The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-06-18
$4,000 WORKERS
WIN =L0NC*F|CHT
new: YORK CITY
Twenty-tour Week Lockout Of
Garment Makers Ends in :.
Complete Victory. !;

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NEW YORK, June 16.-The great
est victory ever won by organized
labor in the needle trades was won
June by the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers when the Clothi:- Manufac-
turers' Association Of New York, Inc.,,,
ended the "a weeks lockout in the
mems clothing industry by signing an
agreement with the union. The terms
of the agreement were ratified by mass
meetings of locked-out workers. I'm
der the terms Of the agreement the
New York clothing industry will con-
t1nue to be operated upon the union
shop: basis. Over $4,000 workers
share in the victory which is regarded
as a death blow to the open shop
movement in this industry.
Even when injunctions against pick
citing were secured the strike breakers
did not materialize. In desperation
the manufacturers attempted to open
non-nuion shops in Springfield, SYRIA
cuse, and other cities. The union fol-
lowed. these shops out of town and
they were soon shut down.
The loyalty Of the clothing work.
ers has endured the supreme test"
said Sidney Hillman, president of the
'Amalgamated Clothing Workers. 1.-THE
manufacturers chose a. time of wide
spread unemployment to conduct a
understanding campaign. They be-
lieved that the clothing workers who
had been on the streets for MANY
months could be quickly beaten into
submission, but they reckoned with
out the Amalgamated spirit. Our peo-
pie have come out of the sweat shop
and they will not go back. Their
victory should be an incentive to all
organized labor in America to fight
the open shop movement
The cost of the lockout to the union
was approximately 100000. The
clothing workers throughout the
United States and Canada assessed
themselves over $1,300,OO0 in support
of the International Lockout. Resist
ance Fund. This is the largest amount
ever raised by a single union for strike
relief in the history of American Ia
Dor, with the exception of the print
ers' eight-hour strike in 1906. In
spite of this heavy drain, the union
is financially stronger today than it
was when the lockout began. The
union also established seven retail
stores at which it's members could
purchase goods at cost. with special
union currency.
l. Public sympathy has been with the
union in its struggle because of the
~ IN g.
NIT to an impartial investigation and
because the union accepted the medi-
alton offer Of the New York state in
dustrial commission while the. manu-
facturers refused. A novel and dis
tlnctly Influential factor in creating
support for the unions position was
the. Report to the Public" by the
impartial chairman of the market, DIR.
william M. LeisersOn. DR.. Leiserson
strongly condemned the manufacture
ers for starting the lockout and de-
clared that they had been misled by
small group Of irreconcilables and a
lawyer agitator. Subsequent events
proved his analysis entirely sound.
"A small group of manufacturers
headed by William A. Bandler has
Withdrawn from the large manufac-
turers' body and is continuing the
battle against the Amalgamated. The
attorney for this "bitter- ender' group
is Harry Gordon, labor batter" who
was charged with the chief response
bility for starting the. lockout. The
surviving group of malcontents does
not represent more than seven per
cent of the New York market, but
efforts are being made through an
extensive campaign to create the i'm
preston that this rapidly dwindling
war party represents the manufac-
turers. AS matter of fact not more
than 5000 workers are employed by
the remaining war party" and the
unions fight will go on until they
reach an agreement with the union.
The Bandler-Gordon group is only
forlorn hope. The victory of the
union is virtually complete.
The Agreement.
l. A board of arbitration is estab-
lished in which is vested the admin
istration of the new agreement. The
board is to be composed Of three men,
bers-one representative Of the union.
one representative of the association
and third member Jointly, selected
who shall be known as the impartial
chairman.
2. The principle of the union shop
is to prevail.
3. The hours Of work are to be
a. per week. y,
4. In each shop group, standards
OF production will be determined for
each operation by representatives of
the union and the, employers
5. A joint committee Of the union
and the association will determine the
scale Of wages. When this scale il