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Show LABOR NEWS OF ' , ALL COUNTRIES! I The officials of the San Francisco, Cal., Bricklayers' union have called a meeting of representatives, appointed appoint-ed by tho Building Trndes council, the San Francisco labor council and the California State Federation or Labor, La-bor, togethor with representatives of the bricklayers' union, to arrange i campaign of publicity extending throughout tho country in an effort to create sentiment favorable to the affiliation ofthe bricklayers with tho American Federation of Labor Throughout tho cities In Great Britain, Bri-tain, where public utilities aro owned and operated by municipalities, there has been a general agitation by the employes for an Increase in wages. Many cities have increased the wages as a result of this agitation Thero Is now serious impending trouble in 9 k Manchester, where 50 cents a week fl i advance Is being demanded. At pres- HU ent $6 25 a week is being paid. The BR advance has been refused and a strike BR is threatened. K A step toward greator solidarity of ' WB ' organized labor in the three Scandi- jgf j navian countries was taken at the re- IS8 cent conference of representatives of nj the trade unions of Norway, Sweden j f' 83 and Denmark held at Gothernhurg vjS The most Important agreement reach- (K ed by the dolegataes was to tho of- w feet that In the event of a strike or ' ,fiu lockout involving at lenst 20 per cent I of the membership of the federation f R& of labor of any one of the countries WSj strike benefits will be paid by tho or- ganized workers of the other .twol J countries. |