New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
Bosses and Workers Agree
on Value OF Collective
Bargaining and Strive to
End Unrest, Report Shows
WASHINGTON April 2e.-The Gin

WASHINGTON April 26.-The GIN
sns.rial revolution in England" is de-
scribed in report Of the Employers
Industrial Commission OF The Depart
uent of iahor which spent several
weeks investigating conditions in Great
RETAIN. The report was presented to
secretary OF labor Wilson, through
eooer ". Rabson, director general of
he Information and Education Service
If the Department OF Labor. under
hose direction ne commission was
.ent 10 Europe for the purpose of
sudviug industrial unrest, the methods
employed TO anay it and the general
s.titude Of labor and capital in Europe
nm the problems o. postwar economic
reconstruction.
The commission is composed of F.
Gundlach. of Chicago; Il. j. Cald-
Well. Dorr f. Felt, president of the Ilii-
nois Manufacturers Association; Will
am II lngersoll, of New York, and r..
r Otis, president of the Real Estate
Board Of Atlanta. Ga.
Ths commission states that the out
standing fact of the recent labor I'M
rest in England is the general recog-
collective bargaining between employ
crs and employees as the basis of solv-
tng Industrial conflicts and averting q
social cAiac'N sm.
The shop Stewards
The commission descrihes in detail
.se de1eapm ia the recent labor
troubles in Dteat britain, the estah-
lshmant at che system Of industrial
councils ST empeXers and employees,
4Assd upon this recommendation of the
sa-eaiiei Whitley reports, the shop
steward movement, which fer tlme
mealened ia undermine the classic
ladv uHiaN organizations &C ENGLAND,
ihs spifit ef uoisheVism, which rAised
ts h.ed r.esNtA hat which seems ia
aeys nsat sAhNNea by tho Intelligent
.eAneiatirn of }NRitAh lAhof Aud the
esvsihW.Nt and tha hew tehdeheles
asw sHersN a Wofk Within tho bfit
ish working tiasa far larger share
N tbs rintveds &C industry, ureater
economic seturitV and wider opportu-
mites for eiaure, education and the
enjoyment OF life.
The startling feature Of the repo rt
is the faai that both the british pov-
eminent and the leuding industrial
spirite Of the country have recognized
the Justice of abor's claims and are
striving conscientiousiy to carry out
q comprehensive programme Of social
reconstruction to do away with exist
ing industrial evils and at the same
time avert the social catastrophe of
Russia.
Collective bargaining
The chief findings of the comm ission
are summarized as follows:
1. Employers in Great Britain gen.
orally recognize the desirablity of
bargaining collectively with labor.
O. Employers nearly all agree that
collective bargaining should always
be undertaken between associations
Of employers and the regularly es-
tablished well-organized trade
unions.
While many manufacturers well
come organizations of workmen In
their factories (shops or works COM
mittee), they want TO limit the
activities Of such bodies to purely
leca. grievances, and desire that the
committee members come under the
discipline of their unions.
3. Most employers freely recog-
ME the right of labor to organize;
they regard organization as greatly
contributing to the stability of in
dustry. Some large manufacturers
declare that they wish to see every
workman within the unions, so that
they must all come under organiza-
ton control. Others feel that 100
per cent organization might lead to