The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-09
DEMAND THE
UNION LABEL
Plan Upon Which all Inside the
Ranks of Organized Labor Can
Unite.
Buy Union Label Goods Yourself
and Educate Your Neighbor to do
Likewise.

| Nearly every member of organ
ized labor has Il plan in his or her
/ mind which they think would ad
vance the Interests of the working
people.
some of these plans are good-if
carried nut-many others are i'm
possible. There is.one plan. how
ever upon which all may unite
aud that plan is to educate rs many
people as possible to demand the
union label.
| There is need of education along
this line, inside the ranks of organ
lied labor, so it is very easy to see
that much work mus be done tu
educate the we'll meaning people
outside of the ranks of organized
labor, in order to create much Of
demand for goods bearing the
union label.
You can't blame the people out
side OF unions for not calling for
the goods made by members of
trade unions, for if some lodge was
to call on people te buy only goods
bearing the label of their lodge
they would be looked npon as try.
ing to work a selfish game and
would have very poor success in
inducing people outside of their
lodge.
Thisis the way that many people
outside of labor organizations view
the union label: they don't under
stand the difference; they must be
educated. The general public
must be made to understand that
the union label is guarantee that
the goods bearing it, are made by
men and momen who are working
under fair and sanitary conditions,
receiving living wages and getting
enough time off for Improvement
and recreation. The public must
also be educated to the fact that
the union label is safeguard to
their health, for the label is a
guarantee against filth and disease
made III clean and sanitary fac
tory.
To the many thousands who cry
out against the horrors Of child
labor should be remembered, for
children are protected by the unions
and are not employed much in
union shops. The working girl
can be helped to keep the right
path by patronizing the union
label. for the union working girl
makes enough money to live on,
and ii the girls are encouraged to
torn unions and their unions sup
ported by patronizing the labels of
their organizations, they will not
have to sell their virtue in order to
meet the problem Of how to paw
living expenses Of S5 90 per week
and dress themselves on a salary of
80 90 per week. All members of
organized labor should first educate
themselves up to the point of buy
ing union made goods, then start
III TO educate the public as to WHY
union made goods should be pur-
chased.
And when you go after union
made goods-get them. DON'T let
Tue smart clerk or the smooth busi-
ness man steer you off with the
une worn and moth eaten lie that
she goods are union made all right.
out lhey don't put the label on any
more; just walk out and give them
shock Perhaps he will dig up
union made goods for the next
customer that asks for them and
ne may keep them in sight if few
Oh ms customers demand labeled
goods The label is more power.
luI than strikes, SO get in and ere
dte d demand for the label by ed
ucd dtihS yourself and the public as
W "h"G the Label stands for