Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-02-27
By FREDERICK W. ELY
SaH Cores pondent. International
I.ahar News Service.

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IA, Francisco. Feb. 26.-Quite re-
ssrtly there appeared in several daily
newspapers published in Eastern
cities a report that San Francisco Is
now an 'open-Shop' city.
These reports" emanate from the
Industrial Association, the So-called
american plan" organization of this
sf,v. and the wish therein contained
F. father to the thought, but these
LEGGED reports" are absolutely false
and without foundation i'm fact.
War on Unions" Miserable Fizzle
For nearly three years the Indus
trial Association of San Francisco has
been fighting the unions" with the
following results:
Not a single union has been put out
af existence.
Many new unions have been organ
ized
There are more unions in this city
operating under a union-shop agree
pent than there were before the ad-
vent of the so-called American plan
ners."
Wages have increased and, in some
cases hours of labor have been re-
duced.
Every first class hotel and cafe in
this city has been 100 per cent
unionized.
The numerical strength of the San
Francisco Labor Council and the San
Francisco Building Trades Council
and their affiliated unions is far
greater today than ever before in
their history.
Mod. gage Paid On Labor Temple.
The San Francisco Building Trades
Council has paid off a mortgage of
$4,000 on the Building Trades Tenn
pie.
At municipal and State elections
during the past three years every
candidate sponsored by organized
labor was elected by an overwhelming
majority vote over the candidates OF
the American planners"
The Labor Day edition of Organ
lied Labor" the official journal of the
San Francisco and State Building
Trades Councils of California, was the
largest edition in the 25 years of its
existence. containing 224 pages-the
largest Labor, Day edition of any
labor paper published last year in the
BILE because of the friendly attitude of
its aAverisers--the merchants and
other business men of this city.
Palers Feature News of Labor.
Two Of the largest daily newspapers
of this city within the year have
adopted the policy of publishing a
daily column of labor news, which
have proved wonderful circulation
gettels.
The Commonwealth Club has Great
ed an industrial section, the most ac-
tive officers and members of which
are bona-fde trade unionists.
For the first time in its history the
University of California last year
officially observed Labor Day and had
as the orator of the day a man who
has served as president of the Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor and
the San Francisco Labor Council.
upcn invitation, the president OF
the State Building Trades Council OF
California. Frank c. Macdonald, re-
Gently addressed the students in the
department of economics of the Uni
versity of California.
On numerous occasions within the
past year, local business mems clubs
have had as guest of honor and speak
er at their weekly luncheons bona fide
trade unionists.
Union Members In City Departments
On the Board of Education, the
Board of Public Works and in every
other department of the city and coun-
ty government are men who have been
lifelong consistent trade unionists.
Some merchants have found it "ad-
visable" to feature union-made goods
in their advertisements in the daily
newspapers.
The number of stores carrying a
line of union-made goods has greatly
increased.
A display of union-made goods was
one of the attractive features of the
California Industries Exposition held
in this city.
The Labor Dav celebration last
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