The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-03-09
,sTATE FEEDER ALTON OF LABOR ASKS
ALL UNIONS TO JOIN WITH 1T.
Much General Good Could he Accom-
p1ished Throughout the State IL
All Of the Unions Would Afilinte:
With the state Organizations md
Work with 1T in It's Aim to Com
I plctely organize the Workers..

The State Federation of Labor is
making strenuous effort to have
every union in the state affiliate with
it, The secretary has sent out the fol-
lowing letter to every union that is not
affiliated It is hoped that the unions
will respond favorably to the invita-.
ton to affiliate. If every union in the
state worked with the State Federation
in it's endeavors to carry on the work
of organizing the wage-earners there
is no doubt but much good would be
accomplished. The letter is as follows:
Dear Sirs and Bros: l take the lib
;ehty to write you at this time for the
purpose of interesting you in the Min
nesota State Federation of Labor, and
most respectfully request your organl-
zation to affiliate with it. The State
Federation of Labor holds the same re-
lation to the state that a Trades AS
sembly does to city. What the Trades
Assembly is capable of performing for
union in a city the State Federation
can do in the state. 1t is the aim OF
the Trades Assembly to entirely organ
ize the workers. of the city. The State
Federation has the same aim in the
state, particularly in the smaller cities.
Since our organization we have spread
the trade union movement into several
of the smaller cities of the state OF
Minnesota. We have not done as much
as we should in this direction, because
| we have not had sufficient funds. We
do not say that if your union afflllates
with us that you are going to receive
any great benefits therefrom, but you
certainly will be benefited indirectly.
smaller cities we certainly decrease the
number of non-union Worlmen.
| In many of our industrial battles a
great many of the non-unlOn workers
| have been secured from the cities in
which there are no trade unions. These
| men, not being educated to the trade
union movement, thought of no wrong
when taking a mans job during a
! strike. Some Of them, after learning
| Of the value of trade union have be-
| come our most earnest and sincere
workers. If your union can aid in the
| decreasing of the number of non-union
workers, and the State Federation of
Labor is the body that can reach and
|
you should affiliate with it and give it
your moral and financial support.
| The existing trade unions not only
owes a duty to their present member
ship, but to the unorganized workers as
well. If we are to sit supinely by and
pay no attention to the work Of organ
izing our unorganized brothers, then
We may as we'll abandon OUR union and
go to our homes and await results. In
our present partially organized condi-
ton we are performing no lasting good
nor can we expect to perform any un-
til we represent a greater portion OF
| the Wage-earners of the state. If you
doubt the above Just try. to get a rea
I beneficial law s enacted by y the
legislature in the interest of the work.
ingman and you will find how little at.
tention Is paid to labor's wants. Every
labor bill enacted into law by the last
few legislatures has been so amended
and altered that it is practically inef
fective. -
AS the State Federation of Labor i:
endeavoring to completely organize the
working people of the state, and as this