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...some reason, the press often features the discreditable acts that labor unions commit and the mistakes that occur but gives little or no publicity in most cases to the good things that the unions are continually trying to do. The public should appreciate that labor unions are far from perfect and should not judge them so harshly when these scare stories, which are usually far from accurate, appear in the newspapers. In all fairness, more emphasis should be laid on the good that such organizations are accomplishing...
...labor union was one of the first and most important agencies to support laws to prevent the abuses of woman and child labor. In addition the union started a campaign for better public schools, advocating that education until a certain age be compulsory, that text books be supplied free and that extension facilities such as night schools be introduced. Ever since then the trade union has carried on an active campaign to secure better education facilities...
...Labor unions in general hold the same view and are continually striving to induce all employers to take the same view. The struggle of the unions to have labor recognized as something more than merely a commodity will be persisted in until the unions succeed in their aim. Although court decisions may delay a realization of this aim for some time, the unions are confident that public opinion will finally force a recognition of the true position of labor...
...Labor unions all welcome the cooperation of the public in the development of the best possible social and industrial systems and hope that people will appreciate why the unions oppose all the so called 'efficiency' systems that seek to force workers to exert themselves beyond all reasonable limits and that will result in their physical and mental harm. In these days of highly developed machinery, it is inconceivable that ample production cannot be had on an eight-hour basis. At the present time, at least, it is hypocritical to ask laborers to work longer hours and produce more with hundreds...
...heeds proposals for more equal distribution of material things, whereas such thoughts would never enter his mind in normal times when he is in possession of a job that provides with reasonable sufficiency for himself and his family. The efforts of such organizations as the American Federation of Labor are directed to try to prevent a development of this spirit of despondency and to maintain conditions that will allow the worker to maintain his self-respect and not to be dependent on charity in any form for existence...