Trade Unionism and the Future of Labor Rights
The article argues trade unions set fair wages and protect merchants, serving as a clearinghouse for employers. It asserts unions will persist, improve labor conditions, and guide public opinion toward fair industrial relations, urging decisive action to advance harmony between employers and workers. It also celebrates Labor Day as a national, unifying reminder of workers’ contributions to American prosperity.
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Our Republic
United States of America
Peter W. Collins
Boston Central Labor Union
Reforms Union Labor Aims for Good Time Coming
The passage outlines union labor goals and methods, noting progress from reduced hours to eight hours, stopping Chinese immigration and contract labor, eliminating sweatshops, and raising wages. It cites abolishing child labor, securing initiative and referendum, and active state-by-state work to implement these reforms.
Growth of Organized Labor in the United States
The article notes a marked rise in American Federation of Labor membership, illustrating that organized labor is stronger than ever. It discusses open shop theory, boycott opposition, and the use of collective bargaining, highlighting how union shops persist through prudent management and worker solidarity.
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United States
American Federation of Labor
America
Eight Hour Day Seen as Major Union Achievement
Francis J. Clarke of the Massachusetts Branch of the AFL declares two greatest union achievements worth noting are the eight hour day and measures against labor. He urges unions to push for general adoption of the eight hour day as it advances other workers' concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Clarke
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Dream of Labor and God in Broken Faces
Poetic meditation on labor, humanity, and faith. References to workers, the heart, and collective striving mix with images of dreamers and divine scrutiny. A visionary critique contrasts noble ideals with harsh realities as the workshop and toil shape destiny.
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Mayvisini
Trade unions and eight hour work day urged by official
James Duncan, secretary treasurer of the Granite Cutters International Association of America, lauds trade agreements and collective bargaining as the greatest achievements since Labor Day. He argues for thorough preparations to fully implement the eight hour work day across industry and agriculture to enhance citizens, productivity, and national strength.
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North America
Pacific
United States
James Duncan
Granite Cutters’ International Association of America
Eight Hour Day and Wage Equity in Contract Work
Jeremiah J. Donovan of the Boston Building Trades Council argues that the eight hour day, while a landmark win for unions, was intended to broaden employment. He says wage distribution favors large unions, leaving smaller ones with lower pay. He urges later unions to ensure fair wages for all contract workers by considering contractors and total job costs.
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Lator
Jeremiah J. Donovan
Noston Building Trades Council
Work of Education Vi I May See Education Boost Labor Output
The text argues that American labor productivity rises with superior education. Advancing labor through higher education of the best type can produce young men who preserve work, secure industrial employment, and avoid drifting into shabby gentility as a briefless lawyer, doctor without a case, or uncalled clergy.
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Pachange
Hud and Center of Organized Labor in Washington
The article describes the American Federation of Labor as the national head quarters located in a modern brick building near the pension building in Washington. It traces labor history from early 1800s guilds through the 1881 founding of the AFL, noting three periods of growth and the shift to centralized power to balance huge industrial trusts.
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Washington
Tha Y
United States
Uncle Sam
Wildon Fawcett
Threin
Aml
American Federation of Labor
Voluntary Organization of Labor In America
New York Society of Journeymen Shipwrights
Metropolis
van Buren
First National Union
Cigarmakers’ Union
Bricklayers and Masons’ International Union
Samuel Gompers
The Democracy of Labor Sermon by Rev Bruner at Oakwoods
Rev. Frank C. Bruner of Oakwoods Union Church Chicago preached on The Democracy of Culture citing Psalms and arguing labor is divine and noble not a curse. He said idleness harms society and every worker, from railroad to washing, dignifies humanity, citing Jesus as example of labor’s honor.
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Frank C. Bruner
Oakwoods Union Church
Chicago
Croesus
Rockefeller
Nazareth
The Man Who Could Walk Straight
Grafton Rouse, guided across an Andean plateau by five bandits, is tied and forced to walk straight. Using a childhood trick to offset each third step, he staggers to a narrow plank then escapes a swinging bridge to safety as the robbers flee.
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Grafton Rouse
Andes
Pampis
Key
Five Ten
Ronse
Rouse
Senor
Grafton
Jess
Sristory Pub. Co
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Rousse
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Labor
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Hud and
Center of Organized Labor
Frank Burnham Bagley
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