The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-11
BIG UNION LABEL
 CONTEST STARTED
 BY BAKERS UNION
Ten Cash Awards to Be Made to Collectors of the Greatest
 Numbers.
ALSO TO HOLD A DANCE
Master Bakers Who Still Oppose Union Feeling Effects of
 Opposition Strongly.

When it comes to putting things over right the Bakery and Confectionery Workers, Local No. II, of New Ha- ven, is surely there" This has been evidenced by the pep that has -been manifested in its strike campaign, in which the Local has had the valuable assistance of Cris Kirker, organizer from the International at Chicago. The latest demonstration of wide awake activity on the part of the union comes in the nature of union label contest which is bound to prove a great additional incentive in creating de- mand for union label bread. According to the announcement sent out by the Local there are to be five awards made to the persons collecting the greatest number of the union labels attached to union made bread, as follows:
 First, $25; second, two awards each of $15; third, two awards each of $1O; fourth, five awards each of $5.
 It will be seen that there are really 10 awards, each of them well worth hustling for and from now on there will be whole lot of people, union and non union members, hustling for the bakers union label.
 No bread salesma nor baker will be permitted to take part in the contest so nobody who might be considered to have an unfair advantage will be par ticipants. Everybody has an equal op- portuntiy and it IS up to every union man, woman and child, together with all friends of organized labor to start col lecting labels with a vim.
 It is we'll, in conjunction with this contest, to remember that the label of the Bakers union stands for more than
 
 guarantee that the products coming from shop using it are made under sanitary conditions by workrnen who are in proper physical health for mem bers of the Bakers union are obliged to have and maintain clean bill of health in order to work. The dread disease of tuberculosis, which was not uncommon among bakers before the union took up it's activities in this di- recfion. finds no place in bakeshon employing union men, The same Is true of all other diseases which are a real menace to the consumers of bakery turned out by men affiliated with these ills
 The Bakers union, it should also be remembered, Is responsible for the, doom of the basement bakery, unsani- tary and dirty, which was legislated out ci existence as result of the activities Of this organization.
 From the standpoint of health alone, then. the Bakers label means much to the general public. It alos stands for humane treatment, a living wage, an eight hour day and the abolition of Sum- day work.
 The awards in the Union Label con- test will be made at the Bakers Unity Dance which is to be held at Herman Sons hall, Crown street, November Is, an event which IS sure to be a rOusing success and thoroughly enjoyable for all who attend.
 That the few master bakers still fighting the union are being hard hit is evidenced by the reports being received by the union. Stores which have been carrying non-union bread rather than the union brands are steadily pulling away from the non-union, due to the insistent demand for bread bearing the union label. Several stores which dis covered that they were losing the trade of many of their union customers because of their insistence upon sticking to non-union bread are now enthusiastic boosters of the label product.
 The s. $. Thompson Company re- mains the unions most aggressive an- ,tagonist and 1t Is reported that among many of the stores formerly handling that concerns product the slogan has changed from Demand Thompson's Bread to Demand the Union Label" There is plenty of good union made bread on the market in New Haven these days and there is no excuse for any store keeper to refuse to handle it.
 In union circles there is a strong be- lief that the strike is nearing a close with a complete victory for the union in sight.