Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-07-01
OTHER LABOR NOTES

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Sixty-five per cent Of the workers
in Pittsburgh are organized.
The embroidery industry of the is
land of Madeira employs more than
10000 women.
The material used In Spanish
wool manufacturing industries is
largely domestic product.
Under the British factory act no
factory may be open for more than
IL hours in any one day.
Organized retail shoe clerks In san
Francisco have succeeded in having
their working hours reduced.
Applications for domestic work In
New York city have increased GOO per
cent over those of two months ago.
Grand Lake Bag company, Wood
lands, Me-. will continue present
wages Of paper mill workers one year.
The pottery plants in Ohio have
Joined together in a plan to pay sick
and disability benefits to worn-out EN-
ployees.
The mine workers, the building
trades and many other crafts have
passed eight-hour days that no legis-
lature can repeal.
The cotton mills of this country fur
nished the army with sOO,0oOOOO
square yards of cotton textiles during
the period of the war.
1t Is estimated that Canada's water
ways are capable of developing 49,
100000 horse power, one-sixth OF
which is credited to the province OF
Manitoba.
The employees of the Streator (Ilf)
Clay Manufacturing company agreed
to accept wage reduction OF APP
proximately 10 per cent and the plant
reopened June 1.
A considerable number of employees
of the locomotive department of the
Ontario 4 Western railroad In Middle
town. N. Y, have been laid of owing
to slackness of work.
or the different industries In Fin.
land the timber industry held first
place In 1910 in respect to the num-
Der of employees, the number being
19,645, as compared with 1880 IN
1916, and 34,123 In 1918.
Negotiations between marine en-
gineers and the shipping board for q
settlement of the dispute on wages
and working conditions were broken
off June 3, w. S. Brown, president of
the Marine Engineers Beneficial asso-
citation declared.
A wage reduction Of 10 per cent has
been accepted by carpenters unions of
the north shore district, Salem. Mass,
after conference with the North
Shore Building Trades Employers as
ISOLATION. The men accepted the cut,
which reduces their wages from 81 TO
90 cents an hour, with the request that
similar reductions be made In the
wages of all building trades workers
except the bricklayers.
The grand jury investigating labor
troubles, dynamiting and smuggling. at
Chicago, returned indictments against
nine officers and agents of the United
States Shoe Repairers' association,
| charging conspiracy 10 extort and boy
colt, dynamite and commit assaults,
| and presented an additional indict
ment against ten men indicted for
bombing laundries In the laundry en-.
| gineers' strike.
A reduction in printers pay scales
to $3.50 for afternoon papers and SO
for morning papers has been awarded
by Reaye Folk, former state treasurer
and arbiter in the wage controversy
at Nashville, Tenn. between publish
/ ers and employees. The printers asked
/ for a 81 day increase on, prevailing
rate aud the publishers sought re-
duction of 81 day, the arbiter allow
/ ing the reduction because of reduced
living costs, but cutting 1t to 80 cents
day.
In a decision handed down by an
arbitration board the wages of cloth
hat and cap makers of New York will
be cut 10 per cent. effective immedi-
ately. The board included represen-
tatives OF the Cloth Hat and Cap
Manufacturers association and the
| New York Joint Council of the United
Cloth and Cap Makers of North Amer
lea. The agreement was ratified at
meeting of the workers and also by
the association. The contract will
run until June 30, 1922. There are
about 5000 workers affected.
| A 100000 defense fund for union
labor leaders who have been indicted
for alleged extortion is being raised
by assessment of members of Chi
cage building trades unions, accord
ing to Information given out by
States Attorney German.
Another step towards industrial
peace in Great Britain was taken
when the locomotive engineers called
off their embargo on the transporta-
ton of imported. or what has been
known as tainted" coal. The en-
barge was declared for the purpose Of
| supporting the striking coat miners.