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The conclusions Father Theodore Purcell drew after 44 months at the packinghouses could have been deduced by anyone above the level of a moron, by simple application of everyday logic. His discovery of the "dual allegiance" is nothing more than a digging up, from the graveyard of the obvious, a...
Many Negro employees complained that Swift did not give them an even chance with whites to climb to better jobs. Both Negroes and whites disliked the bonus plan under which Swift pays employees extra for output above "normal" standards. Only 16% said they wanted to see the system abolished, but...
Spare the Goose. "Union allegiance is not so pronounced as company allegiance, but it is there." The workers' quarrel, Father Purcell found, was not with the union idea, but with the leadership of their particular unit (Local 28 of the C.I.O. United Packinghouse Workers of America). Only 26% revealed...
In his 2O2-worker sample, Father Purcell found that 73% had more or less positive (though not equal) allegiance to both company and union. This great majority felt strongly that both were necessary to their welfare. They wanted company and union to get along. One of their commonest fears was...
The Way of Harmony. The lesson Father Purcell draws is that worker allegiance is not a cake that company and union divide, with one side's gain being the other side's loss. It is to the interest of both sides, says Father Purcell, to nurture "dual allegiance...