The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-20
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organizations the class race creed political
and trade preudices be abolished that support
financial, may be given to each other.
composed of International National Central and Local
Unions representing the great bulk organized
United States and Canada.
1t gives to organization joining recognition in
1t of boycots strikes lockou.s attentive
hearing before all affiliated bodies, and financial aid
the extent of its ability.
Iis moneyed institution allows each organization
control its funds establish expend
without let hindrance.
1t aims aowin the light Of experience-the lib
ey each organization the conduct affairs
with the generally understood principles of labor.
establishes intecommunication agitation
in direct and correspondence with corps repre-
sentative organizers throughout the country.
watches the interests of the workers in National Con-
gess endorses and protests the of labor and has
relief from budensome laws and government officials
1t in communication reformers and sympathizers
almost all classes giving information and ensng their coop
Grafton.
venton exchange ideas and methods cultivate mutual
teres united speak for labor
the world the burdens, aims and hopes of the workers
asks-yea demands-the cooperation of all wage-work
believe principle d1ity and that
thing life than long hours low wages lack Of employ
meut and all these imply.
In the great historic city of Psburg Pennsylvania in 1881
laid the groundwork of Jour great Federation Turning
mental gaze years work. and pain and
travail hadshps endured sacrifices made and the bur-
borne the advantages secured the proud position attained
despite the ukewamnes of friends and the antagonsm of foes
deepest qualification and the keenest pride
Here was effort bring general COM
prehensive of organization federation Of the agmntary
the isolated and divergent fac
ons of the labor of America All of those then
sembled friends advocates of federation Indeed
there who prayed hoped and worked for its failure
tongue tell portray the hardshps borne and the
sacrifices by who devoted their energies and
abilities uphold maintain and work for its Lest
forget may pardoned if mention the of William H.
Foster Robert Howard Samuel Lungwel Lyman A. Bryant
Others whom the appreciation compe
to pay of and praise them for securing for
effort recognition aud type of federated trade
union movement
Ptsburg when Federation formed and that
delegates the succeeding convention
Cleveland Ohio in 1882 will all the conditions OF the
labor which then obtained But be it said that at
least there assembled trade unonists and
federation and unhampered they proceeded their
of America labor movement is expand
ing extending its benefcent influences We have not
only international trade unions, with their nearly twenty
thousand local trade but also have state
dominion territorial ederaons 6oI central la
Dor unions trades assemblies and local fedratons Our limits
longer California from the Lakes to the
Gulf whole of the United States Canada
Hawaii Cuba Porto Rico Mexico the Philippines and British
Columbia upeuous here refer to the vast advantages
secured by international unions for the members of their
secve crafts and cangsthey have been more than thrice
told Over thirty years ago the trade union secured the
abishmnt of Labor Statistics in Massachusetts,
kind established in the world.
At the demand of the A. F. of l. the Department OF Labor Sta
tcs established since then the bureau of labor statis
tics in the the demand of Fedora
on that the trade the several states took the de-
establishment of the inspectors Of factories
shops, mills, mines and tenements.
upon the demand of organized labor that the child
labor laws have been placed the statute books OF our sever
al is vetm
by Others while the addists who have lately with
gngery fingers taken this work want deny that labor
final and absolute abolition of child
labor.
Federation that secured the seaman for the
first time history the right Of ownership in himself the right
quit his work when his vessel in safe habor true
this right exists only the who
gagged the American and in the trade of nearby
foreign countries but is nevertheless that the sailors first
freedom ownership in himself secured by the
trade unionsts of country