Local Union 930 (glaziers), of Denver, urges each local union of glass workers to write something for the Journal once in a while. A few months ago our local wrote to fifteen other locals asking information regarding jurisdiction over certain work which was being done in Denver by the carpenters. We received only five answers. This shows an indifference which does not speak well for the men in our branch of the trade.

Hoping that there will be a general compliance with our suggestion and that the glaziers and glass-workers will take a more active part in the affairs of the Brotherhood.

Press Committee, Local Union 930, Glaziers and Glass Workers, Denver, Colo.

No trouble in Cambridge, Ohio. The employers of Cambridge, Ohio, conceded an increase of five cents per hour to the members of Local Union 196. The increase applies to both painters and paperhangers.

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St. Louis to the front. The two year agreement District Council 2 and the employing painters of St. Louis, which went into effect March 15, 1918, provides for a wage scale of seventy-five cents per hour. Under this agreement no master painter or journeyman doing contract work will be allowed to use the tools on new work after June 30, 1918. The employers agree to furnish increased protection to men on stage work and will provide a life line to each man or a railing on the stage.

Trenton Advances.

Local Union 301, of Trenton, N. J., has secured its demands for a wage scale of 622 cents an hour.

Friendly settlement.

The employers of Madison, Wis., conIceded to the demands of Local Union No. 802, and so avoided a strike. The agreement runs for two years and provides for an in

crease in wages of 5 cents per hour. A Building Trades Council has been organized which will strengthen the position of the Building Trades Unions.

Twenty-five per cent increase.

The employers of Joliet, Ill., offered little opposition to the demands of Local Union No. 33 for a twenty-five per cent increase in wages. The old scale was 60 cents per hour. The new scale is 75 cents per hour.

This wage scale puts Joliet in the front rank. Few cities of its size enjoy such satisfactory conditions.

Twenty-five per cent increase.

The employers of Bridgeport, Conn., have signed the new agreement of Local Union No. 190 which went into effect April 1st and provides for a scale of $5.00 per day, an increase of twenty-five per cent over the old scale.

Macon signs up.

The contracting painters of Macon, Ga. and L. U. 496 have entered into an agreement for one year. The wage scale is to be 50 cents per hour and nine hours will constitute a day's work excepting Saturdays when work will cease at noon. Overtime will be paid for at the rate of time and one-half with double time for Sundays and holidays. On stage work on buildings more than three stories in height, men will re-. ceive 25 cents per day extra.

A satisfactory compromise.

A threatened tieup of the work in the shipyards along the water front of New York harbor has been averted by a compromise of the demands made by Local Union No. 679 (ship painters) of Brooklyn. The scale agreed upon is 70 cents per hour. A number of betterments in working conditions were also conceded.

New scale in New Rochelle, N. Y. Under the new scale of Local Union No. 73, painters will receive $5.20 per day and paper hangers will receive $5.60 per day.

Without firing a gun.

The mountain state of West Virginia is coming into its own. On the first of April the members of Local Union No. 116, of Clarksburg, received an increase of 64c per hour making the wage scale $4.50 for an eight hour day. Organized labor in Clarksburg has nominated a union printer for mayor. It was a hard fight but the workers won. They also elected two councilmen and a member of the water board. Bro. J. D. Hannis of Clarksburg who is acting as organizer of the A. F. of L. is doing good work in the city.

Springfield, Ill., wins strike.

After a brief strike the employers of Springfield, Ill., conceded the demands of Local Union No. 90 for an advancement of 25%. The old scale was 50c per hour. The new agreement provides for a scale of 622c per hour.

A brief lockout.

After a lockout lasting a week, all the Building Trades Unions in Billings, Mont., have gained their demands. The new agreement of Local Union No. 167 provides for a wage scale of $6.50 per day.

Savannah, Ga., wins.

After a brief strike involving only about twenty-five members the employers of Savannah, Ga., conceded the demand of Local Union No. 30 for an increase of 90c per day. The new scale is 55c per hour.

A vigorous yearling.

Local Union No. 929 has secured a satisfactory one-year agreement with the employers of Fairmont, W. Va. This is quite a victory as public sentiment in Fairmont is not friendly to unionism, many of the large non-union coal mine operators of West Virginia residing there. Under the new agreement the local union gains an increase of 10 cents an hour. The scale for painters is now 50 cents an hour and for paperhangers 55 cents. L. U. No. 929 will be one year old April 6, 1918.

Arbitration award at Cedar Rapids.

By an award of the Arbitration Board, provided for in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa. plan for industrial peace, the members of L. U. 447 of the Brotherhood secured an advance in wages. The new scale is 50 cents an hour.

A friendly compromise.

Local Union 683 and the Master Painters of Hingham and Hull, Mass., have entered into an agreement under which the wages until July first will be fifty cents per hour and a forty-four hour week will be worked. On July first the five-day week will go into effect and from that date until March 1, 1919 the scale will be fifty-five cents per hour. Holidays and overtime are to be rated as double time. An arbitration board of two members from the Master Painters' Association and two members of the local union will settle all differences arising under the agreement and prepare a new agreement in January next for the coming year.

Our monthly banquet-dances held in connection with Trades Council are a marked success.

The Painters here take the lead "as usual." The local purchased five dollars worth of Thrift Stamps and one hundred and fifty dollars worth of War Savings Stamps, being the first organization in this city to answer Uncle Sam's cry for financial assistance. Other locals are falling in line now, but the "painters set the pace."

I have been appointed enrolling agent for the United States Service Reserve and have all necessary blanks on hand, so leave the rest to me.

"Yes, work is brisk, thank you."
Yours for better unionism,
W. J. TUpps.
Rec. Sec. L. U. 406, Mansfield, Ohio.

Union shop in Los Angeles.

What seemed impossible has been accomplished. The splendid loyalty to trade unionism and the undaunted courage and persistence of the men who for years have maintained an organization and fought for better conditions for the men of our craft in Los Angeles has been rewarded. abundant results of this seemingly thankless labor are now evident.

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An agreement has been entered into by and between District Council 36 of the Brotherhood and the Master Painters' Association which provides for the union shop, Saturday half holiday and a wage scale of $4.50 per day from April 1st to September 1st, and of $5.00 per day from the first of September on. Work contracted for before the demands were made will be finished at the old scale of $4.00 per day. This agreement was ratified at a meeting in Labor Temple at which a committee of members of the Master Painters' Association and eight hundred members of the Los Angeles locals were present. That was the largest gathering of painters ever held in Los Angeles. The days of the non-union shop masquerading as the "open shop," have gone, never to return.

Half-day holiday.