Word: workingman
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...crying indictment of justice in America to know that the workingman--and especially the alien workingman--has little chance for his rights in our courts", said John Nicholas Beffel, staff correspondent in Boston for the Federated Press, who in the last year has been spending all his time reporting labor trials and the labor situation for the Federated Press, in a recent interview for the CRIMSON...
...workingman is usually in constant fear of losing his job, he is inclined to go too far in enjoying the unusual and pleasant situation created for him by exceptional conditions such as in the past war. Realizing that he may be forced back into his old job and compelled to sit tight in a short time, he makes the most of his opportunity by moving from factory to factory and trying job after job so that he can pick out the best position while he has the chance...
...important matter connected with the question of jobs is their rank. Because one man only receives a few cents more per day than another, most of us jump to the conclusion that they are very much on the same basis, but this is not true, or at least the workingman does not consider that it is so. A 'pair-heater' on a furnace in a rolling mill may get only a little more than his helper but, in the eyes of the workingman, his position is vastly more desirable. Among the workers in a plant there are a thousand variations...
...Getting and holding a steady job is the most important thought in the mind of both the skilled and the unskilled laborer today," declared Whiting Williams last evening at the Union, speaking in the light of his ten months' experience as ordinary workingman in the mines, shipyards and factories of the United States and Great Britain. "When I was working in a steel center in Pennsylvania thousands had been laid off, and more were losing their jobs every day. Seventy-five men waited out in the cold for several hours on the chance of being...
...days of personal contact between employer and wage-carner have long since passed and something must be substituted if the workingman is to feel a contentment and pride in earning his daily bread. Many attempts have been made; yet the problem remains, chiefly because those who understand both the attitude of labor and business administration are few, and hard to find. "It is significant to note," points out Mr. Lytle, "that these cooperative students are quite universally interested in the administrative side of engineering. They are not inclined to slight straight engineering interests but they see the fascination...