The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 25, 1919, Page 20

THE SEATTLE STAR LABOR GETS A SQUARE DEAL Under the American Plan United Metal Trades Association Has Enjoyed Eighteen Years of “Open Shop” Independence Eighteen years ago the contract shops of Seattle declared their independence of restrictive labor rule and established the open shop. We have enjoyed eighteen years of independence. ’ We are pleased to see the other employers of Se- attle at last declaring themselves, as American cit- izens, for the American plan of employment — the plan which insures work to every man on his mer- its, the plan which means production and prosper- ity in industry. That the public and the working men may be as- sured that the American plan means a square deal, we point to the conditions in our plants under the open shop. Nowhere in the United States do better wages, better hours and better working conditions prevail than in the contract shops of Seattle. Labor is getting a square deal without assistance from the Red leader or the walking delegate, because it is to the interest of the employer to give labor a square deal, and never in the history of the world were em- THE SONER Kp PACIFIC MACHINE SHOP & MFG. CO ESCOIT C0... Liens Dap, sate gs” ta (RON KS Drap nee id moaned AN BROS. HEFFERNAN ENGINE WORKS by : Marine Pipe & Machine Works iE gidran berg Wet Maghing. W) Oren i ee. a £§ Saw co. North Coast Dry Kiln Co. Cptcse top: OF, ae VOB H. R. L MOTOR COMPANY lt pe Pammus ene Faker bas @ 8 ISAACSON. CO. (ROW WORKS ° iti BAY FOUNDRY co Inc ployers more willing to give to employes all they can give, in justice to the public, than they are to- day. During the bien depression of 1914, the mem- bers of this association did not cut wages, though there were no contracts to hold us to.a scale. Dur- ing the war we raised wages to correspond with other wages in Seattle. Since the war we have paid the Macy scale and better and with no compulsion and no contract obligations. . We are not taking advantage of present oul tions of unemployment to cut wages. The workers in our plants do not have to bow to the dictates of a radical leader and quit work and go hungry at his command. We do not have to secure the permission of a labor union before we can employ a returned sol- dier or sailor. ~ We and ‘our employes are all free Americans. scEnT HACATE WORKS Ff. $. LAMC MANUFACTYBINC COMPART LYMPye STEEL WORKS GULOWSEN GREI CO, ENTERPRISE BRASS FoUORY N&S ENGIN ie ECO. Fagie ia 4 a OLYM YY FOUNDRY COMPANY C. J. YOUNG IRON WORKS HINES COVPANY CG ALase uo WESTERW SEAR WORKS v CO. A QeeA PO aRIKLey SupBLY comp ff kK fateh... 4) a r Searrce- oe IRON ne “Xx ORA oo oe aa give Seattle Members of the United Metal Trades Association of the Pacific Coast +2 fy BS 2c2fce ge