The labor world., 1922-07-22
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=: !. Federation CONVENTION.
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Be helpful in maintaining our, move
ment as we'll as offsetting thesefforts
Of those interested in the destruction
Of every organization, or at least
make them ineffective. And we hope
ia laying this report together with
- such recommendation by: the Yarf-
Gus committees that every consider
alton will be given them in the hopes
that at as early q date as possible
the movement of our state may, step
forward and recover any lost ground
which may have been lost through
the dissolution of unions or the re
ducins Of members. and T. cannot
help but feel that if the delegates
to this convention will outline, a con-
structive program and then upon
their reutrn to their respective home
cities will arouse that interest among
the membership which Is SO neces-
sary in order that we may make
progress, !: will be but short time
before those associations WHO are
determined 70 misrepresent our
movement among our members as
we'll as among the employers that
their efforts TO destroy us .cal!not~
but fail and we. will. become more
firmly entrenched In behalf of labor
than we ever have been In the his
tory Of our movement.
Organization Work. =.
"Since our last convention owing
to the industrial condition with the
large army Of men and women un-
employed, very little can. be said as
to our success in new organization.
work. However, several new. organ
izations were formed. The job. that.
seemed ahead of us, due largely to
a lack of interest as we'll as .realiza-
ton, was that in the organization Of
the organized. We determined that
the task of reviving interest among
the membership as well as in the
unions, the necessity of maintaining
as near a hundred per cent of their
mem bership as was possible, and I
am pleased to report, and think I
can say without fear of cOntradic-
ton, that the loss in membership,
and this is not due to the inactivity
Of either the State Federation of La
officers, will show as small 9 per-
centage. as will any state branch.
II recommend that the !. central
body in every community appoint or
select special organizations COM
mittee for the purpose Of organizing
ion - cfi inn 4 Ia "a ~ nd
bring in the unOrganized men and
women into the movement: in their
respective communities: that the Of
ficers of the federation. be instructed
to render every corporations. possible
that the best results may be- obtained.
II this can be done through most
active committees who. realize the
Importance of q movement OF this
kind. we can come to the next con-
ventiOn fully recovered from any
losses in membership which the
movement of Minnesota may have
suffered and even stronger II we but
make up our minds. ,,,.r,
II want to say frankly that If the
individuals that go to. make zap our
portance Of applying to the. union
shop and their employees in the de-
nlanding Of the union label, ,, work
ing button, etc.. yes, even insist on
the membership card of those 40 or
more organizations that have not
vet adopted an emblem, that there
is no organization or association of
employers that could offset the
growth Of our mOvem ent. And why
not try and see If the educational
work which the label trades depart
ment is trying to carry on could not
be made more effective, and my ,sug-
gestion is that label committee
should be appointed in, every, local
union of at least three, and label
departm ents in every central body
for the purpose of propagating a
greater agitation for the products
of the union shop. ,,i
I'VE distributed. number, Of thou
sands of pamphlets furnished US by
the union label trades department..
We also sent to every city where we
have organizations in the state.
card to display in the hall: and other
places where they would do the most
good, these together with other dis
play advertising sent by national and
international unions no doubt has
been helpful, but I recommend that
the executive council, during the
coming year, as far as finances will
permit, give as much attention. as
possible in preparing and disseminat-
ing literature which will tend to In
terest the members and friends OF
our movemen in the spending Of their
earnings in the purchasing. and en-
ployinE of members Of our moveme ent