Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-03 | Page 5 | Trades Unions Show Loss in Membership

TRADES UNIONS uNtO N SUO N H W L LOSS SS IN INt t MEMBERSHIP Largest Drop Among Carp Carf Carpenters Car- Car i f p penters Br Bricklayers Remain Remain Re- Re main Stationary Hod t Carriers Show Increase L CHIC CHICAGO A GO Nov 3 The S.-The Tho number org organized workers In tho the building crafts of this country fell from M BOO in 1921 to In 1923 ac ac- C to compilations by the 8 S. AV p. p Straus company from official paid id up membership reports In the en building trades unions P r The report showed that the largist larg- larg r at t drop in membership occurred among mong carpenters penters and Joiners with k a. a decline from In ln 1921 to this year Membership in the bricklayers m masons sons and plasterers International u union lon n was shown to have remained t stationary at during th tho th la last t three years Bridge and structural iron iron workers dropped from to 10 while electrical workers k kept pt their brotherhood membership at I International union of ot steam engineers had Its numbers fall faU from to with membership In th the Brotherhood of Decorators and P Piper Paper per Hangers falling from In 1921 to In 1923 Organized hod carriers and common common cornMon com corn mon laborers Increased their membership membership mem meni- shi bei-shi from to the Amalgamated Alliance of ot Sheet Metal Workers rose roso from front to the number of or organized plasterers and cement finishers In Increased Increased increased In- In creased from to and the United Association of Journeymen Journey Journey- men Plumbers and Steam Fitters rose from to In the year three-year period