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Studies in Trade Unionism in the Custom Tailoring Trade

Studies in Trade Unionism in the Custom Tailoring Trade

Stowell, Charles Jacob

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ISBN10: 1152041010
ISBN13: 9781152041011
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
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. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...after dragging along for several month's the strike was finally lost, and the men returned to work, leaving the union considerably weakened. 120 See Tailor, Oct., 1887. 121A full list of these unions, with the membership of each, is given on p. 70. L1st Of Local Un1ons Aff1l1ated W1th The Nat1onal, August, 1887. Locality. Membership. NOTE: The above list is taken from the report of the Finance Committee of the 1887 Convention, Tailor, Oct., 1887, p. 3. This report indicated all local unions paying dues during the term 1885-188, and in making the above list it was necessary to eliminate those locals that had lapsed before 1887. The membership given above is probably the largest membership reported during the term, and may be a little too large for 1887; it is, however, the only list obtainable. It should be stated that when the new secretary took charge in 1887, several of these unions had fallen behind with their dues, and were not technically in benefit. Frederick Jensen was made chairman of the convention. In his opening speech he called attention to the fact that strikes were failures and expensive, and intimated that the money of the organization would better be used for organizing purposes. He also recommended that an official Journal be established. Mr. Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, was present as a visitor, and spoke on Trade Unionism. Following Mr. Gompers, Mr. Charles H. Sharpe, retiring President of the Tailors' Union, tendered his resignation, stating as a reason that there was discord in his local union of Philadelphia over the question of affiliating with the Knights of Labor. The Secretary, Joseph Wilkenson, reported that wages had been slightly increased since the last convention, but that...

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