The Tobacco Worker, Volumes 18-20E. Lewis Evans 1914 |
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... cause of evil con- ditions that beset the labor movement and other great movements that make for the social uplift I would reply with equal readiness , ignorance , lack of edu- cation , " the writer continues . " The standard of living ...
... cause of evil con- ditions that beset the labor movement and other great movements that make for the social uplift I would reply with equal readiness , ignorance , lack of edu- cation , " the writer continues . " The standard of living ...
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... cause of wage cuts in one department . It has been the policy of the company to reduce wages in one department at a time , in the belief that resentment would not become general . The plan succeeded for a while , but the girls finally ...
... cause of wage cuts in one department . It has been the policy of the company to reduce wages in one department at a time , in the belief that resentment would not become general . The plan succeeded for a while , but the girls finally ...
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... cause of an illness . Aside from the business duty from the unions and the financial point of view , there is a chari- table and Christian side to the question which we cannot afford to overlook . A larger measure of this spirit toward ...
... cause of an illness . Aside from the business duty from the unions and the financial point of view , there is a chari- table and Christian side to the question which we cannot afford to overlook . A larger measure of this spirit toward ...
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... cause such a revulsion of feeling on the part of the people that the second offense should cause the incarceration of those respon- sible for it under the charge of murder . It is just a pastime for these hired as- sassins to shoot up a ...
... cause such a revulsion of feeling on the part of the people that the second offense should cause the incarceration of those respon- sible for it under the charge of murder . It is just a pastime for these hired as- sassins to shoot up a ...
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... cause of the workers has always had opposition from its many enemies , and despite the legislative meas- ures of early times , when men were im- prisoned as criminals for attempting to hold up their heads and use their voices in defense ...
... cause of the workers has always had opposition from its many enemies , and despite the legislative meas- ures of early times , when men were im- prisoned as criminals for attempting to hold up their heads and use their voices in defense ...
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Page 16 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 3 - That the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit...
Page 16 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week — or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed; and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 5 - ... employ any party to such dispute, or from recommending, advising, or persuading others by peaceful and lawful means so to do; or from paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person engaged in such dispute, any strike benefits or other moneys or things of value; or from peaceably assembling in a lawful manner, and for lawful purposes; or from doing any act or thing which might lawfully be done in the absence of such dispute by any party thereto; nor shall any of the acts specified in this...
Page 5 - ... attending at any place where any such person or persons may lawfully be, for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or from peacefully persuading any person to work or to abstain from working; or from ceasing to patronize or to employ any party to such dispute, or from recommending, advising, or persuading others by peaceful and lawful means so to do...
Page 4 - ... consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Page 2 - That the Secretary of Labor shall have power to act as mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in labor disputes whenever in his judgment the interests of industrial peace may require it to be done...
Page 16 - Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Page 3 - Nothing contained In the anti-trust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain Individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof: nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint...
Page 5 - In present conditions a workman not unnaturally may believe that only by belonging to a union can he secure a contract that shall be fair to him. • * • If that belief, whether right or wrong, may be held by a reasonable man, it seems to me that it may be enforced by law in order to establish the equality of position between the parties in which liberty of contract begins.