Show LABOR LABORDA DAY Y MARK OF PROGRESS OF WORLDS WORLD'S WORKERS Dy Br FRANK MORRISON Federation ol d L Labor b r Secretary An America h hn y of r Frank Morrison National holidays holiday In America call attention to specific instances in history Labor day is an exception exception ex ez to this thi rule The Th first Monday in September is i. not intended to remind us UI of one on particular advance by wage wale workers but rather to attract us u. to their problems their triumphs and their wrongs Labor day is il a m milestone eaton that marks the progress from serfdom to human buman dignity and worth Labor day is i. an American in in It was suggested by Peter J. J J McGuire union carpenter carpen carpen- ter in 1882 It was adopted bythe by bythe the American Federation of Labor Labor La La- bor in 1884 and ha has ball been declared de Glared a holiday by congress congre and state legislatures European workers copied the ideas which they express in different different dif ferent form through their May Mayday Mayday Mayday day political agitations and dens demo Our unions were born of the necessities of wage workers The wide nation scope of this voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary army of millions of working workingmen men and women is proof that there are seated deep causes for their unity Labor power is fa the ability to produce It is mans man's creative fac fac- This power is distinct from the product itself Labor power is inseparable from a human human hu hu- man being It involves memory understanding and will ele wall ele elements ments wholly lacking in labors labor's product product product-a a commodity a property proper prop prop- er erty that y-that that should be protected by the injunction writ when the owner of such property has haa no remedy at law By refusing wage workers fundamental rights accorded other other oth oth- er citizens the injunction judge rejects government by law and sets up a court of conscience that is subject to his moods and his economic outlook The injunction process is nee essary Labor does not ask its abolition The workers however insist that it be used as originally original original- Iy ly intended and not to curtail human rights and to establish one man government The workers will continue their agitation against this wrong confident that an enlightened enlightened ened public opinion will overcome overcome over over- come the power of the comparative comparative com com- few who profit by court usurpation even en though faith in our governmental theory be weakened I |