National Labor Federations in the United StatesJohns Hopkins Press, 1906 - 150 pages |
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National Labor Federations in the United States (Classic Reprint) William Kirk No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 722 - A movement to fulfill these conditions must consist of one great industrial union embracing all industries, — providing for craft autonomy locally, industrial autonomy internationally, and working class unity generally. It must be founded on the class struggle, and its general administration must be conducted in harmony with the recognition of the irrepressible conflict between the capitalist class and the working class.
Page 678 - International Association of Steam, Hot Water and Power Pipe Fitters and Helpers; National Association of Heat, Frost and General Insulators and Asbestos Workers; Stone Masons' International Union; International Laborers
Page 632 - Department affiliated with the American Federation of Labor shall reject credentials presented by a duly elected or appointed delegation of a Local Union chartered by a National or an international Union having affiliation with the American Federation of Labor ; provided, however, that upon written charges, signed by at least three delegates, any delegate of an affiliated Union may, upon conviction after a fair trial, be expelled or suspended. Action of the Central Body under this section shall be...
Page 669 - We recommend all trades and labor organizations to secure proper representation in all law-making bodies by means of the ballot...
Page 663 - The reduction of the hours of labor to eight per day, so that the laborers may have more time for social enjoyment and intellectual improvement, and be enabled to reap the advantages conferred by the labor-saving machinery which their brains have created.
Page 638 - Questions may be decided by division or a show of hands, but if a call of the roll is demanded by one-tenth of the delegates present, each delegate shall cast one vote for every one hundred members or major fraction thereof...
Page 679 - ... 2. We hold that the interests of the trade union movement will be promoted by closely allied and subdivided crafts giving consideration to amalgamation, and to the organization of district and national trade councils to which should be referred questions in dispute, and which should be adjusted within allied crafts
Page 627 - As such means we advocate: 1. The public ownership of all means of transportation and communication and all other public utilities, as well as of all industries controlled by monopolies, trusts, and combines. No part of the revenue of such industries to be applied to the reduction of taxes...
Page 627 - The initiative and referendum, proportional representation and the right of recall of representatives by their constituents. But in advocating these measures as steps in the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of the cooperative commonwealth, we warn the working class against the so-called public ownership...
Page 622 - That the charter of any Knights of Labor Assembly of any trade having a national or International union, shall be revoked, and the members of the same be requested to join a mixed assembly, or form a local union, under the jurisdiction of their respective national or International trades union.