The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-30
TROUBLE I |. ] MAKERS l I
keep UP STRIFE
Interfere with Cordial Relations
Between i. Building d !! Employers
and Employees.

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employees standing out for 81 an hour
and recognition of the union, and the
employers, with the exception Of John
Hogan, who refused to abide by their
decision, standing just as firmly for
| shop. - =
Run to Their Masters.
During all of these negotiations,
| the master painters have consulted
| and advised with the officers of the
Citizens Alliance and counsel ana al
vice have been freely given them.
| BY the action they have taken. in
cooperating with the Citizens ALI
ance. in the endeavor to reduce the
cost of building to more reasonable
| basis, and also to establish open shop
conditions, the master painters have
earned the right to the moral and
material support Of every member of
the alliance and they should receive it.
Not all of the painters in town are
members of the Master Painters as
ISOLATION, and not all of them are op-
Grating under the so cents scale and
open shop conditions. Before you have
any painting or papering done find
out who the concerns are that have
| made it possible to reduce your paint
| ing and papering bills, and then give
them your business. II you don't know
how to find out, call up the Alliance,
| Melrose 1881 and it will inform you.
And They Do Good Work.
/ 1--WE understand there are many in
dividual painters who ere seeking
painting jobs, and that some Of them
with the view in end of compelling the
master painters, to surrender to the
demands made on them are offering
to do Jobs at very low figures.
"But you should bear in mind that
it is only the DID,, esta blished firms
| that have regulations and financial
responsibility behind. them, who can
give assurance to you that first class
material and workmanship will be
furnished, and it should also be borne
in mind that such firms carry insur-
| ance on their workmen, as a protec-
ton against accidents. and that in
uO1AAAA9 Wall 'O4N', V1teAOA10AAOA 4AA AlA0 you
are not mourning possible loss from
the filing Of mechanics liens.
| Will Eat Crow Yet.
1.-THE action OF the master painters
in standing out for the open shop now
puts Duluth substantially on the open
shop basis. in building trades lines,
But it is one thing to get on an open
shop basis and: It is another thing to
| stay there. Thet way to stay there is
to put up with some Inconvenience
and temporary loss yourself, If neces-
sary, until open shop conditions are
firmly established. -.
| Remember that every one Of these
contractors, INF order to bring about
such conditions. that would reduce
your building costs permanently, and
put Duluth on such an industrial basis
as will permit her to thrive and grow.
has let his entire force of workmen
walk out. He has, Temporarily,
wrecked his business, he is taking vol
UNFAIRLY. big losses every day, and,
largely that you and the city might
profit.
They Discourage Building.
ut will take time to build up his
force again. Don't crowd him. Com
mend him for the action he has taken
give him your order, but tell him you
will wait all summer, if it is necessary
in order to have it done on the open
shop basis. How much difference will
it make to you if that bedroom is moi
papered or the living room not
painted, for the next few weeks, az
compared to the possibility of Duluth
slumping back into the closed shop
conditions.
IF you want open shop conditions
and, presumably, that is the reason
you Joined this organization, do some.
thing besides signing a constitution
and bylaws, and paying your annual
dues to bring those conditions about
Put up with some of. the inconven-
fence, take part of the loss yourself
don't load it all on the contractor. And
it is we'll worth your while to do so
as is evidenced by the results we have
already obtained.
Reduction is a Joke.
"The fact that the unions in every
building trades line. except the car.
penters, have stood out for the old
scale shows that, except for the fight
the Alliance put up for a reduced
scale, the property. owners Of Duluth
would have had to pay 20 per cent
more than they are now paying, fol
every dollars worth Of building an6
repairs that will be done in the city
this season.
Even with the small amount Of
building that will be done, the saw
to many times the total contributions
that have been made ito support the
Alliance, and the saving for the future
that will result, from having estab.
lished open shop conditions will be
incalculable."