The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-02
CANADIAN LABOR
 SUFFERED HEAVILY
 DURING LAST YEAR
Report of Department Shows Los: of 6o,522 in Membership
 i'll 1921.

1921, winch has just been issued by
 the Department of Labor, shows that
 trade union membership has suffered
 heavy loss during the year. The
 total membership of all classes of
 trade unions in Canada at the close
 of 1921 stood at 3I3,32o, comprised
 in ZOOS local branches, and indicates
 losses during the year I92Is of oo,522
 in members and of 25o in branches. Although a heavy decrease occurred
 in the following of international or
 ganizations, over 7I per cent of trade
 unionists in Canada belong to this
 class. There are in all o8 internation-
 al organizations having one or more
 local branches in the Dominion, the
 aggregate for Canada being 2,223,
 with combined reported member
 ship of 222,8o6. These figures show
 three less international organizations
 operating in Canada and losses of 232 in branches and 44,35I III members. There are 264 local branches, with a
 membership of 24,o8o, of what are
 termed non-international bodies, a
 gain of five in branches, but a de-
 crease in members of o2o. The num-
 Der of independent units is 27, three
 less than in 1920, and the reported
 membership I5,644, decrease ot I5,-
 545. The national and Catholic
 unions number 12o, four less than re-
 ported in the. prevoius year, and the
 total membership was given at 45,ooo.
 The local units of the one big union
 number 34, a decrease of I7, and the
 membership was understood to be
 approximately $500.
 The ZOOS local branch unions of
 all classes in the Dominion are
 divided by provinces as follows: On
 tario, I,lo5; Quebec, 4o7; British Co.,
 lunbia,- 24o; Alberta, 2Io; Saskatche-
 wan, I63; Manitoba, 159; Nova Scotia, I5I New Brunswick, I27; and Prince Edward Island, 10.
 Trade Union Membership in Chief Cities.
 There are in Canada 3I cities, a de- crease of forr, having not less than 20 local branch unions of international
 and non-international organizations and independent units. The 1,4I2 branches located in these citeis rep resent 56 per cent of the local branch es of the unions above mentioned, and contain approximately 40 per cent of the trade union membership in the Dominion, as reported from the head offices of the central organ izaticns. As in the past, Montreal
 stands in first place among the cities
 as to local branches, having IoI of all classes of unions, IoI of which report
 ed 34,637 members; Toronto ranks
 second with I55 branches, o2 of which
 reported 32,2o2 members; Winnipeg
 stands third with o4 branches, $ ot which reported 1928 members. Other cities in order of number of branches f o11 ~1o
 branches, reporting 7,S75 members 377 members; Quebec, "A branches, B
 reporting 6,I28 members, and down to l North Bay, 20 branches, A reporting I,275 members.
 Of the oS international organiza- tions operating in Canada, 75 made payments for benefits, the aggregate l disbursements being $24,o8o,836, an increase of S4,62o, ,226, over the amount expended in 1920, The pay ments for each class of benefit were as follows:
 Death benefits, $o,o74,o6 unem- ployed and travelling benefits, S423, o3I; strike benefits, $Io, ,o87; sick and accident benefits, $3,o8I,o3o; old age pensions and other benefits, Sz4o,- | 7Io.
 Four of the central non-internation- al organizations made payments on account of benefits, the total being reported at $2o,775, of which $16,44o was for death benefits This is the highest expenditure ever made by the head offices of these bodies for bene- fit purposes.
 In addition to the expenditures of the central bodies statement is also published in the report showing the amount paid in benefits for the year 1921 by local branch unions in Can ada to their own members. The amount disbursed aggregated $I,5o3,- 555, an increase of $I,17o,4oo over the previous year. The expenditure for each class of benefit was as follows: Death benefits, SIo7,3oo; unem- ployed benefits, $55,557; strike bene-
 other benefits, $75,344.
 In addition to the statistics fur nished, the report contains much gen eral information as to the activities of organized labor in Canada as we'll as references to important labor events in other countries. As direc- i tory of trade unions the report is very complete, containing particulars of
 every known local trade union in Can ada, and also lists of central organ l izatons and delegate bodies, together [ witt? the names and addresses of the
 chief executive officers for the year l 1922.
 A chapter in the report is devoted to class of organized wage-earners | who do not belong to the organized labor movement, and include mainly associations of school teachers and government employees. In all there
 are 4 such bodies having a combined