The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08

upon I'd strike in sympathy whenever
there Is 4 local dispute in, say, the
building trades. Such a condition Is In
tolerable In the telegraph service. We
therefore say to our employees: III you
come to work for u.s. you must forego
the strike, but in order that you may
have FULL representation, you may either,
through the organization of the Western
Union employees, bring your controversy
or dispute to the Arbitration Court pro-
vided between the company and the as
ISOLATION, or you may come individually,
or you may join any society or union,
and we will be glad 10 see you or any Of
the members of such societies or unions
in our employ. provided they forego the
use Of the strike
Unions President in Dilemma.
when the Postma ster-General az
sumed the operation OF the wires he
directed that there should be no dis
elimination against members OF any
union or society, and this assurance, the
Telegraphers Union. which employs the
strike both alphabetically for others
and for their own use as well. al a
means Of settling wage disputes has
had free field to solicit 1000 OF our
employees to Join. The total member
ship here and In Canada Is about $500.
Some of the radical element have beer
prodding and pushing the president OF
the union to do something. They have
built fires behind him and on all sides OF
him and he has had no alternative but
to take to the water in order to save his
Job
The net result OF what this union
has done would not be noticed were II
not for the publicity that the press has
given II, out of all proportion TO the
Importance OF the affair, for they have
been unable to call out OF the Western
Union as many employees as represent
our daily turnover-that IL. the number
that is coming and going in our largt
force. The Western Union has no In
tention of waglng any war on any unior
activities. We have thousands of mer
holding membership In various unions
but the reason why we particularly EN-
phasize the Operators Union and de
mand that they do not belong to n strik
| ing union Is because the operator Is thu
only employee essential for continuity
of service
THE company has no intention o.
dealing harshly with those who hav,
Joined the Telegraphers Union The
were given this right by the Postmaster
General and the few who have enrolled
in 1t have a right to membership. Blu
| WHICH, an eTlplONee OF n MEMBER OF tni
Western Union leaves the service To-
the object of destroying II. he has don,
an objectionable thing. and he canno
work for the Western Union again.
II look with complacency on the de
cision Of the Teegraphers Union to d,
something more than threaten. The,
have been making what the German
call "A fist in the pocket for a year
| said year ago when they threatened
to strike that there would be no strike
because | knew the temper of QUE EN-
ployees and that the union had no con
troll over them. / say to you now tina
there will be no impairment of the tele
graph service through their efforts Il
| embarrass and destroy it. | am yer,
sorry that some of our people have beef
misled by false promises. but the few
who have Joined this silly effort hav,
cone so with their eyes open. They hav
lost their Jobs, they have lost thei
accrued benefits and any benefits tina
| are to come.
"Only the other afternoon a committee
from the board Of directors of the West
ern Union and committee from tn
employees met for a discussion of prof
sharing. This Is one of the expression
OF the friendly relations that exist be
tween the company and the orsaniza
ton OF its employees, who are repre-
sented by chapters all over the Unite
States Ours Is a homogeneous. famil
bent on improving the telegraph servic
and the material interests of both tn
capital invested and the labor tina
makes that capital effective"