The American Federationist, Volume 6American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1899 - Labor unions Includes separately paged "Junior union section." |
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... MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS AND VOICING THE DEMANDS OF THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT . PUBLISHED BY THE ... month previous to issue . The publisher reserves the right to reject or revoke adver- tising contracts at any time ...
... MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS AND VOICING THE DEMANDS OF THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT . PUBLISHED BY THE ... month previous to issue . The publisher reserves the right to reject or revoke adver- tising contracts at any time ...
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... month of Feb- ruary . Organizer Hall of West Superior , Wis . , reports the organization of a Machinists Union , and that the Trade and Labor Assembly have 23 unions af- filliated . W. E. Klapetzky , secretary of the Journey men Barbers ...
... month of Feb- ruary . Organizer Hall of West Superior , Wis . , reports the organization of a Machinists Union , and that the Trade and Labor Assembly have 23 unions af- filliated . W. E. Klapetzky , secretary of the Journey men Barbers ...
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... months , and L. F. McGruder and P. W. Greene for one month , and that at the end of each month a statement of what had been accomplished be submitted by President Gompers to the Executive Council . It was moved and adopted that ...
... months , and L. F. McGruder and P. W. Greene for one month , and that at the end of each month a statement of what had been accomplished be submitted by President Gompers to the Executive Council . It was moved and adopted that ...
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... month of January , 1899. ( The months are abbreviated thus : j , f , m , a , m , etc. ) January . 1. Cash on hand . RECEIPTS . 3. Federal labor 7145 , tax , n , d Leather workers prot 7061 , tax , n , d , $ 3.60 ; sup , $ 2.75 Hamilton ...
... month of January , 1899. ( The months are abbreviated thus : j , f , m , a , m , etc. ) January . 1. Cash on hand . RECEIPTS . 3. Federal labor 7145 , tax , n , d Leather workers prot 7061 , tax , n , d , $ 3.60 ; sup , $ 2.75 Hamilton ...
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... month , Saml Gompers . One month's salary , President Samuel Gompers One month's salary , Secretary Frank Morrison . By four weeks ' salary , stenographer , J. Kelly . By four weeks ' salary , stenographer , J . A.McDon- ald ... By four ...
... month , Saml Gompers . One month's salary , President Samuel Gompers One month's salary , Secretary Frank Morrison . By four weeks ' salary , stenographer , J. Kelly . By four weeks ' salary , stenographer , J . A.McDon- ald ... By four ...
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affiliated American Federation AMERICAN FEDERATIONIST assessment barbers Boot and Shoe boycott Brewery BROS carpenters cent Central Labor Union Chicago CIGAR cigarmakers committee convention cutters delegates demand DETROIT eight-hour employed employers Executive Council Federal Labor Union Federation of Labor FRANK MORRISON freight handlers ganized guilds helpers Hod carriers Horsenail increase industrial International Typographical Union International Union intl july Knights of Labor Labor Council Labor Day Lathers Laundry workers Lithonia makers MANUFACTURERS Mass MAX MORRIS meeting membership ment mill miners National Union Ohio Oil well workers organized a union organized labor Organizing expenses painters past month President Gompers protective reports having organized reports the organization retail clerks salary SAMUEL GOMPERS Secretary secured Shoe Workers Shoshone County street strike Teamsters tion TOBACCO trade union movement trade unionists Trades and Labor Typographical Union union label United Vice-President wages Washington week Winn Zanesville
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Page 111 - There shall come from out this noise of strife and groaning A broader and a juster brotherhood, A deep equality of aim, postponing All selfish seeking to the general good. There shall come a time when each shall to another Be as Christ would have him — brother unto brother.
Page 16 - District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract, in the employ of the contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day...
Page 28 - Labor most firmly and unequivocally favors the independent use of the ballot by the trade unionists and workmen, united regardless of party, that we may elect men from our own ranks to make new laws and administer them along the lines laid down in the legislative demands of the American Federation of Labor, and at the same time secure an impartial judiciary that will not govern us by arbitrary injunctions of the courts, nor act as the pliant tools of corporate wealth.
Page 173 - IS it worth while that we jostle a brother Bearing his load on the rough road of life ? Is it worth while that we jeer at each other In blackness of heart? — that we war to the knife? God pity us all in our pitiful strife. God pity us all as we jostle each...
Page 9 - Take up the White Man's burden In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit, And work another's gain.
Page 9 - Take up the White Man's burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light: 'Why brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?
Page 16 - Each contract to which the state or a municipal corporation is a party which may involve the employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall contain a stipulation that no laborer, workman or mechanic in the employ of the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be permitted or required to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day, except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood...
Page 16 - ... more than eight hours in any one calendar day, except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, food [flood] or danger to life and property...
Page 220 - ... faculty of combination ; save and except also that the savage, as I have known him, is to a large extent free from the greed of money, which eats like a cancer into the heart of the white man. It is a depressing conclusion, but in all essentials the savage and the child of civilisation are identical. I dare...
Page 219 - And thy sharp lightning in unpractised hands Scorches and burns our once serene domain. O aching time ! O moments big as years ! All as ye pass swell out the monstrous truth, And press it so upon our weary griefs That unbelief has not a space to breathe. Saturn, sleep on : O thoughtless, why did I Thus violate thy slumbrous solitude ? Why should I ope thy melancholy eyes ? Saturn, sleep on ! while at thy feet I weep...