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Labor Unions Enter Politics

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 11, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 41.

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Labor Unions Enter Politics

The labor unions have entered politics this year with greater earnestness and determination than ever before. Several congressmen have been blacklisted for refusing to pledge themselves to do the bidding of the leaders of organized labor. At Colorado Springs, Colo., on September 27, a resolution was passed by the State Federation of Labor, denouncing the chancellor of Denver University, Henry A. Buchtel, who is one of the candidates for governor of the State. The reason given for this action is that “the Methodist Episcopal Church in all its many publishing houses employs non-union men, and refuses to recognize the eight-hour day.”