Show F trw M YORK STRIKES p I COST I 1 0 MILLION 11 sett WORK OA S 1 Persons Directly InVolved Involved In In- and I Indi Indi- 1 Ii T I i reet I. I Y 1 in D. D Disputes CS I I NEW 1 Dee Dec 3 There There were Industrial n disputes in New ew York state state tor tho ear ended June 30 l tas as om pared iEh 68 for the pr previous th ir acc according to the annual report of t Del Deputy ut Industrial Cp ioner Edward D. D Jackson Jaclson in charge f hg h bureau of mediation and r. r r lon on T re- re were persons ns involved as against Ii 11 a and if 16 indirectly involved es against 2005 2003 the previous year The aggregate loss of time in 1920 was 10 days as against in lots Indicating l that the strikes on the 1 vagO were rl of shorter duration this crt n ii when the report was waso I o were twenty-eight twenty std strikes kes t vl b 75 workers Corkers D Bj By the th the end the next t quarter on on September 3 30 n i if these these disputes ha had been beel settled l s a affected b by strikes for fr o the c t rn Included tho the following T Number Number of of W Working Disputes Da Days s 's Lost M ars rj machines and Conveyances nv yanc s Go CO GO 1430 67 at ci- ci ail aM rubber rubber a m alies nods 14 14 it lies les T 22 t thing h l 1 n g millinery I p e 1 16 16 1 foo o d' d I Tic tobacco 23 24 24 r 26 26 VUU OI OK Th i principal causes o oJ of disputes J e jt t rom the enumerated table be beW bew be- be w W saYs says the report are are the he same as at 1 generally noted in m the preceding ing c ars rs and holds ho hob ids their proportion to the tIle b re te tc number in this report 3 Number Number of f of Working y iJ Disputes Days Lost Crease in wages 3 l' l hours 21 1 1 r ride rade unionism 37 7 4 lYom the above it 14 is is noticeable that t l 1 umber of disputes caused by de- de hand for increase in wages is larger iTy twp tw than in iii the last report hale hile the number of working days lost s S 1 less Jess ss b bj by third one The number oc- oc under demand for shorter ours burs is the samo as the preceding fear ar aJ the number of working days lost eing 25 per cent less In the com comparison compari compari- parl- parl son p of the number of disputes caused Sy demand y demand for far union recognition there rp C 11 an an increase of seventeen over last report Deport and an extremely e larger total a of the number of working days davs lost Ilese ese iese are more pronounced jn in the Wa fades ies cov covered red b b by the following roMps Metals machines and ana convey convey- leather and rubber goods tex- tex le l clothing millinery etc a i actors and dental others Corkers The The flie following following- table s shows hows the there re results result's HIts sult's of disputes I B 1 1919 19 1320 riles is su successful c 61 74 if kes es partly s successful 48 18 48 73 3 lItes Aces lost 59 9 93 33 The The disputes reported as successful ut tile report o or or partly so and andu dose u lose so lost retain their dative Jori toJi as compared with the number in sf years year's report the tho majority of lOse liose pose included being lost to the of sporadic nature in ln s sare are ones 0 J. J eases cases gases a sma small number of em- em o oVes cs- cs 1 1 00 v i Interventions ter instituted in indusI indus- indus I lal l disputes l utes by this bureau were uch larger in the year covered by byli li ia report than in those preceding t e number of requests for intervention tion on on also being in a higher proportion n. n 1 The e process of intervention witch which tr led ed forward the policy he bureau it is gratifying to note I aJ aJa a large number of these were sue suc- due to the fact that the but bureau smet with more uniform cooperation in n 11 lathe t the part of employers and em oyes OPPOSES HiES ARBITRATION J Alter After mentioning some of the most roost disputes of the jear eaI the there re report ret re- re t port crt continues The cited above are ate for fore e e. e purpose of calling att attention to ose involving the largest number of and affecting in the largest e ure public interest thus serving darry carry arry the heaviest economic the workers and to industry In genal gen gen- a. al and arid it is well to lee keep these in nind ind while reviewing briefly the cause causo industrial disturbances In la the matr mat- mat r of finding a remedy for them Many methods have been sought and ande condilo conditions condi condi- e ej being sought to relieve ions lo s brought about by industrial disputes dis dis- tes but none thus far has been for- for I or applied which would care I i for fot the matter In a practical way Asto As Asto to to the causes leading to strikes it is apparent in the experience of this bureau bureau bu bU- bu- bu reau that notwithstanding a somewhat prevalent impression the causes of strikes are generally local They ar are the result of dissatisfaction among groups of bf es confined generally to an Eln individual employment or group of fir firms ns doing ln business I in a t fIr ff lg tar lar beauty Therefore h we hold that thit the solution which seems best to correct correct correct cor cor- the situation should be one of state operation recognizing the rights of both Industry and the worker carrying car- car frying ying with it no compulsory features but merging the best ideas ideaS' into a concrete concrete concrete con con- crete plan which will tend to mutual benefit The quarterly report shows that from rom July 1 to September 30 there were three fifty-three strikes and lockouts In Involving Involving In In- directly 33 and and Indirectly with an aggregate of days of working time lost DurIng During During Dur Dur- ing this period eight strikes were successful successful successful suc suc- fifteen partly successful nine were lost and twenty-one twenty were pendIng pending pend pend- Ing on September 30 Th These se strikes were In addition n to the twenty-eight twenty pending at t the he tI tiem m the annual re- re report re rep report p port rt was wars a made |