Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-08 | Page 14 | Labor Strikes Are Now on the Decline

LABOR STRIKES ARE NOW ON THE DECLINE I Statistics Show Sho r Industrial Unrest Is Not on oil the Increase I Automotive Industries cs of or January Januar i 1 contained an analysis ot of bf labor statistics statis- statis i tics Ics for 1919 tending to o that there hero has been n no Increase In the a average aver aver- a age gc c number of ot strikes since the armistice armi- armi stice stice w was signed I IThe The war year 1111 1917 i Marl over o I strikes cs a higher number than Is shown I Ifor I fur for or either cither HIlS or 01 the first half hat of or 1 Tho The tI figures published show snow t the tho h. h following number of ot strikes in Sn 1016 91 G. G 1917 1918 1913 abd atod tine the firs fir half of t ion 1019 19 I me 1916 36 j 1 1917 9 1 i 1 IJo 1 1915 1918 31 1 1 1919 1 I J r 15 y Thc o lI figures disprove rho mo LUU popular conception that labor unrest is 11 becoming becom- becom eo ing ng more acu acute c and show that there their theirs Is s no cause for fOl undue alarm The reason reason rea- rea son on for Cor this wl widespread misconceptions misconception Is s probably that the recent strikes hn havo avo 0 been In basic Industries and haft ha consequently affected tho lino man in the street more moro directly than oven a a. larger arger number of or strikes occurring inless inless in iness less ess significant industrial establish establish- ments Another outstanding ln feature of or tho statistics presented In this article is isho ho tho surprising growth of or the tho American Amerlan Amerl- Amerl can call an Federation of ut l Labor abor within the thelast last ast three years car After Aftel running fruit from 1912 to 1916 with practically no gain gainin in n membership nearly new members have been added since 1916 Two wo sets seta of oC strike statistics one ono from the lie department of ot labor and the other y front rom me the UIl 1 r of UL Labor La- La 1 i-i- i bora bor or show that many strikes have o been cen recorded by the former during three years cars ears which arc are not listed Ilsted b by the hatter lat hat latter ter er The conclusion Js Is is drawn that thal o cn though hough employer wore In every Cl C ca case caso willing to operate under agreements with tho union there thoro would still b bo be some SOO 00 strikes over every year rear It is further pointed out that thal besides cs c.'s thc these c strikes by mon men outside o of ot lb tho fell fedora fedora- ra- ra then lon Llon the number of or strikes conducted b by iy federation members without the au au- lU o of the A. A 1 F of or L. L Is constantly con- con increasing The rhe printers printers' strike an and 1 the longshoremen's strike in New NewYork cw York City Cit arc cited as examples Other figures urea show that nearly Heady i 1 too oo I firms irnis Ims adopted the tho hour eight-hour day during durIng dur- dur Ing ng tho the first six months of or 1919 while over ver 00 OO firms Introduced Introduce works poun- poun oun- oun clis ils during HilS 1915 The employers during 1918 1915 as us In 1910 InO and anti 1917 fared worse than did the tho em em- In the matter of or winning strikes s Twenty eight per pel cent of or the strikes striates were won b by during 1 1918 while the employers won but hilt iO 20 O Or per r cent Moreover tH 31 per r cent were were compromised and 93 i per cent resulted In hr n the returning to work pending ar ar- ar Roth Doth these theBe results can lall bo be O counted as a defeat for Cor tho the employers employ employ- ers erst In III some since the work work- cr in ill each lue will trill have o gained a of ut their demands Tho Thu article concludes 5 by tJ stating tatinS' that thal I tho rapid 1 increase In fn the number of or works c councils Is the l' l most encouraging n in ing sign shown by an aJl analysis of or the tho figures Although these councils have ha met i with Ith ar varying ln success the they have ha accomplished their purpose of ot promoting inS ing frank and Just relations between employer an and in practically practical e every case where the they were cre nl d In a spirit of ot harmony rmon and fair play play pla