Slang Sermon Wage of Toiler
A satirical piece contrasts the drunkard’s life with labor unions defending workers. It mingles a caricature of a perpetual drinker with a broad discussion by W. S. Wier on unions and mediocrity. The text argues workers deserve fair wages and dignity, while critiquing greedy bosses, advocating collective effort to raise living standards.
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Wier
Atlanta
Constitution
Edwin Markham
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Bui Matty Hesses
Workingmen's Donts and Union Actions Highlighted
A fragmented excerpt warns workers against dangerous influence from unfair news and non union guidance urging loyalty to unions. It urges listening to the union, avoiding non-membership, and notes employers' agents and expulsions of some unionists. It hints at better conditions and higher wages through organized action.
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Yeas
Lalor
Temperance tale told at meeting shocks audience
Tevingsermnen, treasurer of the Temperance Society of New York, recounted a dramatic barroom story. A wife places a dish on her husband's table, departs, and the men lift the lid to find only a note asking if they enjoy their supper at home with their wives and children.
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Tevingsermnen
Church ‘Temperance Society of New Yo
Court Rules Against Employer Aims During Strike
A Virginia court decided that the employer contractor had no right to advertise for labor during a strike by misrepresenting facts to attract workers to the city. The ruling limits such recruitment tactics and upholds fair dealing in labor disputes.
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Virginia Cour
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