The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-31

Work m Organising Hotel and
Restaurant Employees and Bar
). tenders Now ia Progress. +.
Union Comprising All the colored
Walters In Duluth May y.
/. II -:s5 Also Be Organized. Y r. !.

), Emanuel fKovelaskf Of Rochester, N.
T." international II organizer ), for the
Hotel. and Restaurant Employees Inter:
national League of America is here
for the purpose ofsorganizing the bar,
tenders and hotel and restaurant en-.
ployes into. local union under the
Jurisdiction Of the international or
ganization: ..,ss$s. s$. @=s ..z.: T.. -
{ Mr. Koveleski addressed the Fed
Grated Trades assembly at Its regular
meeting at Kalamazoo hall on Friday
evening. He said The anticipated very
little difficulty iu forming the bar
tenders union, but 5intimated that he
might have to overcome some Difficult
ties in the organization Of the hotel
and restaurant people. -
Speaking of the wages paid these
people here as compared with that
paid for: the work in 4 other cities.
where unions: extseted, MT. Koveleski
stated that from HIS observations since
coming: to Duluth, he had gathered
that some o fthe hotel and restaurant
employees were getting more than the
union scale and some were receiving
less. - :s;!<. -AH y S::,s -
Speaking Of thesplan for organizing
the bartenders, the international or
ganixer said: Il Il :s..S. = IT,
" 'The bartenders,ss union is very sue
cessful and Is wellSestablished in near
", every city in the. country. :: In most
instances we have had the CO. opera
tion> OF the saloon keepers and the
brewery interests. as we are enlisted
on their side In the fight against the
Opposition fhe saloon. s';. II. III .3 S.
h y presen entin q iabor III
this light makes us a .pOWerfuI ally
of the saloon People sand they appre-
ciate the fact and encourage our union.
While just reached the city and have
not had much time to canvass the
situation, Lam satisfied that the move
ment will not be opposed by. many
OF the Duluth saloon keepers" =.
In unionizing the local saloons, Mr..
koveleskf will be assisted by H. ".
Shafer, secretary Of the $bartenders.
union in Superior, which has been in
existence for several years. >.~,'-
coIored Walters Union.
Mr: Koveleski has also" In contempla-
tion the organizing Of a union. of COL
ored walters, of whom there are a.
large number in the city. - - :.
"Co1ored walters unions are being
organized all over the country, affili-
ated with the International unions of
hotel and restaurant employees and the
American Federation of Labor" said
Mr. Koveleskf. =
THE colored men are in councils
by themselves, but they are members
OF the union just the same, and the
plan has been found to work splendid
ly In some Of the largest cities OF the
United States. i :. ,i~.%'
Il recently organized "a colored
walters union in Minneapolis and 1t
Is progressing nicely The colored.
walters have unions in Louisville, New
York, Chicago, Boston and most Of the
other large cities. There is no ep-
position from the white walters, as
the colored men do not mix or inter
fere with them in any way.
while the hotel and restaurant en-
ployes international alliance includes
cooks, walters (both white and black
dishwashers and othor workers, the
plan that is being tried now is to have
each branch in separate divisions, SO
that there is no friction. In the past,
the cooks and walters have been in
one union, but this is changed now.
The cooks have g. council by them
selves and there are two branches IL
the walters union. one for the whites
and one for the colored. " :l4st5 :.
Mr.. Koveleski will remain, several
weeks in the interest of his projects.