Arizona republican., 1920-10-07

to force down wages below an equit- l able basis, or to take advantage of any situation which shall work hard | ship or an injustice upon working | men. Under the open shop principle. l every man is permitted to labor under circumstances which are best for him l He shall not be intimidated or coerced ! by other workmen or by his employer. He shall receive a just compensation for the work that he actually per forms. based upon his individual abil- ity, the demand for the product which is the fruit of his labor. and still fur ther by the current cost of maintain
 ing him and his family. It is obvious. therefore. that 1t would be unjust for
 this association to adopt a fixed wage
 scale or to recognize a wage scale fixed by an organization of employers or employees, since living conditions change. mems abilities vary. and em- ployers' needs often justify wage at
 variance with previous arrangements.
 For these reasons the board of arbi tration of this association shall acu as an adjuster intermediary between employer or employe to the end that no
 injustice shall b0 perpetrated upon
 either, and in all cases that the public shah be justly and continuously
 served. It is expected that this method of settling industrial differences in
 Phoenix will be found to be as effica- ! cious here as it has been in other places where the open shop has taken | the place of the arbitrary closed shop, | wAich served only the selfish purpose | of a small percentage of the popula- | tion.
 Under this plan a workman or a
 group of workmen may make a request | for wage increases or an adjustment of working conditions, and after a thorough and impartial consideration and investigation by the board, their findings will constitute a basis for the
 settlement of the difference without
 recourse to strikes, picketing or other
 disturbances which always work a
 hardship not only upon the employer
 and employe, but upon the public as
 well.
 "The policy of this association is in
 accord with the nation wide campaign for industrial freedom and the open
 shop which is daily sweeping into its ranks city after city which has been hitherto under the domination of the closed shop, with it's walking delegates business agents, sympathetic strikes boycotts, and general unrest. Origin ally the purpose of this organization was to do away with the operation of the iniquitous building trades card. SC that all mechanics who desired to work could do so unhampered by business agents or other craftsmen and that the big improvements necessary to the
 growth and expansion of Phoentz might go forward unhindered. Tha' the association has succeeded in its purpose is evident on every hand During the fiscal year just ended almost S5,00o.0o0 worth of buildlng' have been erected or are in process oi construction To carry forward thi: big building progress was a task of nC small proportions, and it was only ac- \ complisbed by advertising to the worlC that Phoenix was an open shop city where the honest workman could SC cure work, at wages in proportion t' his abilities. Workmen were brough in from various points through th' \ efforts of the association who wer' glad and willing to work on the opei
 shop plan. and in many cases thes workmen have brought their familie and many of them have purchase' N homes.
 "Contractors who had formerly oper
 ated closed shops now operate opel
 shops. and find that the personnel an
 efficiency of their workmen is far su
 perior to that which obtained unde v closed shop conditions. The efficien