Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-12-07
OTHER LABOR NEWS

The journeyman tailors' union is
conducting an organization campaign
in Rochester, N. Y.
Labor unions of Chicago are prepar-
Ing to resist proposed city hall pay
roll slashes by strikes among munich
pal employees
The rate of employment In factories
throughout New York state continued
to increase during October, the total
Improvement since August being about
2 per cent.
A movement is under way to or
ganiZe the vast army of New York
city stenographers into a union. The
plan Is to require a minimum wage
scale Of $21 a week, with a seven-hour
day, and time and a half for overtime,
and double pay for Sundays and legal
holidays. The new union already
claims 1000 members.
Both the carrier and union officials
were held responsible by the United
States railroad labor board for dis
putes leading to the strike of engl-
neers and fremen on the Virginian
railway. The issue involved the dis
charge of twelve employees, some Of
them as a result Of their conduct dur
ing the shopmen's strike in 1922 The
labor board ordered that seven Of
these be reinstated without pay and
three with pay, and two were denied
reinstatement.
About one-tenth of those "gainfully
employed" in the United States are
directly or indirectly dependent upon
the operation Of the railroads, accord
ing to figures compiled under the direc-
tion Of DR.. Julius II. Parmelee, direc-
tor Of the bureau of railway econom-
les. These figures show that the rail-
600 men and women and spend annu-
ally $3,OOO,OOO,0OO for wages and more
than S1,5O0,OOOOOO for supplies in op-
Grating expenses alone.
A decision by the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals in San Fran
cisco declared void the California law
forbidding employers to exact pledges
from employees not to join labor
unions. The opinion affirmed the de-
cision Of the United States District
court Of Los Angeles, which enJoined
labor unions from organizing the non
union workers Of the Pacific Electric
Railway company in Los Angeles. The
Injunction was made permanent
against the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen and the Brotherhood Of LO-
eomotive Engineers.
Because of a readjustment in the
ladies garment trade, the period OF
guaranteed employment and the unem-
ployment allowance for 1924 are re-
duced In a decision handed down by
the board Of referees maintained joint
ly by the International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers union and the Cleveland
Ladies' Garment Manufa acturers' asso-
citation. The decision marks the fifth
year Of peace In the industry in Cleve-
land. The period Of guaranteed en-
ployment was reduced from Al to 40
weeks, and the unemployment allow
ance will be 80 per cent Of the mini
mum wage instead Of 6o 2-3 per cent.
Plans are under consideration on the
part of the Buffalo joint board OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Of
America for the institution Of an edu-
cational program for the benefit of
garment workers employed In Buffalo.
The supply of common labor for the
first time In many months exceeds the
demand In practically all the central
industrial places of Pennsylvania. In
the metals and machinery industries
the supply of skilled workmen sD'
ceeds the demand A demand for con-
tract miners and mine laborers pre-
xailx in the anthracite district