One Big Union idea sparks global labor unrest
The article analyzes Bolshevik influence and the Australian and Canadian push for a One Big Union tying together all wage workers. It warns that direct action and sabotage could cripple industry, urging defense of representative democracy against revolutionary radicalism and foreign influence.
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Bosquet
Australia
United States
Australan
Workers Industrial Union of Australia
Why Not Organize Ourselves
The Winnipeg Citizen outlines a clash between middle class stability and strike leadership extremism. It cites Chicago Tribune and Mesgo Tribune warnings about Bolshevism and calls for organized civic response. The piece reports Winnipeg unions forming a central body and questions a move toward a soviet center of industry.
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Chigego Tribunes
Citizens Committee
Idem
Winnipeg
United Statesz
Canada
Mesgo Tribune
America
There Can Be No Peace With Hidden Anarchy in Canada
From the Manitoba Veteran a call to repudiate the Calgary convention and the One Big Union. The piece condemns hidden revolutionaries and sympathizers with Bolshevism and urges deportation of undesirables as steps toward restoring trades unionism and peace in the city.
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Calgary
Russia
Germany
G.W.V.A
Manitoba
O B U Fallacy Exposed In Typographical Unions Letter
Mr J W Hays secretary of the International Typographical Union warns Canadian unions against the One Big Union. He argues it offers no proven gains, would disrupt benefits of craft organization, and urges members not to secede from the International union.
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J. W. Hays
The
International Typo
Dominion of Canada
Western Canada
Canada
International Typographical Union
International Union
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