Ogden Evening Standard | 1913-04-05 | Page 4 | Labor News of All Countries

oo LABOR NEWS OF ALL COUNTRIES An army of 16.000 children, two-thirds two-thirds of them girls, a employed in the great textile Industry of Penn-SJ Penn-SJ 1 1 ;uiin Labor unions in North Carolina are working to secure the passage of a child la: or bill and semi-monthh paydaj bill Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have establb-.hed an efght-houi efght-houi day for all children under lfl Canadian labor union, ill make an effort to have the government hives- ; ? tigato the high cost of living British shipbuilding and engineer- ing trades are emg lined hp lor a jll straight demand for an eight-hour I j day or forty -eight -hour week 'L The compulsory insurance against i lickness and accident, which was 3 F adppted last summer in Russia, is to 1 j come Into force this year. "if The Colorado house- of repreBPntn- fives has pnsscd a bill providing for J un olght-honr day for employes of f public service corporations. Kingston Canada, trades and la- l "r oun II wants a civic scaffolding W Inspector ;-m! opposes accepting mon- ey from Andrew ''arnegle for a li- f Miami. Fin. carpenter:; ho served m uolice on nil contractors that begin- ) fUng May 1 the scale will he Incroas- I j j d B0 cents a da, with the Saturday . ,f lalf-holiday. The Union hospltil association, whicb aims u prn ,,. ,-,v and lr.-nf-m ni for sick and disabled union men, ar n minimum iot his hern formed ) at San Francisco Uecause women mav not legally work more than eig'n hours daily, j Denver stores will hereafter open at 0 ' m. and close nt B p m. One of the large department stores j .n Bpokane, W ash . has announced a minimum wage scale of ?9 per week j for it , i ilei ladies. t