Court Decision Upholds Right to Strike

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 20, 1906

Court Decision Upholds Right to Strike

JUDGE A. L. SANBORN, of the United States District Court, handed down a decision at Madison, Wis., on December 12, which will, without doubt, have a strong tendency to foster and encourage strikes. The case was that of the Allis-Chalmers Company against the Iron Molders' Union, of Milwaukee. The substance of the decision is contained in the following:—

The right to strike for any cause, or no cause, is clearly and fully established by authority. Even a conspiracy to strike followed by legal damage, is not unlawful if formed to better labor conditions.

This legal sanction and authorization of a conspiracy which would result in damage to the one conspired against will inevitably result in greater excesses on the part of strikers.