The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-25
ARBITRATION No. III

In our last We referred to the prnposi
ZION advanced hy a certain class in favor
Of arbitration viz that all disputes
should be ajiudicated by the Judiciary.
Anothe, proposition IS that
Boo,i> y Irb,loiioa shaH p, se',cfed
annually ~ NJ, ctrious conc,,,tloI,s " man
ufIcturefS and nat,uiu,i iaJoc unigns. vhost
SPECIFIC dtty L shall 2. 20 r,g''late ~ differ
ences arising i. their porii's'a, trai,s
And here, too, difficulty arises. While
our national organizations have for years
advocated such policy, aud deprecated
strikes, excel tasa del1,jef resort We have Yet
u learn of the lirst instance where this dc
sire mas been reciprocated by a responsible
aud representative body OF employers.
Aud yet the working classes, Who ind all
propositions for an amicable settlement
rejected, are compelled to bear the onus Il
a rupture As rule, our employing man
uiacturcrs have arrugated to themselves
the absolute control Nd al measures Affect
lug the pecG nary interests Of their EN-
ployes, claiming that they aud they alone,
have the right rs regulate the price u
labor, without consulting with aud ire
spyctve of the interests Of the interests
OF their workmeu. Until this claim Is re-
moved, tile plan proposed is imprActicabic.
because is admission would be tautamrunt
to a surrender Of al rights which the en-
ployes possess, and would reduce them to
a state If abiect slavery.
A mutual recognition of eacn other 8
rights, then, Is indispensable before &C.
operative effort can lie secured ana before
! tins is made effective, thorough organiza-
ton must be secured. This alone Will
command respect. s. long as a majority
II the various crafts are outside tile pale
of organization, % long viii their demands
/ be rejected. and strikes become the only
arbtror In Great Britain, employers
have acceded ~ arbitration, because they
knew that a compact organization would
snforceits demands. and therefore accepted
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