The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-12

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unorganlzed, are protected in the
TACT that any seven men in a shop
can constitute themselves into or
gan1zed labor, register their union,
and take any dispute with their
employer to the court. The State
encourages labor to organize by
granting 1t certain chartered rights:
the unions can own property, can
sue and be sued
There are two sorts of tribunals
or courts-Boards of Cancellation,
and a Court of Arbitration-and in
both the workingmen and their en-
Ployers are equally represented by
rnen Of their own choice. There is
Board of Cancellation for every
industrial district" and one Court
OF Arbitration for the whole coun-
try. The Boards of Cancellation
have from four to six members, and
are chosen every three years in
each district by elections held sep
arately by the associations of en-
ployers and the associations of em-
ployees. Each board upon organ
lzat1on elects a chairman, some i'm
partial outsider who is willing to
act.
The Court of Arbitration is COM
posed of three judges, appointed by
the governor-general. One must
be representative of the trades
unions and nominated by them,
one must be representative Of the
employers associations and nomi-
mated by them, and the presiding
judge must be a member of the Su~
preme Court. The Court of Arbi-
tration, if necessary, is assisted by
chosen experts from the outside,
representing both sides in the dis
pute.
The moment either side, with a
grievance or dispute or with any
apprehension of a strike or lockout,
summons the other to court, it is a
punishable ofense for the workmen
to stop work or the employer to
close down. If an employer locks
his men out without warning, he
can be arrested, and so can work
men who go out without warning.
Consequently all strikes and lock-
outs are prevented. Employers
can summon their men to court on
ly as members Of a trade-lnion, but
the men can compel any individual
employer to appear in court. The
court can compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of any
papers or books in a dispute; they
can also visit any shop or premises
when work is being done. Law
yers are not allowed to appear in a
case unless both sides are willing.
The decisions of a Board of Con-
citation are not binding. The de-
cisions of the Court Of Arbitration
are binding or not in the discretion
of the court, and any violation OF a
decision that is made binding may
be punished by fine and imprison-
ment. These are the most essential
features of the machinery Of this
new institution.
Mr.. Lloyd has explained how it
has brought order and peace into
the bootmaking trade. Before
compulsory arbitration, this trade
was badly demoralized by strikes
and lockouts. The employers and
their men had exhausted private
) Cancellation and arbitration; they
had failed to a general understand
ing on account Of tyrannical mi
nority of employers who would no.
deal with their men nor listen tc
the pleas of their associates in bust
T ness. But as soon as Mr.. Reeve
bill became law, notable change
f began to take place in this trade
, The labor unions began to strength
en- their organizations and register
Not long afterward, there was {
meeting of the representatives o