Philadelphia Clothing Workers to Raise $50,000 for Unemployed

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Philadelphia will raise $50,000 for relief of unemployed members of the union. The sum will be forthcoming within five weeks, union officials announced, through assessments on the employed garment makers.

By action of the executive and joint boards of the union, all members earning $21 a week or less will pay $5 into the unemployed fund in five weekly installments. Members earning more than $21 a week will pay in $10 in a similar manner.

Charles Weinstein, manager of the Philadelphia branch of the union, said the assessment would raise among its 8,000 members here the $50,000 required for immediate use. He estimated the number of unemployed members of the union at “about 1,000.”