The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-09
MUD ABOLISH
mkER'S DREAD
f BLUE SLIP
sY lOF. EDWARD ALSWORTH
ROSS.
d1e University of Wisconsin.
fNtn sneciaIIY for the NJ. E. A..

me University OF Wisconsin.
TWIN specially for the NJ. {. A.
ABon, Wis, Feb. 5.-The fear of
los the job is perhaps the most
pro source of misery in the world
tod From conversations with wage
saF, one gathers that fear of find
lnse dread blu slip" in the pay
snpe really poisons life for null
Its. How can we lessen this fear?
public employee is protected in
vass ways against abrupt and un-
seed dismissal. In universities,
professor is usually given a years
ne, or else his salary is continued
Il least half a year. School boards,
htalS, churches and n-gainful
oiizing generally feel that it is in
ht to cut off a faithful servant
VOut giving reasonable time for him
tok around for another place. Even
riVate employers, professional men
casually not dismissed without
or less notice.
IT, in industry, the lack Of con-
ration for the worker found super
As is amazing. The average en-
er seems to give himself not the
ltest concern as to what is to be-
ault of his own. | have heard Of
RIM, long aware Of the necessity
surtailment, waiting till half an
before the evening whistle blew
ost a notice throwing hundreds of
out of a job for an indefinite time.
Tx to any workingman today as to
loss of job has meant to them.
1t tales of tramping the streets.
ing for work, you would hear; of
ing hither and thither on a ru-
that this firm or that is taking
1en; of returning night after night,
L out and discouraged, to an anX-
family; of the sharp cutting down
puSehold expenses, the begging of
il from butcher and grocer, the
owing of small sums from ones
les, the SCATTERING of the hope
plans for the children. Here are
tragedies. hundreds and thous-
of them a year in our larger cen
No wonder, among wage earners,
litter saying is rife: IA working
is a fool to have a wife and kids"
/ what of the far greater number
are employed continuously, but
are always worrying lest they
heir jobs without warning? So
Is this condition continues, there
resentment and unrest in the
of labor, no matter how reason
;he hours and pay.
inc a law which should entitle
tmissed employee, after a certain
Trial term, of say a month, to
dismissal wage for every TWEEN
s5ts in service. If he lost his job
aend of a year he would have
fat to look around in before his
il stopped. After two years ser
would have q month, after six
Tservice, three months. which
stand as the maximum. Up
tain point, the longer he made
4, his place the more secure he
weel, for the more ii would cost
h,loyer to turn him off without
ia his part. After a few years,
hid be quite free OF the dread
oblue slip. How fundamentally
will toll if he realizes that he
isng about his job a wall of pro-
teFhich will surVice change Of
70 or managers or owner
Irse. the man who fires him
sc persistent negligence or mis-
&C should get no dismissal wage.
Ace an INSCRIPTIONS employer
mnarge fault where there is none,
tIill have to he local boards to
hmplaints on this score
nploye who quit of his free
valid. of course, get no dismissal
VITO prevent soldering" to get
hi dismissed, would require SUI