The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-02-23
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The Toier Outside the Pale of Union.
ism Has Little Chance to Improve His
Condition-Ry Uniting With His Fell
lows He Gains Power.
Every craftsman's common sense
tells him he ought to belong to the
nnion of his trade. His duty to his
family. to his fellow workers and to
himself demands this. He knows that
as an individual worker he is power
less to improve his working condi-
ions and has perhaps made up his
mind to some time join the union. lie
ought to realize that he cannot afford
% neglect this important duty, that
every days delay helps TO place him
and his fellow workers in Il more dan
gerous position and that unless he aids
! in putting stop to the tendency he is
responsible for his own and his fellow
workers degradation.
The nonunion worker may argue
that he is a freeborn American citi
zen and intends to work for whom he
pleases. for what he pleases and as
many hours a day as he pleases. But
be knows that he has to ask the en-
pIoyer for the opportunity TO work.
take what the employer chooses to pay
and work as many hours day as the
employer requires.
Only through the united action and
objective bargaining of organized la
Dor has it been possible to shorten the
workdHy. raise the wages and in many
ways improve conditions for the work
as. Only by these means have the
oilers of the land been able to success
'uliy resist reductions in pay or eXten
iOnS of hours, to make themselves re-
,prCted. to secure better homes. better
'lotheS. better food and more com
torts for themselves and their families,
o make the shop better place to
work in. TO secure some measure of
protection in their labor and in many
other ways to raise the standards of
living and citizenship for working peo-
| Die.
Organized labor has established the
principle that men and women have as
much right to say what wages they
will accept and how many hours day
! hey will work as employers have to
aiSe the prices on their products when
ever they see fit. In their efforts in
his direction they all work together
md reach their end by "colleCtiVe bar
gaining" or. what is the same thing.
united action. The only successful
way to cope with them is to use the
same methods, and this can be done
only through thorough organization in
be whole industrial field.
1t cannot be too forciby stated or re-
Ipeated too often that the only way in
which Il nonunion worker can help
himself is by joining with others of his
craft in Il common effort to help all.
By becoming a member of the union of
MS trade he combines the whole force
Of that union with his for his own nd
vantage and that of all the other mem
Oers. and in addition he enlists the
sympathy and support of all the other
inionS in his behalf. The fight of one
IS the fight of all. and when all stand
together victory in almost every case is
assured. by remaining out of the I'M
on the worker not only stands alone.
out he has the whole power of the I'M
on necessarily against him instead of
with him, as 1t would be if he were a
member. BY all means. nonunion
worker, get at once into the union you
are entitled to enter and help to swell
Its power for good for yourself and
every body else.-Minnesota Union Ad-
vocate.