Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05
BY ED. ANDERSON
observation-disclosures Colorado State Fed
Grafton of LaborD

Colorado state + ed
eration of LaborO
The twenty-second annual conven-
ton of the Colorado State Federation
of Labor will convene in Boulder on
Monday, August 6, 1917. The recent
referendum vote to change the date
from August 13, to August 6, having
carried with only five dissenting votes.
From the interest which is being man
ifested by our affiliated organizations
this will be one of the most important
as well as the largest attended con-
ventions ever held in the history of
the Federation.
Applications for affiliation are be-
ing received at this Office at about the
rate of one day, and the report OF
the number of affiliations received
during the year which will be sub
mitted to the delegates to that con-
vention will be the largest ever sub
mitted to any convention of the Fed
Grafton, with possibly one exception.
The number of crafts whose member
ship of locals in the state are not
ninety-five per cent affiliated with the
state central body can be counted on
less than the fingers of a single hand,
and this number is rapidly diminish
ing. and it will only be a short time
until all labor organizations in the
state will be able to claim membership
in the State Federation Of Labor.
Spirit of Organization
am also of the opinion that the re-
port of per capita membership sub
mitted TO the coming convention will
/ be the largest in the history of the
/ Federation. Nearly all local unions
are reporting an increased member
ship which, with the increased number
/ of locals affiliated, should swell the
membership to as large or larger num-
/ Der than ever before affiliated with
the state organization.
The spirit for organization was
never so strongly manifested as at the
present time. The opportunity for
organizing the unorganized is only
limited by the time and finances nee
essary to do the work. 1t would seem
that the increased cost of living, and
the recent advances received by the
members of organized labor, thru their
collective efforts, which advances have
not as a rule been granted the unor-
ganized have convinced them as moth
ing else could that only by united ac-
ton, as an organized body, can they
expect to secure a living wage and
fair working conditions.
Many New Unions Formed.
Several new local unions have been
organized in Denver during the past
month, with several more in process
of formation. Reports from over the
state contain the information that the
desire for organization is not entirely
confined TO the workers of the capitol
city, but that the unorganized toilers
thruout this entire jurisdiction have
been brought TO realize that only by
joining themselves together into ar
organization of their craft can they
hope to be able to act as unit anC
secure a just part of that which they
produce.
Reports from Boulder show severa,
new unions organized, with severa,
more on the way, and when the TWEEN.
ty-second annual convention of the
Federation is called TO order in the
University city next August there
will be larger delegation of unior
men to greet the visiting delegates
than was ever dreamed of year ago
This shows what agitation and educa.
ton can do.
At the last convention in Colorado
Springs when Brother Dennhardt
placed Boulder in nomination for the
next convention city he could only
claim one small union, few in mum.
bers, but by constant agitation among
the working men of that city the few
faithful members of that one loca'
has spread the spirit of organization
until Boulder will compare very favor.
ably with any city in the state in the
way of organized working men anc
women.
To Issue Souvenir Edition.
The Denver Labor Bulletin is al
work on n souvenir convention num-
Der in honor of the twenty-second an
lnual convention of the Colorado State
Federation of Labor and the annua
convention of the international Typo
graphical Union, which convenes il
Colorado Springs the following week
which will be n masterpiece of its
kind and will advertise our convention
in way nothing else could. On ac'
count of the action of the last conven'