The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-09-29

LABOR NEWS



Building Trades Sill Ou--At,er
more than three months strike in the
building trades In Antwerp there ap-
pear no signs Of settlement. Many
brlchayers. maSous and plasterers
nave gone TO the devastated regions
o. France, where construction is
under way.
Metal Workers-August brought 2
new strike in the metaIlurgicsl in
dustry. 4 comparative scale had
been agreed upon 10 raise or lower
wages as living costs fluctuated. and
'4e workers objected TO q reduction,
claiming that i was not warranted
by the price Of necessities.
Canada
Inlni grafton Decreases.-For the
--our months ending July 81. 1922.
-Hlnl' grafton 10 the Dominion has de-
creased 81 per cent as compared
with the same period in 1921. Ar
rivals from the United States totaled
-g,-4s Is against 1929 last year.
Brlcsh arrivals fell off $3.50 and
those from al other countries 3.077.
China.
Register Alien Unemployed-At
Aukcen the Chinese police have
registered me Russian UNEMPLOYED
anc the total reaches $4,000. The
Chinese authorities propose TO omen
z number Of factories to engage
these aliens.
France.
Metal Workers Still Out.-Efforts
toward Cancellation in the strike of
me metal workers at Havre. which
we're undertaken by the authorities
O that city, have proven futile. The
strike mas been on for two months
ana come about by reduction Of
wages. The employers claim that
stsgnatlon in the shipbuilding indus
~ necessltaIes reduction of expenses
Miners Housing.-In the Depart
Lnent OF Pas-de-Calais 5000 dwell
lngs. 70 be occupied by miners. were
constructed last year.
Italy
FRUIT Exporters Strike.-Neano]i-
tans complained that the exportation
OF fruits had such a serious effect
upon the local food supply that an
ordnance was passed by the Bureau
OF PROVISIONS prohibiting the shin
ment Of fruits from Naples. As p
result the middlemen and SINNERS
have struck and refuse to buy at anv
price. ''''S
Manchuria
Hunger The large number If
Chinese refugees. who are daily re-
turning from Russia bv varions
routes, give the reason for tbeir
exodus In one word: Hunger"
Portugal
LIVING Costs Soar.-In four months
food products have advanced 1T y y
percentage ranging from so to loo
FlNlng the price of bread at Lisbon
has called for a protest from eli
eral strike. - " " gen
Walk Out in Sympathy-support-
ing the bread strikers of Lisbon tbo
Workmen's Syndicate of Oporto do
cared a general strike at that nlace
Out only about 10000 responded and
most OF these We're unskilled
.c Straits Settlements.
III. Atdected by American Strikes
Inc Straits Times (weekly) observes
!nat the spirited demand for rubber
IN me early spring which was occa-
s.lohed by revival Of the automobile
industry, has been diminished Nv
the transportation and coal strikes
IN the United States.
Chlnese Immigration.-In spite If
the depressed condition of the tin
and rubber industries, 191. O43 Chin.
csc immigrants were listed at Singa-
pore last year, an increase of 81 1
per cent over the previous year. How
ever, ,92,O57 of these nationals re-
turned to China during the same
period. The balance of these imn1io
grants was readily absorbed Il is
sad. on account of the vast nunoher
OF East. Indian laborers returning
from this port to their own countryS
Sweden
Ral road Strike-Supported bv tho
swedish Union of Locomotive Enoi-
heers, employees of the Rostagene
private railroad are on strike. Waco
increase demanded by the emploves
would W. 1di augment running expenses bv
S2'6Sl 600, it is alleged by the Rail.
ROAD Employers Union.
Switzerland
wage Reduction by Agreenap+
A conference between representative
employees and the executives of tbo
Loetschberg- Berne- NeuchateI pal
way, presided over by the Stato
Councillor, resulted in an apreenant
10 a maximum wage reduction Of
employee. 20 '''''iieii'
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