The Struggle in Colorado for Industrial Freedom (Paperback)

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. 1914. Excerpt: ... "This is nol collective bargaining " "This is compelling your antagonist to employ the agencies of his organization to collect your sinews of war, and making him hand over every month thousands of dollars to a person who accounts to nobody except the inner circle of his organization, while the man who makes that inner circle potent by financing it and seeing that nobody shall escape its clutches, is the mine operator under this union agreement "Is it strange that such an agreement should provoke a bitter fight? "Just what other union would make such a demand? "What union composed of intelligent men would yield such a command over their wages to any secretary whatever? "But it is easy to see that without this, the unions would disintegrate, because it would not be possible to keep them together, because collections would not be equally made, and any break would soon lead to dissatisfaction and dissolution. "This was told to me by a labor leader in Colorado. He thought it perfectly fair to require this of the mine operators, because without it the union could not exist "This is also the reason why it is possible to send thousands of dollars from other States into Colorado to carry on the strike. "It does not seem as though any enlightened man can see in such a program anything that has to do with industrial justice. "It looks very like commandeering your foe to do your work for you. It is here that the crash came, and it is here that the battle is being fought. "Nobody has the slightest desire to prevent any sort of organization by the miners, anywhere, at any time. "All the other elements of difference could be adjusted in a moment. But to pass over thousands of dollars into the war chest of the organization, which says you have no right to your property...