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The New Unionism in the Clothing Industry

The New Unionism in the Clothing Industry

Budish, Jacob M.

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General World History

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ISBN10: 115107327X
ISBN13: 9781151073273
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.19 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1920 Excerpt: ... APPENDIX I CONSTITUTION OP AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA Pee AMBlE The economic organization of Labor has been called into existence by the capitalist system of production, under which the division between the ruling class and the ruled class is based upon the ownership of the means of production. The class owning those means is the one that is ruling, the class that possesses nothing but its labor power, which is always on the market as a commodity, is the one that is being ruled. A constant and unceasing struggle is being waged between these two classes. In this struggle the economic organization of Labor, the union, is a natural weapon of offense and defense in the hands of the working class. But in order to be efficient, and effectively serve its purpose, the union must in its structure correspond to the prevailing system of the organization of industry. Modern industrial methods are very rapidly wiping out the old craft demarcations, and the resultant conditions dictate the organization of Labor along industrial lines. The history of the Class Struggle in this country for the past two decades amply testifies to the ineffectiveness of the form, methods, and spirit of craft unionism. It also shows how dearly the working class has paid for its failure to keep apace with industrial development. The working class must accept the principles of Industrial Unionism or it is doomed to impotence. The same forces that have been making for Industrial Unionism are likewise making for a closer inter-industrial alliance of the working class. The industrial and inter-industrial organization, built upon the solid rock of clear knowledge and class consciousness, will put the organized working class in actual control of the system of production, and the working...

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