| Show Industrial Round found Table for 1 Solving Problems Le Leading a dig t. t To Unnecessary Q ess ary Strike Stride I f uv U nit inn HIGHT HON 1111 J j. j It it CLY 11 1 I i 1 T LOX OX ONDON DOX April 6 If I If labor during JL this period of or wl widespread unrest forfeits nn any of the good namo name which It secured for Itself during tho war It will not be bc altogether due duo to to the tho action of ot labor for much of the blame for strikes and threats of oC strikes must be shared b by employers and employers employers' employers employers' employ employ- ers ers' associations With the time very best of or Intentions as associations as- as representing the two luo sides in tho cIl engineering trades arranged for fora 11 a i reduction of o working worl hours hO Trouble very cry soon SOOIl arose nrose on the literal meaning and amI effect of or the arrangement Tho Time employers took tho view that the ar arrangement arrangement nr- nr ran c nt meant that that- seven forty hours hour should actual actually be worked worl Themen The rime Themen men took the time view that the arrangement arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment did not require them to suffer Buffer any reduced wages and that none of oC the time little privileges or customs In tn the workshop which have e existed were cancelled cancelled can ean- celled b by an any new plan which determined determined deter deter- mined the working time Urn Denied led l nh h h hIn In pursuance of ot the employers employers' v lew low tho the management of or certain works rondo made alterations put up notices which took away rights that workmen had enjoyed with re regard ard to things timings which are more than amenities because tho they had grown into the tho necessities of or workshop existence A short spell for forrest forrest rc rest t or food 11 Is no slight matter to the Individual workman It means more to him that what Is generally generaU sl signified b by eloquent eloquent language o about commercial prosperity and volume of or pro production To retain these those rights workmen will often orten more readily make common cause an and go to the len length th of ot ofa ofa a II strike c than the they would think of or do doing doing do- do ing for Cor tho tine attainment of some comparatively comparatively com com- bl big object What has happened happened happened hap hap- Illustrates the truth that ver very ery little trouble can lead to great reat disasters disasters or or In other othel words trifles trines mako either cither for peace or 01 strife It H l Is quite common in In Industry for forone forone forone one blunder lundel to follow another and ancl It would appear that n workmen who should have hn reported their grievances to tho time proper authority and arid exercised pa patience pa- pa tl tience nce in n socking seeking a satisfactory reme remedy rush rushed cd to the extreme of calling shop i or mass meetings passing resolutions sometimes In language which indicate a hot temper a and 11 1 declaring their Intention in intention intention In- In to apply vcr very drastic measures unless things which the they named were ewers speedily accomplished 11 nr nr strain Alter Temper This conduct ought not to diminish the reputation built upon the great national services rendered b by labor labo during the cour course e of the war War Va ar strain a added ded to tho time physical fatigue which the war al period engendered ha has gone gono far to change the temper o omen or of ormen men and amid worl workshops Extravagant Extra demands demands de- de mands 1 have c often been tho the result o of oC I war strain strait but in n addition to wa war war strain there Is some evidence e that th the tho spirit in the workshop Is being chan changed ed and not always in tho time rl right ht direction Unhappily Unhappily- for rol the country countr and also I for working class Interests a situation such aa as we have haye seen developed in th the engineering and In tho time coal industries Is not covered by b- any existing machin- machin cry en which would blend the Interests Interest and tho the Just rights right of the tho contending parties with ith the claim which the tho third great groat roat Interest namely the public justly justI justly just just- I ly has In all these troubles Must Iut CO Others An Industry such as engineering o or 01 I coal conI mining cannot decide on Important Important important tant alterations with regard to hours production w wages Jes and customs of or worl work as though these things had nothing to todo todo todo do vt with Ith other people I A chan change e to seven forty four forty or 01 forty hours per pcr week In an any one o oa of ofa I a a. series serle of tra trades es Is the signal nal for de de- de e- e 1 W man mands 8 being Immediately formulated scores of or other occupations In iii the case of or miners chemi workers locomotive drivers and inai ma other othe- men amen working under great m meat nt and ph physical pressure there thera a ii grounds for tor great Teat Improvement i ai d strong reasons for generous conditi condit condition of employment But changes t Cf r these In industries ll should be COli consider sider In their relation to claims which vs w v Inevitably be e ma made n in other lions No o one trade therefore c ci t separate Itself from the IndustrialS Industrial'S 1 crest and outlook of other trades trades- 3 f. f At As dunce Often Simple f There is in existence a number o of fe federations and 1 of oC all kinds representing separate I employers employer and workmen and Boni som times s representing the Joint of employers and workmen men In spit however of or this multiplicity o of we appear frequently to stumble 1 In to trouble and not until we arc are in t middle or at the end of ot it do we shots shots' 4 s- s how hots' simple Is the course by fal trouble ml might ht have been avoided J I. I An Industrial parliament might 77 w be formed of representatives cs of or t treat great reat associations which have hae so 80 f r h dealt only with trade and questions and which have havo never take tak In hand questions of great reat principle dealt with wilh an any subject beating bearing up the psychology of or situations which ar a r created b by workshop chan changes es A i na a t and representative c bod body consist Ing of or lea leaders ers who would not be afra of ot telling both sides what should b done In tn their interests ts and In the thc n ri lIonal Interests would se serve c an excel l lent purpose Such a bod body would I sure to proclaim tho time simple fac fact tha th-i U. U great improvements are Impossible H I any anyone one occupation or 01 In any group group trades Without retard regard e to |
