The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-05-26
INTERNATIONAL
LABOR NEWS

CHINA-Arbitration The request
of the Chinese Carpenters guild, that
the minimum daily wage of carpen-
tiers be increased from so cents to
$1.00, and the employers offer of an
advance of Is cents, have been sub
mitted to arbitration. Pending the
decision of the arbitrator the car
penters have been given temporary
| increase of rs per cent.
Mine Safety Bureau: There has
been established within the Prussior
Ministry of Commerce and Trade d
| mine safety bureau in whose hands
will be placed Investigations of min
ing accidents. measures for accidents
measures for accident prevention. eX-
periments with new improved mine
equipment. and the general policing
of mines in Prussia.
NOVA SCOTIA: Steel Commits.
siOn.-That the provincial govern
ment appoint commission to make
an early and thorough investigation
of the Cape Breton steel industry
with a view to remedying prevail
ing unemployment and distress. is
the demand embodied in lengthy
resolution unanimously adopted at a
recent mass meeting of citizens al
Sydney.
SWITZERLAND Unemployment
The latest figures on unemploy-
ment in Switzerland showed a de-
crease. for the month. of 10,442 in
the number of unemployed persons
ENGLAND: UnemplOyment.-Ac-
cording to unofficial figures. unem-
ployment is decreasing at the rate
of about one thousand a week.
PORTUGAI--Stre Railway Men
Strike: 1t appears from the in
creased number of cars seen in the
streets of Lisbon that the strike of
,, the Electric Street Railways en-
ployes has been finally broken. With
authority from the Municipal Coun-
Gil of Lisbon to increase fares. the
street railway company hopes to be
able to satisfy the wage demands OF
| its employees.
CHILE: Coal Strike.-The strike
of the coal miners at Coronel and
Lota has been ended by a new agree
ment between the mine owners and
the miners. 1t is said that the min
ers accepted terms which are virtu-
ally the same as those which were
offered by the companies on January
/. 1922.
DENMARK: Lockout Ended. -
Following an agreement concluded
between the Employers Association
and the Cooperative Trade Unions,
and accepted by the government
mediators, the lockout of employees
of the Associated Unions terminated
formally in April. 1922. 1t can not
be said, though. that the dispute be-
tween employers and employees has
been generally settled. inasmuch as
some of the trade unions are endeav-
oring to decide independently wheth-
err or not their members shall be
bound by the terms of the new agree
ment.
SCOTLAND: Misunderstanding
| to the Dundee press, a proposal is To
be submitted to the Jute Trade Board
| to reduce the basic wage of iute
workers by 25 per cent. Employers
claim that the state of the trade
necessitates such a reduction. Rep
resentatives of the workers are tC
contest the proposed reduction
Wages.-Followin a five weeks dis
pute a settlement has been reached
between the Aberdeen Master Build
ers' Association and the Nationa
Federation of Building Trade Oper
atives' District Council. whereby thu
rate of wages of masons. ioiners ant
pl ssterers are to be reduced to 81
cents per hour. from April 20, 1922
to March z, 1923. The whole agree
ment. however. is contingent upol
the acceptance of its terms by tn
plumbers and platers on or before