The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
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BUYLABELEDG GOODS
Garment Workers Call Attention
to Lack of Union Guarantee
on Wearing Apparel
Salt Lake Enters Race Against
San Francisco for |. t. U.
Convention

The attention Of the garment work
ers of this city has been called to
conditions in Chicago. where there is
a lack of the union label on women's
wearing apparel. as expressed BY Mrs.
Raymond Robins. a well known active
woman labor advocate of the east.
Mrs. Robins recently said:
1T is pretty dificult to buy a
woman's complete union label wardrobe
in Chicago. You can get collars. gloves.
shoes and stockings with the label on.
but that is as far as you can go in
the line of wOmen's clothing. You can
get shirtwaists from dealers near Chi
go, but not in the city Chicago Is
behind other cities in facilities for
securing union clothing"
The reason that such a condition
exists in Chicago said one of the
officers of the local union yesterday
lis the fact that the garment workers
are not organized. consequently there
is no one TO force union made goods.
Here in San Francisco we have or
ganization, but we lack the support OF
the labor union people. Take for In
stance the garments for laboring men.
such as overalls, shirts. aprons and the
like There are two factroies in this
duce the best kind of goods under the
best conditions. and there are seven
factories that have their goods mads
by Chinese and low wage workers.
Our Investigations have established
the fact that more than 20 per cent
of the men who have to buy this class
of goods never ask for the union label
and take goods made by Chinese. either.
possibly. because they can get them a
few cents cheaper or are Indifferent TO
helping white factory hands. We have
called the attention OF the central labor
bodies and the unions themselves TO
this matter, but it has not as yet had
the effect we should like to see. Still
we are not discoura ged; we are going
10 keep after the unions until the men,
bership of each shall be educated in
the matter of asking for the garment
workers label when they buy articles
they need"
The musicians union. local No. S. will
hold a meeting next Thursday for the
consideration of amendments to the
local constitution. one in relation 10
fines another to the nominating COM
mittee- being elected instead OF ap-
pointed and third reducing the in1tia-
tion fee of members of drum corps from
81 to 81
At meeting Of the board OF direc-
tors. President Harry Menke presiding'
H p Kamler. A F. Johansen. j. lAndt-
ner. @. p. Towle and A. f VictOrs were
reinstated to membership on making
good their financial obligations.
j. SEWERS of Seattle. j. c. Steinhardr
of GoIdheld. +. Paret of New YORK CITY
and W. III. Hemming Of Livingstone.
Mont were admitted to membership
Following the close of the last regu-
lar meeting OF the cooks and helpers
union, local No. 10. there was smoker
in Lily hall. which was ATTENDED 9y
about zoo persons. There were ad-
dresses by President A Walden, Vice
President r. w Smith, Secretary C. W.
Barnum and Business Agent J. King
and program of music, songs ana
stories. The local purposes to have
periodical smokers during the winter,
months.
San Francisco typographical union
at its last meeting defeated by four
votes a proposition to prohibit the can
vassing of votes during working hours
resolution having for its purpose
the preventing the use OF the name Of
the union unless authorized. when such
use would raise doubt whether ofh-
ciaI sanction had been given, was
adopted
Applications for membership were
presented by Mrs. Winnie Barkley'
Edna F. Beck, Charles Hall. Harry L
Cunning CHAM. Charles L. Schneider, Jo-
seph o. schwager and Andrew Y. Wood
The union OF butchers and meat cut.
tiers OF Portland. Ore. started a move,
ment some time ago looking to the
closing of meat and pork shops at 81
O'Clock on ordinary weekdays, 8 o'clock
on Saturday and closed all day Sun
days. The great majority of the shop:
keepers and market men have agreed
to comply with the request and it viii
be put in force November Is.
The Salt Lake typographical union
has started a campaign to secure the
session of the international union for
1911. San Francisco is also out for the
convention and has had a booster com
mittee at work for the last three
months.