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Show THE CITIZEN iisiness Methods Of A Great Labor Union By Fred Barker, I. T. U. rhe Old Age Pension of the u strength of any organization, otherwise, Is not entirely do Lot more j. the cold financial basis, often found in the spirit upon determination of the membership, the treasury melt away tois in stress, but if the morale individual units which com-"Jj- e organization is unbroken the agset is- still available for Led effort. This is especially of imes . - . labor unions. f purpose of the lathe advantageous sale of collective bargaining, and , individual interests of the mem-every such are involved in saction, unions have gone further the main Ule -- means of by efforts ve features which guarantee direct benefits to the members, in this means the personal interest union has been strengthened, and element of direct personal advan-- j added to the setnimental feeling the members have for their oradded . er ch jation. Typographical old an age pension maintains benefit and the iem, a mortuary International be on Printers bn Home at Colorado for superannuated for the nbers e to work liment of those unable estab-eof illness. The Home was in 1891, the pension in 1908, and mortuary payment on its present a in 1912, although there had been for twenty years prior to that The t burial benefit of $75. fea-e- s of the union with these is worthy of close study by the jic generally, and a few facts are e ended to demonstrate how import-arthe business transactions of LT.U. outside of its dealings with and, ployers in the sale of labor why the Mentally, to show just is looked upon as one of the institutions of this country. Mowing the strike of 1907 for the day it was found that a number of old men hp.d been placed by reason of that strike, and pen-- a establishemnt of the was given serious consideration solve the problem which was After lengthy study, in kh all previous efforts in this line s taken into account, it was found there was no beaten path which be followed, and the convention Colo., tags, and a sanitarium be-s- d 1 ex-ien- ce & small charge against the fund is made for., clerical, work and other expenses necessary in administering the fund. In the first year of its existence, ended March 31, 1909, 542 members had been placed on the rolls. With the close of the last fiscal year, May 31, 1921, the pension roll contained 1683 names. A .marked increase has taken place since then because of the strike and other conditions and next year will show approxiamtely 2,000 on the roll. Since the system was established in 1908 to May 31, 1921, the pension assessment has yielded $4,565,586.16, and interest on surplus funds had amounted to $245,650.42. There had been paid to pensioners in that time $3,519,961, and the balance in the fund, invested in bonds, was $1,215,387.45. Fourteen years operation in the printers organ!-zatio- n has demonstrated that of 1 per cent on earnings will maintain this fund. If. there should be a heavy s slump in wage scales or a great depression the surplus might be so reduced that a reduction from the present $8 per week to something approaching the original $5 payment may be necessary, but there seems no likelihood of any change for a number of years. s The cost to individual members with the earnings. .Instead of a payment fixed on age at the time of joining the union, or other age basis, the fraternal spirit was adopted, those most able to pay reason of larger earnings meeting the cost by contributing according to that ability to pay. A flat assessment is frequently advocated but has never met with sufficient support to warrant submission to a vote of the members. The pension system is not considered apart from the general work of the union. It is one of the features which weld the members into a solid organ - gilt-edge- d busi-ens- va-re- 9 ization. Those members who have by organization been fortunate in wage scales and in securing large increases as a result have been content to make larger contributions to both pension and mortuary funds than the less for- tunate members, and these funds have been kept on what I feel is a higher as displane fraternal commerfrom the purely tinguished cial basis. r$l The average cost of the old age pen. don assessment, for the year ending May 31, 1921, was 79.5 cents per month per member for the 75,000 members. The members who earned $200 a month contributed $1 those earning less paid in proportion; while those not employed at the business or unable to work contributed a minimum of 30 cents per month, an amount fixed some years ago when wage scales (were low. This system of collection has met all the obligations of the fund for twelve years, and created a surplus of one and one-quart- million er tCfjc old-ag- e i Assuming that a member joins at the age of twenty and pays the averwhich was far age payment for 1920-2larger by reason of increased earnings for that period than in previous years, he will have contributed $382 when he has reached the age limit of sixty. If he is then unable to continue in active work he is entitled to the $8 a week pension or $416 a year Just $34 more in the first year than his entire contribution. This looks at first glance like very high finance, but experience gives the key. Deaths in advance of sixty, ability of large numbers to continue at some sustaining employment, if not at the trade, after sixty, lapses in membership and many other conditions peculiar to the workings of such a system in a trade union to say nothing of absence of expense in soliciting business and collections make possible the old age pension which the I. T. U. maintains. At the outset the cry was raised by members of the union that the pension system tended to discourage thrift in early life, and this was met by the adoption of a definite policy as to pensioners. Even though sixty years of 1, . there-presente- Wilcox &tufaio 122 Has been d. re-decor- and South Main Street re-furnia- hed C. and la now at your service. Office lit North Phone 1172 HENDERSON Furniture and Piano Moving 167 South Weit Temple Large and Small Auto Vana Salt Lake City, Utah Why Lots of People HUNT MARABELLE lars. lllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIir con-erab- le Rea. Phone Waa. 7638 Rea. 555 West dol- ion id age a member is not eligible to a pension if able to secure sustaining employment .either at the trade of other- wise. If one has been frugal and desires to retire on income from past efforts he may do so and the pension is paid. But if the member desires to continue active work he is Ineligible Because Marabelles is the place 'to get first class tailoring, cleaning and repair work. Time for you to start to 78 WE8T FOURTH 80UTH The Mysterious Address for your work. Phone Was. 5892. Auto Repairing at the I can give you very best work the lowest cost Complete overhauling of Motors, Carburetor and Ignition my specialties. A Trial Will Convince You Abea Auto Repair Shop H. 8. Abrahamson 50 East Fourth 8outh 8treet Phone Wasatch 3200 Essssa EVANS & EARLY riaml Dlrwtara nth State Street Telepheae Waaatek ISIS 4S ART PHOTOS it ild cut loose, and, on the facts before it, adopted a plan kh 1 The classiest that it is possible to be produced are yours for the asking. Ia Phone Wasatch 4484 frag-otar- y 1907 was approved by the referendum er. original plan provided for the nnent of $5 per week to all mem-Rov- Ike er sixty years of age, who had fi continuous members of the union twenty years, and who were unable obtain sustaining employment at the Prom time to time the pro-i- 8 J of the law. have been changed r fet new conditions. the present time a pension of $8 reek is paid to all members over been continuous. mem- tor more than twenty years and are unable to secure sustaining woment; and also to all members twenty years standing who, by of the character of their all- 5- cannot be admitted to the Printers Home, although they lnt have attained the age of tty. 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