The Connecticut labor press., 1920-10-09
BAKERS d.
SIGN UP MORE
LARGE CONCERNS
Kohlman System of New Haven
~ and Bake Rite of Ansonia,
Derby, Shelton.
GAINING EVERY DAY
Appreciation Expressed for Co
Operation Of Other Unions
and The Labor Press.

and The Labor Press.
Few strikes that New Haven has had
have been conducted with such inte1li-
gence and lack of lntoward incident as
that of Bakers Local, No. II, now rap
idly approaching complete success.
It has been absolutely devoid of any
thing approaching violence and the ap-
peal to the public for support has been
so honestly made that it has won for
the organization support from the
public that is nothing short of remark
able
This is indicated by the falling off in
the demand for non-union bread IN
particular, it being reported that one
large concern is now selling 1000 loaves
q day less than it did when it began its
hight against the union. The same thing
IS IN evidence among the other few
flrrns still remaining unorganized and
extends to other bakery products be-
sides bread.
The contest, which gives 500 In
awards to the persons saying the great
est number of union labels from bread.
IS gaining In popularity every day and
keen rivalry has sprung up among the
contestants. This naturally aids mater
1aily IN creating a demand for the
union label bread even among others
than members of organized labor.
The following communication from
the organization outlines the present
situation and expresses the appreciation
felt BY the local for the valuable assist
ance given to 1t by members of other
unions and by The Labor Press:
Bakers Union No. IL of New Ha-
ven made further progress during the
past week by succeeding In signing up
the kohlHan System of Bakeries IN
New Haven and the Bake-Rite System
OF bakeries about to go into operation
IN Ansonla, Seymour, Derby and Shell
ton. At the rate the New Haven
bakery workers are travelling il will
mean only matter of time when thev
VIII be hundred per cent. orpaniza-
tion in the city and its surroundings.
Ever since Organizer Chris. Kerker
OF Chicago has been In the civ fhe
Bakers union, which had been forced
on strike by the action of the Master
Bakers Association last May. took a
step forward. Gradually. one after an
other, the bosses made peace with the
union and the union label began again
to appear upon their bread stronger
than ever, which makes it evident that
the union label is the only weapon to
WELD for collective bargaining and the
establishment of Industrial democracy
in the baking industry.
Ever since the large baking concerns
IN the city known as the I. L. Gilbert
Baking Co., local branch of the New
England Baking Co., and the Blanch-
ard and Emanuelson baking companies,
NO 1,<1, Al.
local branch of the Massachusetts, Bak-
ing Co, signed up Local Union No. IL
became entrenched and can saw there
IS no longer an excuse that union labeled
bread cannot be had for these concerns
are prepared to deliver union-made or
unionlabeled bread to any part of the
city or state. The only concerns that
remain antagonistic to the just claims of
the Bakers union are the S. S. Thomp-
son Baking Company, the Root Baking
& catering Company, Harrington, Kelly,
Beck and Chamberlain's bakeries, hence
their products are non-union made.
Organizer Kerker will in the near
future devote his energies to other local
tiles but will keep in close touch with
the local situation. Brother Woedtke
of Local No. IL has just returned from
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended the
international convention of the Bakery
and Confectionery Workers Interna-
tional Union, which went on record to
assist Local Ne. III, financially and NOR
ally, until the battle for the right of
organization, collective bargaining and
human treatment in New Haven is won.
Brother kerker In preparing for his
departure has not forgotten the splen-
did assistance and cooperation that he
labor of New Haven and surrounding
towns in the demand for union labeled
bread. Had it not been for this noble
act of labor the success that met the
efforts of the officers and members of
Local No. II, together with his work,
would not have been so pleasant !;
therefore in behalf of the members of
the Bakery and Confectionery Work
.ers' International Union of America, he
thanks you and The Labor Press for
the cooperation and assistance rendered
in. the hour of need and shall highly
appreciate whatever you may do in the
near future to bring Local No. IL to
its ultimate goal
The members of the New Haven
Bakers Local will continue more en-
thusiasticaly and more energetically its
battle against the non-union shops than
ever and with the cooperation and
assistance of the respective members of
Organized Labor in demanding the
union label on bread there can be but
one outcome for the bakers of New
Haven and that is that they will sue
ceed in unionizing all of the bakeries
of New Haven county. The local then
being one hundred per cent. organized
you can rap at their door IN time of
need and they, knowing what strike
or lockout means, will stand ready to
assist you in your cause IN any shape,
manner or form, and secondly you need
not fear that you will find empty chairs
to talk to. We must at all times remem-
Der that the enemy is trying to annihili-
ate the smaller organizations and when
they have accomplished this aim then
they will place their attack upon the
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