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DO1627572014541257016214507300ed.:hent,nengce,3S-is,11-er,iiisofa-eirirehers.teritsonurtoasu-m-iceedtee.rentip,it-onhetoa»atand actions ox this convention.FAVORS ORGANIZATION OF CLERKS.J. J. Shelby, Secretary of Joplin Trades Assembly, Gives Expression to His Views.Editor Tribune: In answer to complaint in Wednesday morning’s Tribune, I would like to suggest a remedy.In other cities not any farther away than Pittsburg, they have what is known as a clerks’ union; the object of this union is to secure better conditions for the laboring class; they have a charter under the A. F. of L. and meet once a week; they pay asmall assessment per month, just enough to keep up expenses; they work in a body and when they ask for more money and shorter hours the merchants listen. When you are not organized and have worked until conditions become unbearable and go to your boss and ask for shorter hours or better wages, he tells you to get out if you don’t like your job.Now, the merchants are organized into The Merchants’ association for their own protection; they meet regularly and their object seems to be to keep prices up and wages down.Is it not as reasonable for the clerks to organize for their own protection as it is for the merchants?“The woman’s nine-hour'law,” “the child labor law,” “the miners’ eight-hour law,” and “the convict labor law” are a few of the results of organized labor. I could mention numerous other ways in which organized labor has benefited humanity, but do not like to monopolize the Tribune’s valuable space.What organized labor has done for others it would do for you, Mr. Clerk.J. J. SHELBY,Secretary Joplin Trades Assembly.
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Sep 12, 1912
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