National news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??, 1916-01-08
OF
A trade UNION
How the Boot and Shoe WORT
srs Grew and Prospasd.
RECORD OF GOOD SERVICE
Since Control Over Strikes Wss 0ivsa
10 the National orssni.stisn the
Wages Of its Msmbsrs Have Been
Pretsetsd-H,oh ovss and osossts
A,ds to Success.

wy" WV s"o O"O"sD
A'ds to Success.
"e 'e'o'u Vi Tue i'oo' anu o""s
workers union Is one OF evolution and
service. unity and progress. construc-
ton and success. says the Boot and
Shoe workers' Journal
1t did not start under the most aus
picious circumstances We realize this
fact better as we look back on its his.
tory. II started In April 1885,. with
the declaration on the pnrt Of the then
existing oryantxs tons OF sboe worker,
that there should be one union In thu
trade But the financial Milan of The
new organization was weak. Il was
based upon low dues and a low per
CAPITA tax. II was based also on local
autonomy. Each local union could do
entirely a. IL pleased and did no. II
such action resulted In n strike thu
national union could nor support II. h.
cause no provisions had been made.
The union was not built that way.
In 1888 the frst arbitration contract
IN r
was adopted establishing twenty. i've
cen, dues and also esta blishing sick.
death and strike benefits in the control
OF the national union and giving ,he
national union contro, over .,rikes
In these two year, the union changed
from . mob 10 an org. ni...d force. and
since the year Isp the union has con.
tinually progressed In the direction Of
becoming constantly Of more service
and benefit 10 its members
During these yesrx Of prorrrsa and
of service aimee 1910 and in anti. ~
the obstnuc,iye work Of n. enemie. In
iu3 400 aud all the finn. ,h,. un,on
h.. pro,ected the vase. ~ n. m.m.
her, ,hroupb nj, uer,od. esp..c,.,,v dur.
ing IN. manic NJ 1907 .na al,
through the long months NJ nroetr..
,iou owing IN IN. nr...n, w., IN I'm.
ror> Their. h.. han no .nch thin,
a. . s,.uyh,.r1n~ ~ IN. woe. NJ ~.
shoemaker, since thia un,on hecs m.
.s,,c,.c, In The 80, ,ano
I, addition m nrot.c,,,, N. w....
NJ n. u,.wh.r~ ...,r., ,.,,,,.,r "a.
un,or he. ,,..c ~. m..c. ~ coc.,s m.
lv r.,.In, them nr1ncIn.I,, ,h,on.h
IN. ~ort,r. cart ~ ~. s,h,t,, ~.
coot,.ct In ,hou..nA. rnon ~.
..n,,. a. instance. ~. 49,. $1,000.
or ,bi. .,r..m.u, m .rh,,,,,. h.. -
m. mean. ~ ..,,,,n, a,.n,,.. nv mn.
,uaI .a,u.,m.o, and wi,hon, arh,,r..
ZION ana unon tenn, s.vor,h,. 10 m.
vo,h.u Arh,,r.,ion c.... h.v. ~,
won and .rb,tr.,,on case. b.v. -.
,o., hn, ru,n., ,a,,.,m.n,. hsr. A.
~.y. -, .,ccosssnl
Th,. unio, h.. ,.au.m~., .x.-v
pledge Every legal .,cL md death
benet,, has been n.,d rvcrv .,r,h.
that has b..eo s.nctione,, has been ala
its strike ,cneat 10 the end M matter
how ,on, IN. ,.r,,.a ~as Th., .,r,l..
hay. hoo, l... num.rous Ia :, ,,,hn,.
10 the en,eicncv NJ IN. ..,x,c. n, m.
orran,za,i,n thr,uch n. arbitration
and mutual ,dIns,m.n, ,o,,c,
This u,,o,, I.s wo, a s,.na,,c M,
only In the labor world I'm, In m.
shoe xorh, ~. ar. recorn,z.a 81.
factor and NOR. th., ,h., "a. arc -.
,pec,s.i n. . ,.hor ory.n,z.,ion who..
vor,, an, cc,,r>c, cen H., a.,.,,..,
urop. and this I'm it.e,f \. an asset NJ
M mesn vain. 10, ~hs, os n ,.,,,.
orr>nt.. tion we ~ so,,,lsd IN IN. -.
spect Of nm. emp,oyer both ls,.aus. az
our di.r,oS,,ion and our .,r.ny,h ~.
ARE q long v.v ON the mad toward .
satisfactory adjustment Of suy honest
difference of opinion
What docs this unioo need far thu
futurpf II needs the undiy ,,iei sun.
mort Of the shoe workeu With ,h.,
.upnort n e.n On IN In he,rh,. NJ .uc.
ces, not vet attained. lts seryic. I'm
the mast has been valuable It's ac-
complishmepts vreat hut II this union
IL given the entire and undivided sun.
mort Of the shoe worker. tn nrocyrs.
viii he still more rapSd. tts achieve
meuts still more great. and the s,renrth
Of Its position for the gaining OF fur.
Their advantages for the shoe workery
Of the present and future will be RAD
Idly augmented, and the industrial po-
sition OF this union will become more
and more impregnable.
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