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Wu 89062192430 417 1638944436
Wu 89062192430 417 1638944436
Wu 89062192430 417 1638944436
1, 061 less than in 1912. The financial The total income of the union amount
results were as follows : ed to $1,740, 847. This is $99,885 less
Central Local than in 1912, but still $109,496 more than
Funds Funds in 1911. Of
the net receipts, $10, 905 were
,
Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . $434 606 $208, 512 derived from entrance fees , $1, 728,440
Expenditure . . . . . . . . 334,303 from weekly contributions , $589 from
Balance , Dec . 31 . . . . 978,787 227,682 strike contributions , and $935 from
The cost of the various benefits is sundry sources .
shown below : Ofthe receipts from the local unions ,
Unemployment benefit . . . . . . . . . . . $192,465 $980,918 were sent to the head office and
Victimization benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 550 $ 201,234 were expended on strikes and
Legal assistance . . . 3,502 lockouts . Other benefits were as fol
Strike pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,841 lows :
Traveling allowances . . . . ... 5,794 Traveling benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,711
The German Building Trades ' Union Legal protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 336
had in 1913 an average membership of Victimization benefits . .. 7, 365
326 ,631 , as compared with 335,560 in Sick benefits . . . . . . . . . 244 , 248
1912 . Death grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 , 364
as
to
terest today because of political diffi tonishing proportions during the months
its
it
problems through
of
“
.
to :
Although organized theretofore labor not been confined any particular class
,
of
no
,
;
prior
at
The inference
to
1911 once
is
,
the contemporaries of foreign capitalistic many other concessions At this time
."
unions are those of the railway employes about Mexico City The most important
,
the port
of
of
the stevedores Vera Cruz single strike was that the 000 tram
, . of
2
,
of
and the employes the cotton factories way men of Mexico City With highly
a
industries are under foreign control every detail the course that would be fol
.
The year 1911 should be remembered lowed similar strike the United
in
in
a
the political and economic develop sired concessions from the company after
-
ient of the country With the cessation holding out but five days
:
's
abuses
in
of a
the vicinity
of
.
of
demand for
.
increase
in
A
.
a
determined resist
a
attempted strike
the part of the employers
on
ance who
.
,
replaced the disgruntled native labor the Mexican Herald amusingly illustrates
"
"
throughout the country connection among the laborers but general the
in
in
with the political changes However people are most concerned the action
in
,
.
close
la
,
tem
power and the political discontent their shops reduction not made
if
is
in
a
-
porarily calmed the country gave itself their taxes They claim the present
in
,