Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-05-08 | Page 8 | Labor Notes

fDbor notes. ! i J r - The movers of Paris, France, who, on moving day, transport household goods from one adobe to another, have gone on strike. They say thev are the worst paid class of workers In France. They never receive more than three francs (w cents) a day, and on an average not over a franc and a. half (. cents). Employers In the iron molding trade in Scotland recently intimated a reduction in wages of d an hour, os Is a week on time rates, and 2'4 per cejit on piece rates. The Iron Molders1 association iu turn has intimated inti-mated a strike, 42& men being for and K3 against it. It is hoped that an amicable arrangement may be made, however. A recommendation by the Legislative committee of the Trades and Labor Council Coun-cil of Hamilton, Canada, has been parsed at the meeting of the Council to the effect that action be taken toward starting a law bureau and a defense fund for Canada. Councils and unions will be asked to raise a fund of $100,000 to fight all proposition for legislation regarded by the unions as aderse to the working class, and also to appeal frqm the decisions of lower court Judges who decide against labor organizations. organ-izations. A new national labor organization, officially of-ficially known as the Brotherhood of Railway Rail-way E pressmen of America, has been launched in Chicago, 111. The new unfon is afiillated with the American Federation of Labor. At present there are twenty-eight twenty-eight lo-al unions of expressmen in the country, and it ia expected that all of these will be under the Jurisdiction of the new organization In thirty days. The field in the largest In the railroad business, it being estimated that there are 100.000 men In the employ of the various express companies com-panies throughout the United States.