Show MUST PROVE VALUE OF UNION WORKERS WORKER S outstanding obligation of organized labor by JOHN P FREY president ohio state federation of labor A portion ot of our obligation our duty to the great movement which w we e represent Is to deal with employers with whom we have friendly relations in such a manner that we will not only retain their rull fill confidence but by example lead other oilier employers to realize that not only as a matter of justice but as a matter of individual advantage to themselves it is to their n john P frey interest to establish friendly working relations with trade union organizations of their employees there will ill probably always be some employers who will only tolerate trade unionism among their employees and deal with its representatives because they cannot help themselves but it if our trade union movement Is to fulfill the purpose for which it exists crisis its policies its methods its attitude must be such as to win and retain the confidence and the good will of the majority of employers sly hope tor for the future of our movement Is based upon the conviction that trade unionism will establish those conditions in industry and that relationship with employers which will win for us the friendly support of every fair minded employer while battling sturdily for our rights and refusing to yield a particle of the opportunities port unities and the freedom we are entitled to we must develop more and more a true spirit of operation cooperation co with employers who have friendly relations with us we must on a continually large scale prove that those who employ our members are in a more satisfactory condition industrially than those who operate nonunion shops we mut demonstrate that trade unionism Is a benefit to the employer as well viell as his employees and that trade unionism assists instead of ban handicaps those who employ its members |