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ployers stood wide apart; the union
workers stood together and they won.
In one year the losses from strikes
were estimated at $l14,Oo0,OOO. Then
came the revolt, and the four organiza-
tions referred to in the beginning,
eprang into existence They are the
Employers Association, of Chicago,
Citizens Industrial Association, Of
America, National Association Of
Manufacturers, and the American
Anti Boycott Association. What have
they done? You will remember that
the Chicago union teamsters, number
ing thirty-five thousand men, had
dominated the situation there and had
been menace to Chicago's industrial
peace and prosperity. 1t was the
largest and most powerful union or
ganization il the city and up to the
time of the strike of year ago no
teamster dared to appear on his
wagon without wearing the yellow
button of his union. But they are not
so powerful now, for as result Of the
strike their teamsters "Iocals" were de-,
stroyed. A nonunion driver can now
60 thru the streets without being
assaulted or having his team wrecked.
What has happened there is happen
ing in other parts of our country.
Everywhere the excesses of labor un-
ions and the abuses of their power are
being resisted by strong organizations
Of employers. The unions are being
fought in their own strongholds by the
powerful Employers Association,
Its principles are: "The open shop, no
sympathetic strikes, no restriction Of
output, and the enforcement of the
law" The principal issue is the open
shop.
Other cases. may be. cited where the.
open shop has been established in
Chicago. The list would include the
clothing industry, machinists, carriage
aud wagon makers, sash and door
manufacturers, cigar makers and 9TH
ers. In each of these organizations the
employers are strongly organized and
behind them is the Employers Associa-
tion, which has grown from thirty-two
members in 1902 to two thousand to-
day. 1t has secured the open shop in
establishments employing ia, ,740 men.
For many years San Francisco has
been dominated by organized labor.
Two years ago, in the election for
mayor, the two leading parties were
split into factions which resulted in
the union labor candidate being
elected. Immediately thereafter every
thing and everybody was unionized.
The newsboys. the sandwich vendors,
and even the girls who sold chewing
gum on the streets, were organized.
The unions are opposed by the Citizens
Alliance, and last fall the republicans
and democrats fused in an effort to
defeat the union candidates.
In New York unionism has been
strongly intrenched for years and the
walking delegate has been dictator.
Recently this individual has been
eliminated from interference with the
men. He is not so powerful today as
he was when Sam Parks and his col
leagues were living high on money
.extorted from contractors. In all the
agreements now in force between the
New York building contractors and
the unions, the walking delegate is
powerless to call strike. There has
not been an important strike in the
New York building trades for year.
i There has also been much liquidation
in the courts. Judge Holdom, Of
Chicago, has handed down q decision
declaring picketing unlawful and q
sympathetic strike 9 conspiracy. In
many of the Chicago strikes, injunc-
tions have been secured restraining
strikers from interfering with nom
union men on the ground that it was
a conspiracy to prevent work. And
these injunctions are enforced.
The nonunion man is large issue
in the fight for the open shop. Who is
hep He is any individual who wants
, to sell his labor as he sees fit. The
| unionist says that be Is 9 'scab" and 9
|, ssstrike-bresker." There are good nom
union men and bad nonunion men
: just as there are good unions and bad
) unions. The good kind are not astrike-
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