The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-08-27
AN OFFICE WORKERS UNION

SuSIdGtoll VI LAW oSAS S~NN
idea replete with possibilities when
it approved the formation of an office
workers union when 10000 shall de-
sire it.
That, we consider, step in the
right direction-a step which has
been too long delaped The majority
Of office workers in the country and
especially those Of certain big cor
porations-have been forced to stand
increased costs with the same old pre-
war envelope.
Here is their chance The Amer
lean Federation of Labor offers it.
They can organize. They have the
opportunity Of affliating with most
influential labor organization in the
world BY such affliation they can
realize their demands for increased
wages, for they would then be able to
act in a concerted, united manner.
1t seems to US that it would not
take long for 10000 office workers to
get together on a request for the for
nation of a union of their craft.
The opportunity is theirs. Win
they take advantage Of it? Union
labor will welcome them to its arms.
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OPEN SHOPPERS IN THE OPEN
Open shop agitators are at last
dropping all pretense of friendiness
to trade unionism even IF they are
run RICH" and now frankly acknow-
ledge that their theory stands for in
dividual bargaining.
The chamber Of commerce of the
United States has taken the lead in
that movement. The chamber is sub
hitting to a referendum Of its affli-
ates a series of so-called labor prin-
ciples. Section two gives this clever
II phrased explanation Of the open
shop;
"The right of open shop operation
that is, the right Of employer and EN-.
ploye to enter into and determine tn.
conditions Of employment relation.
with each other, is an essential part O
1he individual right Of contract pos
sessed by each of the parties"
The above theory is supported By
Judge Gary Of the steel trust anc
other anti-trade unionists who refus,
to surrender their power over wage
earners. These employers talk big
on the legal right of individual bar
gaining, which no one denies The!
remain silent. however, on the legal
social and ethical right of workers t.
act together.
The United States chamber of com
nerce has stripped the so-callec
open" shop of all pretense, and il
now stands as it always was intended
% stand avowedly anti-trade union
However, in justice to the local
chamber Of commerce, be it said, we
are told that the referendum above re-
ferred to, has not been acted upon by
the local body.
E ~ F -
How long is Springdale pike or
Dixie highway to remain in it's pres
ent condition? Here is one Of the
nest important inlets to the city al
lowed to remain in an almost impas-
sable condition The residents along
this highway are indignant at the
seeming neglect Of those whose duty il
is to see that the job is completed, and
justly so. The contract for this job
was let more than a year ago and yet
today two machines can barely pass
each other on the road as far down
IS Ludlow avenue, and from there on
down to the city limits the road is
blocked The people living along
this highway certainly have kick
coming. Then there is Millville
avenue in about the same rut. A little
use Of galvanic fluid on somebody
might do some good.
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The republicans in this, the Second,
Fourth senatorial district, must be in
dire straits for timber If the nominee
selected was the best, what must the
ether fellow be?
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WHY NOT THE BIG FISH?
A New York grocer has been SEN
fenced to two years in the Atlanta
federal penitentiary, after having
haen found guilty Of purchasing sugar
in small lots and boarding it.
The grocer was guilty Of a serious
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