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The Union Shop

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 23, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 51.

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The Union Shop

The "Union" Shop.—The American Federation of Labor in its recent convention in Boston, on November 19, declared for the union shop in government as well as private enterprises. And yet the greater part of the citizens of this republic are not trades unionists. Carried out this means that eventually only a "union" man can get work at all. The first charge brought against Miller, the Washington printer, was that he was not a union man, and President Roosevelt was asked to approve of his discharge. Now President Roosevelt is asked to reconsider his decision to reinstate him, on the ground that he "is totally unfit to be in charge of working people." A resolution to the effect that labor unionists be obligated to use only union-label goods was voted down. In some cases they might starve to death.