The Connecticut labor news., 1922-11-10
LABOR CONDITIONS
 IN FOREIGN LANDS
BRAZIL

the employment office at Moncton, N. l B., indicate a revival of the lumber industry, with a "fair" wage for labor
 Mine Wage Agreement.-An agree ment has been entered into between the management andI employees of the ! Western Fuel Corporation of Canada, Vancouver Island, B. C., effective for two years beginning with October T., 1922, under which daily wages will range from $3.71H for muckers to &ooH for machine foremen, plus a bonus of ST to each emp1oye for every day worked.
 Strikes.-Cargo boatmen and tea house workers, recently on strike, have returned to work after conclud- ing satisfactory agreements with their
 employers.
 ENGLAND
 Unemployment. - Disappointment and bitterness are said to prevail at frequent meetings of the unemployed of Bristol, who are calling upon the government for greater assistance and increased financial relief.
 FRANCE
 Havre Metal Workers Strike End ed.-After a duratoin of no days, the Havre metal workers strike has of1c- tally ended, the men deciding to re- turn to work at the reduced wages originally offered by the employers. A local paper announces that the strikers Host approximately twenty million francs" and that the loss to the owners is "incalculable."
 Industrial Reconstruction.-Consid- ering that destruction from the war in the Department of the Aisne was o1, ho and resumption of activities of 2,33I factories and the unemployment of 42,722 workers, with an output not ably larger than the relative. output of pre-war days, bespeak admirable ad- vancement in production and indus trial efficiency This reconstruction trend has also spread through Saint Quentin, Hirson, Channy, Laon, Sois- sons, and Chateau Thierry.
 t GERMANY
 Chambers of Emp1oyes."- erable interest is being manifested in a bill introduced into the Saxon Parlia- ment providing for the creation of so- called Chambers of Employes' in number of the German provinces. These "c1hambers,' if established, are to be modelled along the lines of chambers of trade and commerce, but are to concern themselves solely with protecting "the particular economic and social interests of employees in all questions of vital importance"
 Dresden Lodging Problem.-Ap- peals are being made to the popula- ton of Dresden by the Dresden Housing Co1n1ni niss1on, on the promise of a premium, to abandon all apart ments occupied by single persons or small families compelled to live on pre-war incomes, thereby reducing the cost of living, saving coal, and creat- ing vacant apartments for occupany for needy families.
 IRELAND
 Dub1in.-Not1fcation by employers of their intention to reduce wages to the level of those in Great Britain, and the operatives decision not to accept 1 any reduction are causing delay in the Dublin building trade, as IS evidenced by boarded-up and half-completed buildings which were started few l months ago.
 Postal Workers Strike.-Fo1lowing 1 the governments announcement on 1 of reductions in the sal-t aries of postal workers compatible l with the reduction in the cost of liv- ing, the postal unions met, and, after l their executives to resist l the proposal of reduction in wages 1 with a withdrawal of labor if neces-l sary, went on strike September 10, causing an almost complete tie-up of l telegraph, telephone, and mail service in southern Ireland,
 SCOTLAND
 Unemployment. - Although in creased activity in the iron and steel industry slightly reduced the number of unemployed, the advantage gained was soon offset by the reduction of labor forces in the shipyards.
 Foreign Labor Restriction.-Fore- ign laborers, with the exception of skilled miners and agricultural work CTS, can gain entry into France only after their employment contracts have who is charged with the duty of see ng that such entries are not preju- 1icia1 to unemployed French laborers.
 Seamen's Strike.-More than 54 ves- ,e1s are unshipped at Marseilles as a -esult of the continuing strike of the ,eamen who have thus protested against the recent decree modifying he application of the eight-hour law Il the merchant marine.
 SWEDEN
 Unemploynent.-So marked has ( ,een the improvement in unemploy nent that only a portion of the ap- ' of S5,ooo, ,ooo Kr., made by he Riksdag for the purpose of re- ieving the unemployment situatoin { will be necessarily expended. !
 SWITZERLAND
 Lottery for Unemployed.-Canton- Il authorities of St. Gallen have granted permission to the Heimar Gan organization of nore than 4ooo embroidery workers) O organize a lottery, on an immense ca1e, for the benefit of it's unernploy- I d members In place of cash prizes, (