The Leather Worker's JournalUnited Leather Workers' International Union, 1915 |
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Strana 103 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been or can be enjoyed by us without having first cost labor. And inasmuch as most good things are produced by labor, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labor has produced them. But it has so happened, in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have without labor enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should...
Strana 127 - Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Strana 6 - It has been pointed out with great force and logic that the struggle of labor for organization is not merely an attempt to secure an increased measure of the material comforts of life, but is a part of the age-long struggle for liberty; that this struggle is sharpened by the pinch of hunger and the exhaustion of body and mind by long hours and improper working conditions ; but that even if men were well fed they would still struggle to be free.
Strana 73 - If a man injured Westminster Bridge he was hanged. If he appeared disguised on a public road he was hanged. If he cut down young trees ; if he shot at rabbits ; if he stole property valued at five shillings ; if he stole anything at all from a bleach field : if he wrote a threatening letter to extort money ; if he returned prematurely from transportation ; for any of these offences he was immediately hanged.
Strana 4 - point' for Government, that of dealing with these masses ;— >- if indeed it be not rather the sole point and problem of Government, and all other points mere accidental crotchets, superficialities, and beatings of the wind!
Strana 4 - Unjust distribution of wealth and income. 2. Unemployment and denial of an opportunity to earn a living. 3. Denial of justice in the creation, in the adjudication, and in the administration of law. 4. Denial of the right and opportunity to form effective organizations.
Strana 4 - American standard," the support of the family is supposed to be derived. Between one-fourth and one-third of the male workers 18 years of age and over, in factories and mines, earn less than $10 per week; from two-thirds to three-fourths earn less than $15, and only about one-tenth earn more than $20 a week. This does not take into consideration...
Strana 77 - Worth, asked to tell in his own way how the accident happened, said : " Well, Ole and I was walking down the track, and I heard a whistle, and I got off the track, and the train went by, and I got back on the track, and I didn't see Ole; but I walked along, and pretty soon I seen Ole's hat, and I walked on, and seen one of Ole's legs, and then I seen one of Ole's arms, and then another leg, and then over one side Ole's head, and I says My God ! Something muster happen to Ole !
Strana 101 - ... or from paying strike benefits. Nor were these acts to be considered or held to be violations of any law of the United States. There was also in the Clayton Act a declaration that the labor of a human being is not a commodity or an article of commerce.
Strana 31 - If we have not the hearts of men to stand against it breast to breast, and eye to eye, and force it backward till it cry for mercy, it will go on sucking life; and we shall stay forever what we are (in almost a whisper), less than the very dogs.