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Show Europe's Trade Unions Recover Lost Ground The war greatly interfered with the trade union movement, bringing it almost al-most to a standstill for the time being. be-ing. The countries which were mosl affected by it were Germany. Austria Czechoslovakia. France. Italy, and Hungary. P.ut the ground thus lost was soon regained and in every case the 1910 membership was at least 1 double that of 1913 and their membership mem-bership at the last report shows a further considerable advance. In Austria Indeed (Austria ns at present constituted, that is) it has treblnd since 1913 and Is now T2 per cent of the entile population. |