United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES
URGED To ORGANIZE
Order Forbids Reading of MOTOR
man and Conductor"

With a steady tread, the unoreanized
workers of the land are marching to join
the army of organized labor. And as or
eanized labor marches on the union men
of Denver are extending helping hand
to the unoreanized in this city. They
desire to help the unorganized to get
shorter hours, better pay and better con-
ditions. This invitation is urged upon
the street railway employees of Denver,
who are sub iected to such abuses and
restrictions as no union man is called
upon to Withstand.
Recently, members of the Trades AS
sembIy have handed employees of the
Tramway company copies of "The Mo-
torman and Conductor" and when their
presence was noted among the employees
of the company an order issued and was
posted in the car barns that any en-
ploye found with a copy of the official
periodical of the AmaIgamated Assoca-
tion of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America on his person he
would be discharged.
The position assumed by the officials
of the company in issuing this order is
ridiculous Assuming the right to die
tate TO employees what they may or may
not read when off duty is taking away
from human beings a right every man
should have
This act has aroused the leaders in
the LABOR movement III denver u SuCu
an extent that renewed efforts are being
made TO get the Tramway employees to-
gether. Many are anxious to learn of
the plans outlined for their organization,
and when the journals were handed
them containing accounts of the recent
strike and victory of the street car men
at Omaha, Neb.. they were thrust in in
side pockets (the order of the Tramway
Notwithstanding, and will be perused
/ -, 81, .s.,-s 9 N.as- hsr ion
mails contain hundreds of accounts of
strikes, betterment OF conditions, raises
in wages and total victories for the men.
| There is no doubt that the work being
done among the Tramway employees is
creating great interest in proposed or
ganiZation. The workers are iocking TO
the standards of the American Fedora
tion of Labor in all parts of the United
States, and it is time for a general awak-
ening in Denver.
Since the last report the following new
unions have been organized: Ashville,
Tenn, Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers and Building Trades Council. Mid
dleport, o., International Association O.
Car Workers Laborers' Protective
union, Machinists Helpers union. Musk
ogee, Okla, Trades and Labor Council
Shawnee, Okla, International Union of
Steam Engineers Memphis, Tenn, Fed
eral Labor union. Paris, Tex, Plumbers,
Gas Filters and Steam Filters union,
International Association of Retail
Clerks, International Printing Press
mems union, International Brotherhood
o. Blacksmiths, International Brother
hood OF BOOkbinders. Spokane, Wash,
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Of
North America. Parkersburg, W. Va
Amalgamated Association of Street Rail
way Employees, International Brother
hood Of Teamsters. Chauneurs, Stable
men and Helpers. American Brother
hood OF Cement Workers. Fond Du Lac,
Wis. Bartenders' International League
OF America. Gait, Ont, International
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers
union of America. Guelph. Ont. United
Brotherhood OF Carpenters and Joiners
of America. Hamilton, Ont, American
Brotherhood of Cement Workers. Leth-
bridge, Alberta, Journeymen Tailors
union of America. Moncton, y. B., In
ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers. Nj
agara Falls, Ont. United Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Meadyille, Pa, American Brotherhood of
Cement Workers. Sacramento, Cal, La
borers' Protective union. East St. Louis
Ill. Steam Filters union Wheaton. ILL.,,
International Brotherhood OF Electrical
Workers. Joliet, Ill. Amalsamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North
America Retail Clerks International
Protective ASSOCIATION. Streator. Ill, In
ternational Hod Carriers and Building
Laborers union of America. Spring
field. Ill. International Brotherhood OF
Bookbinders. Pontiac, Mich, Interna-
national Union of the United Brewery
workmen. International Molders Union
of North America, International Carriage
and Wagon Workers union.