sections,
there are questions still outstanding in
regard to the omnibus men.
The Allegheny Industrial club, rep
resenting 40 big Pittsburgh plants, is
urging the pushing of public works,
| running of plants for manufacturers
| and bringing pressure to bear on legis-
lative bodies to keep labor employed
to prevent the spread of bolshevism.
At recent meeting held at Pitts
burgh and attended by representatives
of nearly 100 trade unions 1t was de-
cided to give every possible assistance
in the campaign to organize employees
in the steel and iron industry and to
demand the right of free speech and
free assemblage.
The child labor section Of the war
revenue bill, placing a prohibitive tax
on products of child labor entering in
terstate commerce, was declared un-
constitutional by Federal Judge James
E. Boyd, at Greensboro, N. G. Last
year he declared void the original child
labor act, which the United States Su-
preme court annulled by a margin of
one vote.
| An increase of $50 month in wages
and the Introduction Of an eight-hour
day for all men except those assigned
to trains have been awarded the en-
ployees Of the Canadian Express COM
pany by the arbitration board which
considered their case. The increase
in salary dates from May 1. Both the
men and the company have agreed to
accept the finding of the board.
Twenty theaters of Buenos Aires
were forced to close because of an
| actors strike.
Nearly 10000 shoe workers in Brock
ton, Mass, and surrounding towns will
operate under 48-hour> week. Prac-
tically every union In the trade at
Brockton has accepted the proposal of
the manufacturers for 4S-hour SEIZED
ule, and shoe towns in the district
reported similar action. The factories
have been running 80 hours a week.
No reduction in wages is considered
under the new arrangement. The
unions had previously asked for q A.
hour week, but accepted As.
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