The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-22
"OPEN SHOP" IS OPPOSED
BY LARGE EMPLOYER, WHO DECLARES MERCENARIES BACK
THE MOVEMENT FOR GAIN AND NOT FOR
PUBLICS GOOD
Insists That Intelligent Employers Should Encourage Labor Organizations
and Deal With Them Fairly and Freely

strong, intelligent and well-organ-
lied trade union movement.
Industry owes an everlasting debt
of gratitude to the conservative mem
bers of organized labor" he contin-
ued. "These leaders have, by sensible
and reasonable elements in their
ranks, and as soon as the present la
Dor movement is repudiated we will
really learn what hell is.
"The best way to deal with organ
lied labor is to work with and not
against it. Collective bargaining,
which the so-called American plan
seeks to suppress, is the cornerstone
of organized labor Collective bar
gaining is the only practical proposal
for adjusting relations between the
managers and the workers, securing
fair deal to both sides. There are
always two sides to an argument. In
dustrial peace can be secured only
by the righting of the wrongs suf-
fered by the workers. If the body
of workers has a grievance it can
be adjusted only through cooperation
between the employer and the en-
ployes' representatives As all can
not meet the employer at one time,
it is necessary for the men to select
representatives to carry out their will
as expressed collectively. This right
is identical with that always held by
the employer and never challenged
by the laws or the public"
Pointing out that labor is always
patriotic and that it had just recently
worked earnestly, honestly, efficient
ly and unselfshly for the passage of
legislation supported by the chamber
Mr.. Remmers sounded this warming
Labor does not easily forget. 1t is
ever vigilant, and sometimes resent
full and vindictive The continuation
of cumulative resolutions on this sub
ject will definitely stamp this cham
Der as an enemy of labor, and all
academic words and sophomore ex-
pressions will not change the opinion
of labor Loud denials will not help;
neither will be lamentations of Jere-
miah be heard Let US not play with
fire by attempting to suppress orderly
evolution To do so means revolu-
! ton. Let US retain the good will of
our neighbors-we might need them
for greater things in the future"
Mr.. Hansen told the Ohio electrical
contractors and dealers that were it
not for organization they would not
be there. He regarded it as incon-
sistent, to say the least, for organiza-
tion of employers to condemn organl-
cations of employees. IF we admit
| of the laborer's right to organize, we
| then must not refuse to recognize his
organization" he said.
Were there no reasons for labor
organizations, he continued, they
would not exist Nothing can perpet-
uate itself over long series of years,
overcoming difficulties and warding
off bitter attacks, unless there is sub
stantial need of it. Employers, he
thought, are inclined to overlook this
fundamental fact. Were there not
greedy and merciless employers,
there would not be organizations OF
toilers, for labor unions came in re-
Spouse to a, bitter cry of the oppressed
for emancipation.
Labor unions are a God-send to
our industrial system" said Mr. Han
sen. "They may at times step on