Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-02-25
OTHER NOTES OF LABOR

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The sugar industry of Bulgaria Is
limited to the production of beet sugar.
Paper factories In Switzerland EN-
ploy between 1900 and 1000 work
men.
Several wealthy Chinese In Chicago
will build a 22-story hotel, which they
will operate.
About 10000 people are now en-
ployed In the toy Industry In the
United States.
Industrial conditions in Great Brit
ain are growing worse and production
Is at the lowest In years.
The Ware (Mass.) Wooden mills re-
opened on full time. They have been
closed for more than a month.
Kalamazoo, Mich, reports reduc-
lions of II per cent, effective January
"a, In six of the twelve paper mills.
The Pittsburgh Steel company re-
sumed three open furnaces, the wire
mill, rod mill. and part of the nall
mill.
The present average wage per shift
for English coal miners Is $5.o7. This
Is an increase of $50 per cent over
prewar wages.
Official unemployment figures show
that the total number of people In the
United Kingdom out of work Is over
| the million mark.
| The Detroit city council appropr1-
| ated S250,0OO for relief of the jobless.
| The fund Is to be administered by the
| city welfare commission.
| Owing TO lack of orders, all de-
| partments of the Parkersburg iron
company will close, It was announced.
| About 1000 men will be affected.
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would be served them at any hour of
the day or night, but that disorders
would be sternly repressed.
The New York State Publishers as
ISOLATION announced that II would OPP
pose the demands of the Stereotypers
and Electrotypers' union for a 44-hour
week, beginning May l.
| A strike of workers In the building
trades halted operations on all con-
struction work in which members of
the Boston Building Trades Employ
ers' association were interested.
The municipality of Montreal, Can
ada, gave work to 425 idle men repair
ing streets. In an effort TO alleviate
/ unemployment the city is adding large
numbers of street workers to its pay
roll.
Protest has been filed with the Rail-
road Labor Board against the Pullman
| company, alleging that 1t has failed
to put into effect the wage rates re-
| CURED by the Transportation act and
| has discharged employees without
| cause
With a limited force the Kelly
| Springfield Motor Truck company,
Springfield. Ohio, started up, after be-
Ing practically closed since before
Christmas. The Westcott Motor Car
company resumed operation In all de-
partments.
ers have come to terms with the
striking clothing workers. The strike
of 1900 men and women was called
recently because the manufacturers
announced a return to the open shop.
The four companies reported as MAX
ing terms with the strikers viii stick
to the closed shop and recognition of
the union.
Operation of the Remington Arms
Union Metallic Cartridge company. en-
ploying 5000 persons. was resumed at
Bridgeport. Conn. Warner Brothers,
corset makers with 5000 employees,
increased their time four hours week
ly under cut wage. The Locomo-
bile company cut wages 10 per cent.
but continues on regular time SEIZED
ules for 400 hands.
A temporary reduction In wages of
about 141s cents an hour is announced
by the Boyne City, Gaylord and Al
pena railroad Officials of the COM
pany, at Boyne City. Mich, say the
reduction is necessary for the COM
pany to meet its pay rolls and other
expenses pending the receipt of funds
due from the government under the
federal guarantee.
The Swiss people have voted a new
law applying the eight-hour day to all |
their transport services and every |
thing connected with them. The vote |
was S6s,991 for TO Pills against, |
with most of the opposition coming |
from the rural districts.
Seven locals of the International |
Ladies' Garment Workers union voted |
at New York to strike against dress
and waist manufacturers here who,
they claimed, refused to sign a new
agreement with employees. Officials T
OF the union declared the strike would /
affect $4,000 workers.