Municipal government -- United States; Peace; Political participation -- United States; Social justice; Working class -- United States
Autocratic European governments have recognized
workingman’s need of protection 122
Has Democracy a right to refuse this protection? 123
CHAPTER V
GROUP MORALITY IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Industrial changes which belong to the community
as a whole have unfortunately divided it into
two camps 124
These are typified by Employers’ Associations and
Trades Unions each developing a group morality 125
Trade Unions at present illustrate the eternal compromise
between the inner concept and the outer
act 127
Present moment one of crisis in Trades Union development 128
Newly organized unions in war state of development
responsible for serious mistakes 130
Tacit admission that a strike is war made during the
Teamsters’ Strike in Chicago in 1905 132
Temporary loss of belief in industrial arbitration 134
Teamsters’ Strike not adjudicated in court threw the
entire city into state of warfare 136
New organizations of employers exhibit traits
of militant youth 138
Public although powerless to intervene, sees grave
social consequences 140
Division of community into classes; increase of race
animosity; spirit of materialism 141
Class prejudice created among children still another
social consequence 142
Disastrous effect of prolonged warfare upon the
labor movement itself 144
Real effort of trades unions at present is for recognition
of the principle of collective bargaining 145
Trades unions are forced to correct industrial ills
inherent in the factory system itself 146
Illustration from limitation of output 147
Illustration from attitude towards improved machinery 148
Disregard of the machine as a social product makes
for group morality on the part of the owner and
employees 149
Contempt resulting from group morality justifies
method of warfare 150
CHAPTER VI
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FOR INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY
Deficiency in protective legislation 151
Contempt for immigrant because of his economic
standing 152
National indifference to condition of working children 154
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