Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-23


To All Affiliated Unions, Greeting:
You are hereby notified that, in pur-
suance of the constitution of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, the thirty
sixth annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor will be held at the
Lyric, Baltimore, Nd, beginning 10
o'clock Monday morning, November l3,
1916. and will continue in session from
day TO day until the business of the
convention has been completed.
Representation.
Representation in the convention will
be on the following basis: From ma
tional or international unions, for less
than 1000 members, one delegate; 1000
or more, two delegates; 5000 or more,
three delegates; 10000 or more, four
delegates; $4,000 or more, five delegates;
Ga 900 or more, six delegates; 12S,000 or
more, seven delegates, and SO on; and
from central bodies and state fedora.
tions, and from local trade unions not
having a national or International un-
ion, and from federal labor unions, one
delegate.
Organizations to be entitled to repre-
sentation must have obtained a certifi-
cate of affiliation tcharter), at least
one month prior to the convention; and
no person will be recognized as a dele
gate who is not a member in good stand
ing of the organization he is elected to
represent.
Only bona fide wage workers, who are
not members of, or eligible to member
ship in other trade unions are eligible
as delegates from federal labor unions.
Delegates must be selected at least
two weeks previous to the convention,
and their names forwarded to the Sec
retary of the American Federation of
Labor Immediately after their election.
Delegates are not entitled to seats in
the convention unlesa the tax of their
organization has been paid in full to
September 80, 1915.
Subjects Vital to Labor.
1t is, of course, entirely unnecessary
here to enumerate all the important
subjects with which our Forthcoming
convention will concern itself, but the
reminder is not at all amiss that every
effort must be made to broaden the field
and means for the organization of the
yet unorganized workers, to strive to
bring about more effectually than ever
better day in the lives and homes OF
the toilers, to defend and maintain by
every honorable means in our power the
right to organize for our common de-
fense and advancement, for the exercise
of our normal and constitutional activi-
ties to protect and promote the rights
and interests of the workers; and tc
assert at any risk the freedom of speech
and of the press and the equal rights
before the law of every worker with
every other citizen; to aid our fellow
! inc ha
made by labor's enemies to entangle the
workers in the meshes of litigation be
fore the courts in the several states; tc
arouse our fellow workers and fellow
citizens to the danger which threatens tc
curb or take away their guaranteed
rights and freedom; the tremendous
conflict now being waged in Europe and
its possible consequences and results, not
only upon the people of European coun'
tries but upon the people of America, as
well as on the whole civilized world
must of necessity receive the deepest
solicitous consideration of the working
people of Americas How and what fur
ther action can be taken by the Ameri-
can labor movement to help bring about
an early peace among the warning ma.
tions of Europe; how that peace can be
secured with the establishment and
Iiain'eIance VI JUSTICE, iIeeuoh, an.
brotherhood the world over. These and
other great questions of equal import
ance will, of necessity, occupy the atten-
tion of the Baltimore convention.
Therefore the importance of our move
,nent, the duty of the hour and for the
future, demand that every organization
entitled to representation shall send its
full quota of delegates to the Balti.
more convention, November l3, 1915.
Do not allow fayoritism to influences