. Carpenter. rresponden. Yolo County, California, Heard FromEditor The Carpenter: At a special called meeting held onthe night of February 25, this local de-cided unanimously to notify all con-tractors that after June 1, 1913, eighthours shall constitute a days work,the wages to remain as they are at pres-ent, which is $4 for nine hours. Our local was organized just fivemonths ago. We started with a mem-bership of twenty-one, and we have in-creased by over three times that numbersince then. We have seen the need oforganization here and have put our headstogether, stood many a knock and kick,un
. Carpenter. rresponden. Yolo County, California, Heard FromEditor The Carpenter: At a special called meeting held onthe night of February 25, this local de-cided unanimously to notify all con-tractors that after June 1, 1913, eighthours shall constitute a days work,the wages to remain as they are at pres-ent, which is $4 for nine hours. Our local was organized just fivemonths ago. We started with a mem-bership of twenty-one, and we have in-creased by over three times that numbersince then. We have seen the need oforganization here and have put our headstogether, stood many a knock and kick,until now we feel strong enough to askthe right of any laboring man, an eighthour work day. That is not all we have done towardorganization in our little city of Wood-land, Cal. We have, with the persistentefforts of a few live wires among theboys of this local, succeeded in organ-izing a Federal Labor Union, which waschartered last month and has now amembership of over seventy. The teamsters of this city, who nowbelong to
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