Vernal Express | 1955-02-17 | Page 23 | Workers Should Not be Forced to be Union Members Section

workers should not be forced to be union members washington mention tho the word labor label fiut tI to most ut people ale and immediately they t think of unions the words a seem in separable unions because they arc are or organized are considered the spokesmen besmen for all labor says the chamber Ii amber of commerce of the united states in fact it has become common practice to use the words labor and unions interchangeably however Howe vei the chamber points out that three out of every tour four persons r s ons in the nations nat ioni fc work pe force 0 r e c d dont ont belong to unions of the nation nations 64 million workers only about 16 milion are union members the fact has been overlooked in the controversy about right to work laws passed by 17 states to forbid compulsory union membership since enactment I 1 of the wagner r act in 1935 and many state laws the right of I 1 workers to organize has been fully protected by law yet 48 million workers worker have not organized gani zed they include workers fani in n offices ff rants retail stores on farms and in many other fields the chamber notes there is no more compelling argument the chamber is convinced against union membership the nigh gh proportion rop of unorganized workers points to the existence of many sound reasons for not joining the unions the self reliance characteristic of americans Is undoubtedly strong ng among them there are of ourse 3 urse sound reasons for coining a union uni n the chamber say says but th thy tho Chamber Ch aniber 1 is convinced that the e question should beleff to the individuals la a workers means of a i living should never be conditioned upon member ship or membership non in a labor labo T organization