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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. 1917. Excerpt: ... I CHAPTER VI LABOR POLICY N a small factory which is situated in a country town and in which the owner usually spends the hours of his working-day, the relations between him and his workmen can hardly be other than human. They see each other daily in the street and in the factory; the employer is in and out of the various rooms; perhaps the operatives hear a friendly foreman not only speak of him but even address him by his first name. The employer, on his part, knows them by face, if not by name, and understands something about their way of life as well as their ability as workmen. If differences arise between the two parties, the actual touch in which they live makes discussion on a man-to-man basis possible and natural. This was the state of things in the Bridgewater factory in the first years of the business. When, however, the Manchester factories were established one after another and Mr. McElwain's employees came to be numbered in thousands, there was need for the creation of a comprehensive and constructive labor policy. It must be adequate for all aspects of the situation, and also adapted to the needs of future growth. The first part of this policy to be worked out dealt with the question of union labor. The Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, an organization which in the last few years had been rapidly growing in strength, had as the central article of its policy a contract, by the terms of which it provided the manufacturer with the so-called ' union stamp, ' with which he was to mark every shoe made in his factory; the union further agreed to advertise this stamp and to create a demand for goods marked with it. In return, the employer agreed to hire only members of the union, --that is, to run a "union shop." Strikes and lockouts were prohibited. All...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151545039
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151545031
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr

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