The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-05
GENERAL LABOR NEWS


 | Hungary has over 5O,0O0 female l trade unionists. - I In the factories in Sweden there are g women to every 100 men. l Women are employed as glassbloW- CTS and engravers in England. @s@s 1 Over 2,5O0 girls were placed on | farms last year by the Ontario labor 1 bureau.ss e!t,S g &ts stf .-T I Argentina is threatened with a strike I of tenant farmers throughout the re public. 4>t ht, 4,- @ es.= Toronto (Canada) street railway men have been granted an increase in pay. s~a,<<es ssg s#E.a. .,s r. In some parts of England dogs wool 1 is being spun and manufactured into garments. s@* tFas' % '$s i Nearly 60,ooo people are employed in the various plants of the Armour Packing company. .4 s=' 1 During the first ten months of 1918 1 2,O4S men were Killed by coal mine accidents in the United States.
 One hundred thousand Canadian l women are represented in the Feder7. ation of Women's Societies recently formed at Winnipeg Canada. French p0stoffice and telegraph workers have been granted 200 per cent increase in wages. Under the provisions of the bill women's wages l will be the same as men for the same kind of work.~1, s.-z a ... sss s-ss-..Ess Fur manufacturers in New York have granted their workers higher l wages and a guarantee against slack season layoffs.s The, inereaseain wages l amounts fe about 40 per cent over the 1 old minimum. a % 5.. s.. .-&
 Park Place co1liery16near Mahanoy City, Pa, owned by the Lehigh Rail- road company. has been placed on a ] Seyen-hour schedule for an indefinite period. Over 800 men and boys are employed in the mine. ..ast,ss S 1 The Welsh tinp&ate sconciliationg board at Swansea. Wales. has granted 1 8 further increase bonus throughout the trade ranging from r5 to 20 per. cent on present bonuses. which already amount to 95 per cent -s.s ee, =
 To protect underwriters from pos sfble injury by explosion in gaseous mines and to instruct new miners of underground danger, the anthracite coaf Industry has posted precaution- ary rules in and about the coal mines.
 The twenty-four interna tionaI unions in the the steel industry have | membership of over 1,500,O00. They 1 cover the iron and steel industry in all it's branches from the men who dig the coal and iron ore to the men who load out the finished products at the plants. fs .te4+. -,+*F >A"
 In order to take care of unemployed soldiers. the federal government of Australia has appropriated s2,5Oo 900 for the construction of public works, pending the completion of a larger loan scheme to provide work for the home coming Anzaes along more per manent lines. ~
 Twelve hundred members of the Railway Clerks union, employed by thet Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway went on strike, aIles- ing unfair treatment of the union by A. F. Ottarson. federal auditor. for the railroad administration. The entire system is affected.
 Following a shutdown for one week to forestall a strike of it's machinists. the New York Airbrake eompaay's plant, Watertown, IN. Y, opened as an open shop. Estimates by union off, cials place the number Of men who re- turned at from 75 to 150 out of a total of 1900 union machinists em- ployed at the plant Company officials claim 400 machinists returned to work.
 l.. T. Lindeloff, secretary of the painters district council. and J. D. Ris- Ing, chairman of the wage committed, announced at Chicago that an agree ment had been reached granting a raise of 1211a. cents an hour to painters and decorators. MT. Rising said the increase in spring rates for all classes of painting and decorating will be about 15 per cent.
 The Toronto Railwaymen's union has decided to accept the increase award ed them by the majority of the board of conciliation, which was 21a cents an hour for first-year men and ? cents an hour for all other men.
 Organized carpenters in York, Pa., have made a demand for an increase of wages from 50 to 55 cents an hour. Painters are also requesting an fn- crease from 40 to 45e cents an hour, and bricklayers want their wages in creased from 60 to 70 cents an hour.
 A half-and-half profit-sharing plan with employees in .aif branches has been announced by the Willys-Over- land Automobile company. Over 1O0.- 900 employees are affected by the or der and some will receive as high as $400 as their share of the division.
 More than 50O00 persons are with out work In Barcelona, Spain.