Word: nonunionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pittsburgh is the operators' capital. There, 18 months ago the largest bituminous coal operator in the world, the Pittsburgh Coal Co., went nonunion. April 1, when the strike began is a Union fête day; in Pittsburgh, past smoke-stained buildings, union miners paraded to honor John Mitchell, champion of the eight-hour day. They timed their march to pass the shops of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. as the noon shift changed; they hoped by display of power to draw non-union men into the striking ranks. But non-union men, indifferent, raised no cheers. Only heart-breaking...
...four members of the United Mine Workers. They refused bail, were jailed. Warrants were issued for other labor organizers and even for the master of them all-John L. Lewis. Their crime, if any, seems to have been an attempt to unionize a section which, by legal agreement, is nonunion...
...John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, flatly refused a request of Western Pennsylvania and Ohio coal operators for a meeting to discuss a downward revision of the existing wag? scale. "Nonunion competition is driving us out of business," said operators. "Anything but wage-reduction," said Mr. Lewis, in effect...