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selves and make more money for the
stockholders.
1.-THE following is indicative of the
objects toward which suggestions
should be directed" writes the West
ern Union head in circular which
has given to every employee.
Improvement in service rendered
to the public, DEVELOPMENT OF
NEW BUSINESS, DEVELOPMENT
OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF RE-
VENUE THRU MORE INTENSIVE
UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES AND
ORGANIZATION, REDUCTION IN
COSTS, ELIMINATION OF WASTE,
IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUC-
TION AND MAINTENANCE METH
DDS, PROMOTION OF CO-OPERA-
TIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN EN-
PLOYES AND THE COMPANY"
No Responsibility.
All ideas submitted by the employees
in this contest that is being widely adj
vertised among the employees, are to
belong to the Western Union company
according to the president, who says,
Suggestions shall not be acknowl-
edged or returned to the authors, and
it is expressly understood, that in sub
hitting them under this plan, the
sender authorizes the Western Union
to reject or make use of them, with
out liability of any kind"
The above campaign to increase the
efficiency of the profit grabbing speed
up Western Union company, is run I'm
collaboration with the Association
Western Union Employees" which is
the most reactionary company union
in existence. The Association is run
and controlled by the Western Union
management.
The Western Union Immediately dis
charges any employee who is found to
have joined a real union. A private
wire house telegraph operator told the
DAILY WORKER reporter that he has
been repremanded and threatened
with dismissal for talking with mem
Der Of the Chicago Telegraphers' I'm
ion Association, which is organized in
Canada and among the brokerage tele-
graphers in the United States.
Company Unionsts Wanted.
"The company agrees to hereafter
prefer for employment those appli-
cants for positions who indicate their
willingness to become members Of the
.ssociation," says the Western Union
company union.
Newcomb Carlton admits discrimi-
nation against union telegraphers
when he says in message to his com.
pany union, Referring to our confer
ence today at which three vice-presi-
dents and myself were present, it is
agreed that you should say to our as
sociation that the company agrees that
all employees WHO HAVE BEEN RE-
LEASED FROM SERVICE SINCE
JANUARY FIRST BECAUSE OF UN,
DESIRABLE AFFILIATIONS, will be
re-employed UPON THEIR APPLICA-
TION AND SUBMISSION OF EVIL
DENCE THAT THEY HAVE JOINED
THE ASSOCIATION WESTERN UN-
ION EMPLOYEES AND RELIN-
QUISHED THE UNDESIRABLE OUT
SIDE AFFILIATIONS"
The company union of the Western
Union company, when follows the
same general plan as the Hawthorne
Club at Western Electric, declares
against strikes. 1.-THE Western Union
Employees association opposes the con.
scious retardation of output" says the
company union constitution. ut
stands unalterablys for the principles
of arbitration"
Make False Promises.
Both the Western Electric COM
pany and the Western Union tele-
graph company get out booklets
promising the employees sick and
death benefits. A careful reading OF
these reveals that the officials Of the
companies are the ones who pay ont,
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
COMPANY, all money given to their
SIGN vi llC VI ACa tiipAog co.
The similarity OF the death hens-
fit plans of the two companies is an
other proof OF the general control by
the Morgan Electric Trust and the
Western Electric gets out a pamphlet
entitled, "Plan for employees pensions
disability benefits and death benefits"
The Western Union company also
gets out a pamphlet WITH EXACT.
LY THE SAME TITLE. THE SAME
SIZE, THE SAME TYPE, THE SAME
MAKEUP, AND THE SAME PLAN
OF OPERATION.
The only trouble with these death
benefit plans is that the companies
lawyers refuse to pay the policy due
wherever possible.
A Typical Case.
A man In one OF the distributing de.
partments at the Western Electric
reviewed for the DAILY WORKER
the famous case Of Fairbrothers.
Fairbrothers was with the Western
Electric company for over thirty-five
years. He was well-liked and wide