Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-11
OTHER NOTES OF LABOR

japan mines about 30,000.000 tons
of coal annually.
Matches are turned out in large
quantities by machinery.
Porto Rico has n minimum wage
law for women and children.
The Brotherhood of Painters now
has membership exceeding 10000.
Only 20 per cent of the leather
workers In the country are now ut
work.
While wages in Japan have In
creased fourfold. living costs have in
creased tenfold.
Thirty per cent of the workers em-
ployed In the paper industry In Fin
land are women.
Not all of the workers In Alabama
come under the provisions of the state
compensation law.
OF the known work accidents, men
number about 95 per cent. as against
per cent among women.
The metal industry In Italy is ask
ing aid from the government In order
to keep the mills in operation.
The plant of the Hartford City
Ond) Paper company resumed oper-
ations after being closed two weeks.
A referendum on the question of
forming an Insurance department Is
being taken among the 100000 mem
hers of the International Association
of Machlnists.
In Switzerland all wageworkers In
private industrial undertakings who
earn less than S2.70 per day are en-
titled to unemployment relief when
| out of work.
Under an agreement for cancella-
ton of existing contracts, more than
$4,000 iron and steel workers in Swan
sea. South Wales. now work on day
! TO day basis.
OF more than 100000 idle workers
in London about $4,000 are former sol
diers. More than one-half of all the
| unemployed in Great Britain are ex-
| soldiers.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
| lea levied an assessment of Sl,000,000
| for the support of the Mingo county
| (W ya) and Alabama strikers 10 be
| collected in two ,installments of 81
from $4,000 members.
! A threatened strike of 5000 ems
| ployees in the Southern Pacific Rail
way coppany's yards and shops at
Sacramento. Cal. was called on after
conference between ]. +. Daily, sec
rotary of the shipments union. aud
| w, J. Watkins, general superintendent
of the local railway Shops
The Marine Engineers union, on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts, has de-
clned to submit to - per cent re-
duction In wages requested by the
American Steamship association. 1t
ls'said the steamship operators have
been notified that they must live up to
the existing agreement with the union,
which does not terminate until May l.
Jose Murez. secretary of the joint
advisory board of union clgarmakers
of Tampa. Fla. said that the strike
of workers had been ended by ref
erendum vote The strike lasted al.
most ten months The vote was or
dered because of increasing difficult
ties In obtaining funds TO support the
strikers. II was announced. The Nrike
was called April IA. II is estimated
the strike cost the government 81 500.
900 in revenues
Working shorter hours. to permit a
division of Jobs between employed and
unemployed. was advocated at the
meeting of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. This action was said TO be
necessary If unemployment relief was
not obtained Prior to the meeting
delegates from 81 unions. represent.
ing $4,000 workers, held conference
on the unemployment situation. They
reported 10000 of their men were
idle.
/ An anu-strike bill. which places all
i strikes under the head of unwarrant.
ed industrial warfare, was introduced
In the Missouri senate by Senator Nc
/ cullough OF Knox county.
BY perfecting a plan for averting
breaks between engine and train serv-
ice employees and the company
through the operation of joint com.
mittees, the Pennsylvania Railroad
company is the first American railroad
giving its employees equal power with
the management In deciding questions
affecting working conditions and wei.
fare.