The Owosso times., 1922-06-09
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Approximately thirty iron ore miners
at the Bates mine, Iron River, Mich.
The miners claim that other miners In
the vicinity were getting from $500 to
S3.65 q day, while their daily wage
ranged from S265 to $3.50.
The Lackawanna Steel company an
nounced a wage increase of more than
10 per cent to common labOrers. The
increase from % 20 26 cents an hour
unasked by the workers, was to equal
ize wages with those paid by the Beth
lehem Steel corporation, by which the
Lackawanna has been absorbed.
Shoe workers numbering more than
5000 in Cincinnati received sanction
of the general executive board of the
International Boot and Shoe Workers
union to go on strike, protesting a 10
per cent reduction in wages. All fac
tories In the city are affected, except
two, where the present wage scale Is
continued.
Purchase of PAT acres of land In
Los Angeles for the erection of 81
100000 stockyards system was report
ed to have been effected by group
of Chicago men.
A S5,OOO,OOO fund to establish a la
Dor press was recommended by spe-
cial committee of the International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen to the brotherhood
convention.
The annual convention Of the Penn
sylvania State Federation Of Labor
came to q close with election of OFF,
GERS. James II. Maurer of Reading
was elected president.
Thirty thousand unemployed work
men at Ferrara, Italy, who staged q
demonstration in front Of the prefect-
ure, have declared their intention OF
continuing their demonstrations until
they receive work.
Twenty-eight thousand metallurg-
lists, comprising practically all of the
workers employed in the district OF
Bilboa, Spain, struck In protest
against the reduction Of the wages by
their employers. The authorities have
taken extensive precautions against
possible disorder.
New York was chosen by the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers OF
America for the next convention city.
Minimum wages, determined by ju-
dicial tribunals, have been feature
of the duplicate organization of all the
Australian states for twenty years.
The w. L. Douglas Shoe company
Brockton, Mass, increased Its weekly
working schedule to 40 hours. The
plant has been running ON a 30 hour
basis.
The board Of trade, Of which Judge
G. s. Beeby is president, fixed the
basic wage in Australia at IS shillings
(roughly $17.16) weekly. The high
est wage previously fixed was 85 shill
ings ($1S.7O), which was reduced by
3 shillings (68 cents) last October.
At the beginning Of April percentage
of British trade union membership un
employed was reported by the Labor
board at 1873 per cent which was un
changed from that of the previou!
month. In April, 1921, the percentage
was 10, and in 1920 1t was IL.
It Is estimated that 100000 work
ing days were lost In Great Britain
in March owing to labor disputes In
volving 28O,OO0 workers, the prlncipa
disputes being in the engineering ant
shipbuilding industries.
April showed the greatest gain II
employment throughout the countr.
since the first of the year, r. E. Hunt
secretary of the presidents conferenc
on unemployment, declared.
The Holland states general ha
passed a new law modifying the labo
act, increasing the time of labor on
and a half hours daily, or to 4S hour
weekly.
Edward II. Fitzgerald Of Cincinnati
was reelected grand president of tn
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Freight. and Express Handlers an
Station Employees. :.