The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-07-28

LABOR NEWS

AUSTRALIA: Idle Lumber Mills.
The managers of Australia lumber
mills, number of which are closed,
claim that their idleness is practical
ly due to the 44-hour working week
and the high wages demanded by en-
ployes. The 44-hour week was fixed
nine months ago by the court, and
federal attorney general is being re-
quested by a deputation of lumber
merchants to take steps looking to
the creation of full arbitration
court to consider the question Of
hours in the lumber industry.
Lost Working Days.-The number
of working days lost in New South
Wales as a result of strikes during
the quarter ending in March, 1922,
was 155,724 less than the number
for the some quarter of the proceed
ing year. The number of workers
involved in strikes during these re-
spective periods was reduced by 61,-
ITO.
CUBA: Railroad Strike.-The
strike of employees of the United
Railways of Havana, which became
active on June 81, suspending all
traffic in the Havana district, was
terminated on June % when the
railway company acceded to some Of
the demands of the employees by
changing the proposed reductions in
wages for the special divisions af-
fected.
ENGLAND: Engineering Dispute.
BY a vote of 75,478 to 39,423,
members of the Amalgamated Engi-
neering Union accepted the employ
ers terms of settlement of the en-
gineering dispute which began about
three months ago.
FRANCE: EightHour Law
The Union of Meteorological and Min
ing Industries has petitioned the
Minister of Labor for a revision of
the eight-hour law of August 8,
1920. on the ground that it does not
permit of intense production during
the busy season; while, on the other
hand. the General Federation of La
Dor has started petition in defense
of the eight-hour law and its strict
application.
Housing Legislation.-A bill re-
Gently introduced in parliament is in
tended to remedy the acute shortage
in living accommodations in French
cities and towns by the creation,
throughout the country, of Regional
Credit Institutions, from which ur-
ban realty owners may secure ad-
vances for the building of apart
ments and dwellings,.
Unemployment.--The municipal en-
ployment bureau at Lyons recently
suspended it's relief funds distribu-
ton to persons out of work. Such
action strongly corroborates the re-
port that local unemployment is re-
duced to normalcy
GERMANY: Industrial Accidents.
In its issue of June 10, 1922, the
Holzarbeiter Zeituns published acct
dent statistics of the Federal Insur-
ance Bureau showing that in 1920
there were 591,922 industrial acct
compared with 575,474 accidents and
dents, of which 1888 were fatal, as
10,189 fatalities in 1919. For COM
parative purposes the total number
of insured workmen of Germany are
computed as being 25,603, 203 and
24,709,708 for 1920 and 1919, re-
spectively, and it is suggested that
strict enforcement of the eight-hour
day law is responsible for the reduc-
ton in the number of accidents since
1918.
ITALY: Emigration.-Of the 49,
054 emigrants who left Italy during
the first trimester of 1922, for over
seas, $500 were destined to the
United States, according to the eli
nanza Italiana" of June 10, 1922.
NORWAY: Unemployment-Of-
fetal statistics show that unemploy-
ment had decreased at the close of
May, 1922, to $4,000, as compared
with $4,000 for April and 44,9OO for
March. 1922.
SOCIETIES ENDORSE MOVE
The following organizations have
endorsed the movement for general
amnesty for the remaining 100 war
opinion prisoners:
American Federation of Labor.