Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-05

eliminate. POLITICS from the management,
secure equitable appropriations for the
different institutions and collect and CO.
ordinate information and knowledge of
the conditions surrounding the charitable
ANA correctional work and institutions Of
| the state.
Whereas the abuse of iniunctions has
| become a menace to the freedom and the
| liberties allowed by common law to the
| cltlZenS, particularly to the trade union
| movement, and whereas such an abuse
VIII evidently lead to common cause of
dlscoatent and unwholeSome disregard of
| the law, and whereas it is the evident
| intention of interruptions employers of
| labor to retard the progress and, if pos
sible, destroy the labor movement by the
| unlawful and unwarranted abuse of the
power II the Judiciary, and whereas there
are sufficient laws provided for the pun
isnment for any violation of the peace
without resorting to a method which con-
stitutes one man judge and jury of an
others conduct, thereby violating the sa-
cred rights Of trial by jury guaranteed
70 ali American citizens in the declaration
OF independence; therefore be it resolved.
mat we. the delegates of the State
Branch of the American Federation of
Labor N convention assembled condemn
in the strongest terms all unlawful and
unfair methods which deprive working
man of his freedom or mis- liberty.
whereas the National Association of
Mianufacturers is arraigned in open hos
tiity TO all movements which have for
thelr objects the lettering of the condi-
tiuns Of tie working class and have
shown their hostility by creating a war
fund for no other object but the ami
hilation of the trades union movement,
and this fund is being used for the pur-
pose OF cDlrupting our Legislatures, both
state and national, for the employment
of INSCRIPTIONS counsel and for the hir-
ing OF spies to report the proceedings Of
our organizations and to wherever posi-
BILE DISRUPT the labor organizations by in
Producing internal dissentons or the for
nation nj y "a ans
and further reSurting to the most deS
picaole methods of character assassina-
ton, as all who are familiar with the
report presented by that grand old man,
Samuel Gompers, at the Norfolk conven-
ton. are aware; and whereas the lines
must Re drawn closer than ever in the
struggle for our existence and for the
protection of those near and dear to us,
and whereas the courts have issued in
functions restraining us from the right
Of assembling, from the right of discuss
ing the state of the trade with men not
affiliated with the organization and have
rest, aimed us from the publication Of the
We don't patronize list" thereby leav-
ing us no other weapon but the use of
the union label with which to wage our
struggle against injustice therefore lie it
resolved. That the Maine State Branch OF
the American Federation of Labor in con-
vention assembled, call upon every union
man and every local and every central
body to wage an unremitting campaign
in support of every label, every card and
Dor, and that we further recommend the
formation of label committees in every
locality. who shall take charge of the
union label agitation in that locality
Whereas we should by preccpt and OK
ample endoaVOr to inculcate the principles
of organized labor in the hearts of all our
men: ncrs and sympathzers, and whereas
We are davoting all energies to
preaching the. gospel of the union label,
and while it is an accepted maxim that
it is we'll to practice what we preach"
therefore he it resolved, That at all CON
ventions of the Maine State Branch of
the American Federation of Labor no
delegate will he seated unless all his
wearing apparel bears the union label
wherever it is possible by any effort to
secure the same, and be it further re-
solved. That the secretary of the Maine
State Branch be instructed to include this
clause in the notification to local unions
of all future conventions of this branch.
Whereas the most effective weapon of
organized labor lies in the exercise of
their purchasing power, and whereas at
least 80 per cent. of the wages of the
worker are dispersed by the women of
the family, who are not sufficiently ia
milar with the methods of production of
interruptions manufacturers who are
concerned only in securing increased
profits without regard to the welfare of
the community, and whereas the elemina-
ton OF child slavery. the, sweatshop,
system of compelling the female worker
to toll for mere pittance only because
she is a woman, can be accomplished by |
the intelligent use of the PURCHASING
Maine State Branch of the American Fed |
Grafton of Labor in convention assembled,
urge upon all affiliated unions and cen |
trail bodies the paramount necessity of
organizing women; union label leagues
in every city and town in which a labor |
organization exists.
Whereas We the delegates of the textile |
workers of the State of Maine in con-
Ventiol assembled go on record as favor |
ing the payment of wages weekly, believ- |
ing as we do it will enable the worker to |
purchase at q better advantage and III |
our opinion it will be one of the best
steps toward abolishing the credit svs-
tenn. therefore he it resolved, That Sec
ton 81 Of the fcrtnightly payment act be
corporated firms shall pay weekly each |
and every employe engaged in its bust
ness. except municipal officers whose ser
vices are paid for by the day, or teachers
employed by municipal corporations, the
wages earned by such an emDloyc to
within eight hours of date of said pay
tine of payment an employee shall be
absent from his regular place of labor
he shall he entitled to said payment at
any time thereafter on demand"
Whereas large and constantly increhs-
ing number of workers. male and female,
in the New England states are nnfaml-
lar with the English language and in
their unorganized condition constitute a
menrce to the conditions striven for by
organized labor, therefore be it resolved,
That the Maine state Branch of the
Am >~ican Federation of Labor in con-
vention assembled. requests the executive
officers Of the American Federation Of
Labor TO place an organizer in the field
IN Nav England who speaks the French |
language fuentlv.
A substitute for the original resolve re-
latinG to the subject of fines in factories
was adopted. referring the whole matter
to the executive board with instructions
to draw n Till abolishng all systems of
firing employees by employers.
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