The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-08-25
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In return for the contribution made by the Negro in
abors efforts better its conditions find recent de-
velopmens which disclose that there worded into the
Constitutions Bylaws of labor organizations phrases
of articles which prohibit and limit possibility
of any discriminatory practice of preudicia acts on the
basis of color creed We find further that the
Negro has been invited to join in with labor in its efforts
improve its condition We recall how in instance here
in Seattle the Negro invited as group to dissolve his
little organization and affiliate with and become part of
larger collective bargaining agency He told that his
opportunities and chances and conditions of work would be
improved by his having done We find that he did give
up organization and become part of the general
ganization concerned with collective bargaining in Seattle
To this expresses certain degree of intelligence and
foresight the part of the Negro who able to realize
that separate body his program would be ineffective
compared to that of the program of the larger sodfied
bargaining agency 1t this same foresight and in
tegence the part of the Negro that caused him to
participate the picket program expressing the dis
satisfaction of members of the union for certain outlined
activities the part of the employers in Seattle 1t is
interesting note that in this instance he was actually doing
forced picket duty against the United States Government
which in it's Constitution that there shall be
discrimination basis of color creed is not
hard justify such act the part of the Negro when
stop realize that the Constitution with its thirteenth
Amendment has been very poorly enforced and when the
collective bargaining agency with which he affiliated
openly declared that he too would be the recipient of
the benefits to be derived from such picket duty.
Now that the picket line succeeded find that the
collective bargaining agencies failing to fulfill the pro-
misses the Negro We find that the promises made to him
of equal opportunities for employment at common wages
with other workers within the union not being kept We
find that the larger unions gradually giving in to
pressons of and petess and prejudice the
part of individual members within the union We find that
the labor union itself is becoming party to discriminatory
practices which work harshps and present denial and
deprivation for the Negro member of the union This fact
becomes far interesting when realize that the
companies the employers themselves willing to accept
all members of the union equal ground and
they willing to have the Negro participate the labor
they condone and sanction and accept the pathetic
preudcal acts the part of the members the brothers
of the union.
This kind of activity, and the sanconing or approval
of such activity by the person in authoritative position
within the union strikes very definitely the very heart
of collective bargaining AS long this type of activity
continues easily expect to that group of labor
ing who Disseminated against withdraw from
the field of collective bargaining and enter again into
the of free lance employment bringing about poorer
working conditions, lower wages and domination of the
again by the employer and the exploiting labor agency
With the economic and political status of the nation
today, having important bearing the immediate
future has, with continued unrest and disturbance with
the social order whole of the opinion that the
affairs within labor union detailed and careful
study the part of all concerned in that program. We
of the opinion that such study would and should lead
to extensive and intensive program of Pugg not only
the official but the general membership WE'LL in
effort to gain for collective bargaining and labor unions
whoes rightfu position of force and power in the in
dustria world
Unless in the very near future indications
far from right when say to you concusvely that
there is very serious TROUBLE AHEAD"