The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
WALSH HERAlDS COMING ! !.
OF greater DEMOCRACY.
Great Labor Lawyer and Statesman Sends Labor
Day Message to American Workingmen and
l. Women-Holds Political Democracy is a ~
s. Delusion Without Industrial Democracy. /+f

pany shall he held, during the life of
this award, in some convenient pub
lie building in; the neighborhood Of the
plant to. be selected by the examiner
Of this board assigned TO- supervise
the execution Of this: award or, in
the case of his absence. by some i'm
partial person, resident: of Pittsb-
field, to be selected by such examiner.
Such examiner or his substitute shall
preside over the first and all subse-
quent elections during :he"life Of this
award, and have the power. to make
the proper regulations to secure alb
solute fairness:
'The duties Of the department COM
mittees shall be confined to the ad-
justr1ent of disputes which the shop
foremen and the division superintend-
ents and the employees have been un-
able to adjust
Industrial Autocrats Lose Power.
And this scheme Of democratic CO.
operation has been introduced by the
War Labor board in plant after plant
where an autocrat has heretofore
reigned supreme.
AAS9o uCpdII1uc41L CVlIlAlLtSSS, 10"
gether with the representative of the
employer with whom they melt, might
we'll be called the two houses of the
local or: state legislature Of this new
industrial democracy.
Here is the provision of the Fed
eral Congress"
1.-The department committees shall
meet annually and shall select from
among their number three employees
who shall be known as the committee
on appeals. This committee shall
meet with the management for the
purpose Of adjusting d;snuts which the
department: committees. have failed
to adjust -" =.
Clinches Collective Bargaining.
t. In practice this committee on ap:
peals will deal with many of the
broader questions of policy which af.
feet the shop as "a whole. Perhaps
this federal legislature'' might be
better likened to the English parIia:
ment, with its house of commons rep
resenting the. citizenry and its house
of lords representing vested privilege
than to our American forums of 1egis-
lation. But it is we'll here to remem-
Der that: the English house of lords
recently lost it's veto power over,those
measures most vitality affecting the
welfare of the people. -
The War Labor board by proclama.
ton OF the President, must institute
collective. bargaining in every case
/ which comes under its jurisdiction
f0r tic firsf 1orirooIo
THE right of workers to organize
trade unions and. to bargain collect:
lively. through chosen Representatives
is recognized and affirmed: This right
shall not he denied, abridged, or in
terfered with by the employers in any
manner Whatsoever
Government Is sympathetic.
Moreover. the: government does moi
wish the workers to be unrepresented;
it realizes that International welfare
demands the common sense and econ:
omy, the collective loyalty and col.
lective responsibility, which tree COZ.
: lective bargaining insures. It does
! not wish. to have industrial autocrats
in. this country who can say, kaiser.
like, TO- their employees: What yot
wish does not concern me- I do no
will it,"
With your aggressive assistance ]
believe the process Of democratizatior
will continue until there will remain
not one wage Garner in the country de-
prived of full voice in determining thu
conditions of his job and consequent,
of his life.