CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND CAROLINA
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Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 19*1, at the Post
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Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union and Approved by
The American Federation of Labor and the
North Carolina Federation cf Labor_
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LABOR DAY GREETINGS
The Journal editor and staff take time off the'daily “grind”
to extend greetings to tNetworking men and women of North
Carolina and South Ca^Hna, and, in fact, all through the
Nation. This is the one day of the year set aside (for the
toilers of America to take time out to celebrate, or rest or
meditate. It is a day that should be spent to some degree
v in thanking Almighty God for the numberless blessings that
have been given us throughout the years, and also in praying
that the future may find continued blessings flowing our
way. !
After many years of endeavor by our forefathers Labor
Day was recognized as a law of the United States through
an act of Congress, which means that our Nation as a whole
desires to pay just tribute to the people who toil. This is all
inclusive. Not only are the organized workers paid tribute
on this day, but the unorganized as well. Organized Labor
has no selfish motive tucked away in its heart and holds
nothing but good wishes for its fellowman, organized and
unorganized, no matter what creed or race.
In this The Journal and its entire staff join the mutlitudes
in wishing for all Americans nothing other than the best
that our great God provides.
THE MASS MEETING IN CHARLOTTE
The Labor mass meeting in the Mecklenburg County Court
house under sponsorship of Charlotte Central Labor Union
Sunday afternoon, August 25th, was largely attended by
delegates representing American Federation of Labor Unions
throughout North Carolina and Souith Carolina and The
Journal is glad to chronicle that the results were very suc
cessful.
The August 25th meeting was the formal opening of the
American Federation of Labor’s membership drive for the
two Carolines and plans were laid here for a most intensive
campaign to get underway within a short time.
Although a nice crowd came to Charlotte to participate in
this rally, may The Journal take time out to herald that the
attendance should have been much larger. Perhaps some of
those who had anticipated coming to Charlotte from out of
town were prevented from doing so due to bad weather in
other sections of the two States, or illness, or other causes.
The fact remains, however, that many came despite this
handicap.
Sterling L. Hicks, president of Charlotte Central Labor
Union, Claude Nolan, business agent for the Carpenters,
Dan Anderson, business agent for the Teamsters and Chauf
feurs, and others of the >cal labor movement, deserve praise
for the fine work they did in instigating the meeting. Earle
Britton, AFL co-ordinator and director of the campaign for
the tw'o Carolnas, did everything he could to make it a suc
cess. The message has been put over in great style, despite
handicaps, and now it is up to the members of the local
unions throughout this section of North Carolina.and South
Carolina to take up the burden and share it with those now
carrying the ball. We can do it—and let’s go!
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Labor Day always marks great progress in the American Federation of Labor
movement. The past year has been one of outstanding achievement.
All practical economists agree that higher Union wages comprise the major
portion of American purchasing power. Lower wages which cause undercon
sumption are the chief reason for depressions. When Union-earned money is
spent for Union-made goods and Union services good times are guaranteed.
The A.F.L. Union Label and Industrial Exhibition to be held in St. Louis,
October 29 to November 3, 1946, will be a visual demonstration that Union
wage purchasing power—spent for Union Label goods—is the quickest route to
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Rejects U.S. Move to Dictate on Labor Issues
Chicago.—Concluding it* mid
summer session with a aerie* of
rapid*fire action* doaigned to
Make the AMrricaa Federation
of Labor stronger than ever be
fore in history, the AFL Exec
utive Council aerved notice on
the Government that it will re
*i*t any further interferewce
with labor-management rela
tion*.
Voicing the policy of the Fed
eration** leader*. President Wil
liam Green announced rejection
of propooala that the President
call another national labor-man
agement conference in Washing
ton.
“We doubt tho wisdom of such
action,** Mr. Green declared. “It
would not be productive of good
results. We prefer to work out
agreements with employers
through collective bargaining,
free from Government interven
tion and Government controi.**
The suggestion for a labor-man
agement conference was interpret
I ed by AFL leaders as a desperate
CIO ruse for the Government to
come to its rescue. Shaky from in
ner feuds with Communist leaders
and from the impact of outside
economic pressures, the CIO was
further weakened by defections
from its ranks with more and more
unions bidding to rejoin the AFL.
By contrast, developments at the
Executive Council meeting con
firmed that the AFL is now at peak
strength and growing more pow
erful all the time. Outstanding de.
velopmenta at the dosing session k
We": . . (
1. Chartering of a new union,
the 106th in the Federation’s fam
ily, with 30,000 members. Its name
is the National Farm Labor Union.
Most of its members are employed
on big plantations in the South. !
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2. Creation of a new department
within the AFL to be known aa the
Maritime T r a d es Department.
Starting with a nucleus of fire
powerful unions whose members
are engaged in shipping and wa
terfront activity, the new organi
zation will set out to wipe out
Communist influence in the mari
time industry. It will hold its Con
stitutional convention in Chicago
Oct. 7.
3. Announcement by Secretary
Treasurer George Meany that the
AFL’s total paid-up membership
hit an all-time high of 7,007,000 as
of July 31 and indications that this
figure will go up to 7400,000 by
Aug. 31, the end of the AFL’s fis
cal year.
The Executive Council also as
sumed militant leadership in the
field of foreign affairs. Develop
ments
1. Strong denunciation of the
continued use of slave labor and
forced labor by European coun
tries, coupled with a demand that
goods mpda by such oppressed
workers be barred from world
trade.
2. Appointment of two fraternal
delegates from the AFL to the
forthcoming convention of the Brit
ish Trades Union Congress in Eng
land. They are Thomas Kennedy,
Secretary-Treasurer of the United
Mine Workers of America, and Ed
I. Brown, President of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.
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3. Appeals to President Truman
ind the State Department to use
their influence to end suppression
>f free trade unionism in China,
fhis action was tpken in response
o a cabled request from H. F. Cbu,
representing Chinese labor, who re
ported that Chinese labor leaders
tad been arrested in Shanghai and
Chungking and that workers’
schools, hospitals and welfare cen
ters, paid for by funds contributed
by AFL members, had been seised
by Government authorities.
“Under the present politicsl sit
uation, free 'trade unionism has
been utterly crushed in China,” Mr.
Chu said in his cablegram from
Shanghai.
Joseph A. Padway, chief counsel
for the AFL, reported in detail to
the Council on the trend of anti
labor legislation in Congress and
in the State Legislatures. The
Cpencil ordered a vigorous drive to
counteract such moves and to chal
lenge in the courts the validity of
antilabor laws already adopted.
An application was made by rep
resentatives of the Post Office
Mechanics Union, an independent
organisation representing 3,000
workers, far a charter of affiliation
as a national union. The matter
was referred to the AFL Govern
ment Employes Council for inves
tigation, with the prospects of an
early and favorable report.
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