The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-28
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That trade unions are on the verge of a stronger and more vigorous growth than ever before in the his tory of the country is the conclusion of Roger Babson, statistician for Big Business. Recognizing this fact, MT. Babson gives word of advice to em- ployers.
 He stated that government by in junction and the attempt to disrupt labor will both fail, and the inevitable result will be that the wage earners will take a leaf from the employers book, organize more tightly and then probably will demand, and no doubt secure more than if the employer used common sense before it is too late.
 MT. Babson's article, published in his Bulletin, carries the/ picture of several clock faces to illustrate his points. The article is so interesting that 1t is reproduced in full, as fol- lows:
 Employers the country over have been swinging the tomahawk for the past I8 months The days for such activity are now drawing to a close. It IS time to think and reason What we mean is indicated by the clock face which appears on this page. It is now about o'clock industrial time.
 Eighteen months ago 1t was be- tween 3 and 4 o'clock. For the past three industrial hours we have been going along in an industrial twilight when the advantage was all with the employer and not at all with the em- ploye.
 During the war, with the approval of some of the best minds in the na- ton, the practice of collective bar gaining was set up in hundreds of places where, previously n0 such thing had prevailed. Of late, following the lead of United States Steel, many firms have gone back to the individu- al bargain plan-some with a cast iron individual contract which binds tbe employe never to join union or any other labor organization-and systematic campaign of union bust ing has gone into effect.
 Again, a new form of industrial government has been set up-govern- ment by injunction! The twilight employer, rather than work his way through his industrial difficulties, has gone around them and has rushed to the courts to accomplish what he could not bring about by other meth ods.
 we hold no brief for unions or unionism, as they exist. We are aware of the faults of unions.
 "The employer who fatters him self, however, that the open shop campaign has put unionism off the map, is grossly deceived. We may settle down upon the fundamental fact that labor brings terms and con ditoins of sales which satisfy it's own ideas. If the labor people want unions, they are going to have them, no matter what we think about 1t.
 'The unions are coming back chastened and improved, we hope, by the experience of the past few months but still coming back to take the field because they sare going to be la bor's own best means of getting such market conditions as 1t wishes So with the growing volume of indus trial machinery which has been built up in industry, the personnel depart ment, the shop committee. the yari ous expedients designed to help la bor's situation-these things are all coming back and they are going to show themselves when the clock hand reaches 9 or 10.
 Employers have been running with the tide for the past I8 months. Be fore long the tide will be setting the other way.
 The employer must put thought in the place of force, and some of the same intelligence that has gone into the perfecting of mechanical equip ment must be given to machinery for gaining and keeping industrial peace.
 This thing touches industry at all points In the fierce competition of the next decade the plant with sane labor policy will be able to get out its product, to market it, to sell it's securities, to satisfy it's stockholders. Other plants will fail at some or all of these points.
 ''It is therefore, time for intelligent employers to hang up the tomahawk and take down the neglected machin- cry for industrial peace.
 "You have gone as far as you can by fighting. Labor that you could whip at 5 o'clock will be able to whip you when it is 10 o'clock"