The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-16
(From the Republican News
for May 1947)
THE RIGHTS OF LABOR

workers to select as their bargaining
agent the union that they want, no
the union that is forced upon them.
2. The right to get a job withou
joining any union.
3. The right to vote by secret ballo
in a fair and free election on whether
his employer and a union can make
him join the union to keep his job.
4. The right to require the union
that is his bargaining agent to repre-
sent him without discriminating
against him in any way or for any
reason even if he is not a member
of the union.
5. The right, with his fellow en-
ployees. to make demands of their own
and to, bargain about them through the
leaders of their own local union with
out dictation by national and inter
national officers and representatives
and without regard to the demands of
other employees upon other employ
ers.
6. The right to keep on working and
getting his pay in spite of sympathy
strikes. jurisdictional disputes, illegal
boycotts, and other disputes that do
not involve him and his union or his
employer
T. The right to know what he is
striking about before he is called out
on strike, and to vote by secret ballot
in a free and fair election on whether
to strike or not after he has been
told what his employer has offered
him
s. The right to express his opinion
concerning union policies, union Off
GERS and candidates for union office,
and to make and file charges against
his employer the union, or union Off
GERS, without suffering any penalty or
discrimination.
9. The right to vote by secret bal
lot without fear, in free and fair cleo
tions on any matter of union policy
how much dues he shall pay, what as
sessments the union can make him
pay, what the union can spend the
money for.
10. The right to vote by secret bal
lot in free and fair elections for his
own choice of union officers.
H. The right to know how much
money his union has, how much it
pays its officers, and how much of
the unions money the officers use for
their expenses.
r. The right to refuse to pay the
union for any kind of insurance that
he does not want.
49, The right to stay member of
union, without being suspended or
expelled, except for % not paying |
dues; (2) disclosing confidential in
formation of the union; CD violating !
the unions contract; (4) being Com
munist or fellow traveller; 90 being |
convicted of a felony, that is, of a
serious crime; CO engaging in dis
reputable conduct that reflects on the
union.
IA The right to be free of threats
to his family for doing things in con-
nection with union matters that an
employer or a union doesn't like.
Is. The right to settle his own griev-
ances with his employer.
16. The right, without fear of re-
prisal, to support any candidate for
public office that he chooses and to
decide for himself whether or not his
money will be spent for political pur-
poses.
IT, The right to go to and from his ;
work without being threatened or mo-
ested.
49, The right to have fair hearing,
before an impartial board without
cost to himself, whenever he believes
hat any employer or any union is
lepriving him of these rights.
All of the rights listed above are
by the bill (H. r. 302O) s
passed by the House of Representa- /
ives pursuant to Republican promises G
Turing the 1916 campaign. The bill t
tlso insures free collective bargain L
ng; protects the interests of the pub
ic and of management; and is de- :