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Show LABOR NEWS OF ALL COUNTRIES ; The Alberta, Canada, legislature has been asked to incorporate the West- ern Porters' association for "the mutual mu-tual advancement of those engaged In the w-ork of railway porters.' Similar Sim-ilar legislation will be sought in Brit- HI Ish Columbia, Saskatchewan and Man- Lf!H itoba. HI The strikers in the recent Carmen Workers' strike were of all national-ties national-ties that inhabit Greater New York. The greatest number of the striking 1 workers were Jewish then came tho Italians, Lithuanians. Russians, Polish, Germans, Bohemians, Hungarians. j I Greeks. Turks, French, English and Americans The Railway Men's union of Italy has pronounced Its dislike of the system sys-tem which has obtained till now of distributing gratuities to the personnel at the end of tbe year and through which increase of wages may be j avoided. Last year it Is said that 4.- 1 000,000 lire was required for this pur-pose. pur-pose. A scheme of insurance agaln6t Strikes has been adopted by the Swedish Swed-ish Saw Mill Employes' association. It was announced that each member is to contribute a fixed sum. based on the number of its employes, and j in the event of a strike of lockout the members will receive a cash indemnity in-demnity covcrlDg the period that the labor trouble lasts Among the many national unions of boot and shoe makers which have locals in various cities are the Unit- j ed Shoe Workers of America, tho Boot and Shoe Workers of America, the Shoe Workers' Protective Unlou j of America and the Boot and Shoe Cutters' National Assembly. In ad-dltlon ad-dltlon to these there are the inde-pendent inde-pendent organisations, comprising the Independent Edge Makers' union, the Independent Shoe Makers' union, the I Stock Fitters' assembly and the Good-year Good-year operators. Tho agitation for an eight hour day without any overtime has been in progress for some time under the aus- pices of tbe parliamentary committee j of the trades unlou congress of England, Eng-land, whose intention Is to get an j eight hour day or 48 hour week for every member of every union ullied 1 with the congress. This means practically prac-tically all tho organized labor iu tho , United Kingdom Notices are to be banded in March to those employers ; HJ ' lefusing the demand and all contracts H with them will be terminated at the ; end of April, when the men will walk li is planned to Inaugurate a cam- H 1 paign of organization among the lum- libber lib-ber workers along the entire Pacific h lEtsssl On April !6 at York. Pa., National M Print Cutters association of America will meet in convention. : ." Improved child labor laws secured li the past vear in ten of the fourteen states that held legislative sessions. The statutory establishment of a .. minimum wage of at least one pound l weekly for agricultural laborers is lH looked for in England. IH |