The San Francisco call., 1910-01-18
BAKERS CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR LABEL
Want All Bread Made Under
Fair Conditions to Bear
Union Certificate
Organizer Marcel Willie Opti=
mistic Over Outlook; Conf
dent of Ultimate Success

Organizer Marcel Willie in speaking
yesterday of the campaign that the
bakers and confectioners union has
been conducting for several weeks past
10 have the bakers union label placed
on all bread made under fair conditions
said: I'VE are meeting with success in
this matter, and this is due in a great
measure to the response of the union
men to our appeal TO refuse bread from
any baker If the loaf does not bear our
certificate of being made under fair
conditions. We do not issue the label to
all who ask for it, but only to those
who deal only in union made bread.
There are some bakeries in this city
that employ union bakers and confec-
tiOners but at the same time are sup
piled with bread that they do not bake
by bakeries that are on our unfair list.
Some of the bakery owners who pur-
chase and sell nonunion made bread
have applied for the label, but as we do
not want to take the chances of these
labels being placed on bread that is not
made in union shops we have declined
to issue them and have told these peo-
pie that when they cease selling unfair
bread they may have the label.
Much has been said about members
Of unions not standing for the label
That may be true in some instances,
but as a general thing the bakers and
confectioners are thankful for the man
ner in which they have supported us in
this fight for union principles. We have
records of hundreds of cases where the
wives and children of union men have
walked three and four blocks TO get
labeled bread rather than buy bread
from the dealer next door who has no
label on his bread When the store
keepers are educated TO the fact that
customers will not accept bread that is
not made under fair conditions they
Will keep none other. BY the methods
we are following now we are confident
that we will in time unionize every
bakery in the city"
The following named have been elect
ed officers of the musical fund society
for the ensuing term and will be in
stalled at the meeting TO be held in
musicians headquarters next Thursday:
D. NJ. Wright, president; c. A. Dickman,
first vice president; r. Uhlig, second
vice president: NJ. Davis, secretary; John
J. Mundweyler, treasurer; @. Keil, A. l.
Fourtner and Frederick Mundweyler
trustees; L. B. Hauser, Librarian.
The retail grocery clerks union has
secured +. Desepe as special organizer
to canvass all the retail grocery stores
i'm the city with a view to having the
clerks in each become members of the
union. AT the last meeting Of the union
he reported that he is meeting with
success and in a short time will have a
large class to initiate.
Millmens union No. 423 at its last
meeting. wishing to show its apprecia-
tiOn Of the faithful work done for it by
William Seagrave. the retiring presi
dent during his term of office, present
ed him, through Henry Kemnitzer, his
successor in Office, a valuable gold
watch suitably engraved.
The ship scalers of this city We're or
ganized as a union on Sunday and will
be aff1liated with the San Francisco Ia
Dor council.
The san Francisco labor council
through its secretary, sent fraternal
greeting to the state building trades
convention in Monterey yesterday.
The following have been elected as
officers of the retail delivery drivers
union for the current term: G. Kilpat-
rick. president: L. Homer. vice presi-
dent; James Fisher business agent; T.
Knox. recording secretary; E. A Brown.
financial secretary; W. jenkins, treas
urer: J. Swanson, trustee; j.. Miller, del
egate TO the labor council.
Secretary Paul Shsrrenberg of the
state federation of labor was advised
Yesterday that teamsters' union No. %
and the moving picture workers union
of Sacramento have decided TO affiliate
with the federation.
AS secretary of the migratory labor
committee he received letters from the
federated coun' n of Santa Clara county
and the San Joaquin county central
labor body assuring assistance for the
organization of unskilled labor.
The sailors union of the Pacific has
been advised that eight of the crew of
the Czarina, recently wrecked, were
members of the union. y. w. Paul. the
agent at Portland, was instructed to go
to the scene Of the wreck and have any
or all of the bodies of these men if they
are recovered sent to this city for
burial The company that owned the
vessel has informed the union that it
will bring the bodies to this city with
out cost to the organization.
The officers of the janitors' union
elected to serve for the current term
were installed at the meeting last Sun
day. A statement was made that there
is a prospect that the pay of janitors in
public buildings. which was reduced
several months ago, win soon be re-
stored TO the former standard.
d. J. German, president of the steam
laundry workers union, was married
last Sunday to Mamie Haugh, men,
Der of the union.