Word: labor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...armed strife. As long as there is anything to be desired in the world men will fight for it, whether in the courts or on the battlefield. And how are we to tell whether some nations will abide by the awards of the League any more than some labor unions abide by the awards of arbitration boards. The future is no more assured now than it has been in the past, nor have we arrived at universal brotherhood, the land of the heart's desire. We must provide for all eventualities...
...Collective bargaining "implies the right of workers to group themselves together for the purpose of selling their labor power collectively to their employer instead of making individual agreements"; (2) "as the employer has the right to bring in any assistance he may desire in carrying on negotiations, there is no reason why the employee should be denied a like right"; (3) "collective bargaining, which is the negotiation of agreements through the representatives chosen by the respective parties themselves, does not mean recognition of the 'closed shop' unless the agreement so provides." Boston Globe...
This hold-up of the nation, -for it can be described as nothing else-is the most unreasonable measure ever undertaken by American labor. Never before in this country have the workers in a national industry struck for less than an eight-hour day. The professed aim of the American Federation of Labor had been the adjusting basis. A five-day week means cutting down the hours of operation still further and involving a tremendous loss in production. Mr. H. N. Taylor., president of the National Coal Association, stated under oath that the workers received from five to fifteen dollars...
...capital and public groups at the Labor Conference appear to be cutting their own throats. In standing against the so-called rights of recognition and unionization they are losing sight of the one great issue--the right of open shops. This right capital must uphold. To give in here means suicide not only for capital, but for the nation. If employees can force their employer to discharge anyone because he does not belong to their union they are violating the spirit of the Constitution. There is no telling to what extremes such boycotts could be carried. But instead of concentrating...
...name "union" has come into bad repute by the exorbitant demands of many strikes. But capital in the long run, cannot prevent the formation of unions. Why not concede the fact now and try to promote a spirit of unity between capital, labor, and the public? But capital by its uncompromising attitude is playing into the hands of labor. The latter claim they are forced to threaten with the closed shop. And what is more, labor has at present the public on its side. Capital, to win the people back, must in the very near future make a change...