United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1911-03-23
RAILWAY CLERKS
TO BE ORGANIZED


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local union. Out of the amount collected
there will be paid to the Federation 10
cents per member per month, the local
union retaining 40 cents per member per
month for the purpose OF paying running
expenses, and such sick or death benefits
as they may decide to pay to its mem
bers. Hence, the amount the Federation
will receive from each member Will be
S1.20 per year during the time the local
unions are affiliated direct. When ma
tional organization is formed. then the
local unions will pay their stated per
capita tax, not to the Federation, but to
their national Office. for the purpose Of
paying the expenses of a permanent Of
ficer or officers, Tor the transaction OF
such business as the constitution and by
laws may require them to do. The ma
tional will then pay to the American
Federation Of Labor one-half cent per
member per month on the entire mem
bership of the organization, or six cents
per year for each member.
| believe that this information should
reach all railway postal clerks. SO they
will not be misled by the idle and false
statements or rumOrs relative to what
their duties and obligations will be when
they become part of the Federation,
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organizations, 80 state bodies, 609 city
central bodies and about 600 local unions,
with a total membership today of over
1.735.000 members.
Each railway postal clerk should as
sist in forming a local union in his vicin-
ity, if there is not one already in exist
ence. There is nothing required of a
railway postal clerk who joins union
that will in any way interfere with him
faithfully performing all the duties re-
quired by the postofice department.; and
the affiliation of your union to the Fed
Grafton will place the officers of the Fed
Grafton in a position to urge the enact
ment of legislation by congress that will
be beneficial to you.
Remember that there are thousands OF
government employees following different
crafts and callings, now organized and
who have been organized for years. and
every one of them have good reasons to
be satisfied with their membership in an
organization affiliated to the American
Federation of Labor. Why? Because
through united. instead of individual, eff
fort they have been able to secure con
ditions that have not only been benefit
to themselves, but to the departments in
which they work.
If you desire further information, will
give it to you, but would urge you to
call meeting OF. say. 10. Is, or more
railway postal clerks who live in your
city. form temporary organization. elect
temporary president, secretary, and
treasurer: collect IL from each member
for initiation fee, send application and
$40 to me for charter and outfit, which
will be forwarded to you on the day the
application is received at headquarters
with copy of constitution that has
just been adopted by a recently organ.
lied union of railway postal clerks. and
will be guide to assist you in framing
the laws of your local.
Prompt cooperation on your part will
mean the organization of all the railway
postal clerks in the United States within
80 days. Yours very truly.
FRANK MORRISON.
Secretary a. F. of L.
Note-An application for a national
charter for the railway postal clerks OF
Cleveland. Ohio. and vicinity, was re.
ceived here on February S. 1911. They
abandoned formation OF the national
upon receiving information that the Fed.
Grafton had Issued charter to local union
and that other local unions were in
process of formation.
On March 4. 1911. nearly a month
later. the clerks of St Paul, Mimi, and
vicinity, made application for a national
charter. claiming TO have seven local
unions They were likewise informed
that national charter could not be is
sued to them because the Federation had
issued n number of charters for local
unions throughout the country. and that
at present there was not a suffic ient mum.
Der of unions organized to make ma.
tional union successful. and therefore
the effort would be failure. They were
also informed that as soon as sufficien,
number OF local unions were organized
President Gompers of the Federation
would issue call to all the local unions
Of railway postal clerks holding charters
from the American Federation of Labor
TO elect delegates to attend convention
for the purpose of forming a national or
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