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Show Union Dues From Soldiers Several hundred soldiers, who volunteered to work in New Jersey Jer-sey canning factories during a labor emergency to prevent to-, maioes from spoiling, had twenty-five cents a week deducted from their pay by an American Federation of Labor Union. The business manager of the union admits the collection of the dues but says that "the soldiers sol-diers offered to pay." He denies the charge that the men in uniform uni-form were compelled to pay the dues and says that the allegation is a "smear of union labor." It - may be admitted that soldiers, sol-diers, working on a voluntary basis, are subject to conditions existing at the plant in which they work. As canneries were under a closed shop agreement, the regulations of the union applied ap-plied to the soldiers, who re-ceived re-ceived wages of around fifty cents an hour in addition to their Army pay. Even so, the union would probably prob-ably have been well advised if it had waived the collection of dues from the soldiers doing emergency work. |