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5. How the union harms itself. 



a. By uniform wage. 



b. By limiting output. 



c. By suri'endering individual initiative. 



6. Labor benefits. 



a. Accident insurance. 



b. Old age pension. 



c. Sick benefit. 



d. Unemployment insurance. 



e. Other ways. 



7. Opposition to union. 



a. Prejudice. 



b. Selfish interest. 



c. Expense. 



d. Takes away pei'sonal liberty. 



8. Strikes — Concrete cases of struggle between capital and labor. 



9. Relation of local unions to American Federation of Labor, to international unions. 



Field Work. 



1. Name different unions in city. 



2. Relation of one to another. 



3. Dues — assessments. 



4. Terms for membership. 



5. Relation to national organization. 



6. How governed. 



7. Benefits local unions have gained by strikes. 



8. Duties of business manager. 



9. Firms blacklisted. Reasons. (See union paper for union shop list.) 



10. Use of union label. 



11. Benefits offered by local unions. 



References. 

 For Student Teachers. 



Nelson's Cyclopedia. (See also Strikes.) 



Ely, R. "The Labor Movement in America." Chapters V, VI, VII. 



Commons, John. "Trade Unionism and Labor" (Select.). 



Mitchell, John. "Organized Labor." 



Gompers, Samuel. "Labor in Europe and America." pp. 92-118. 



American Magazine, 72 : 547-552 — Darrow, Clarence. "Why Men Fight for the 



Closed Shop." 

 World's Work, 27 : 255 — "The Sherman Act and Labor." 

 Outlook, 107 : 437 — "Department Stores and Union Labor." 

 Survey, 32 : 538 — Fitch, John A. "Probing the Causes of Unrest of Miners of 



Butte, Montana." 

 World's Work, 28 : 257 — "The Unions and the Sherman Act." 

 Survey, 31 : 429— "The Case of the Danbury Hatters." 



World's AVork, 28 : 575 — Eliot, Chas. "Injurious Policies of Labor Unions." 

 Survey, 33: 285-6 — "Criticisms of Existing Unions." 



Literary Digest, 51 : 765-6 — "Union Labor Crippling the British Arms." 

 Literary Digest, 50 : 86-7 — "Union Men to Pay Boycott Damages." 

 Popular Science Monthly, 87 : 50-5 — MacLean, Annie M. "Trade Unionism vs. 



Welfare Work for Women." 



Note. — The readings about Trade Unions are too difficult for most of the 

 children. The teacher should present the lesson orally, developing the 

 points suggested by the syllabus. It Is wise to state both sides of 

 the question impartially. Distinguish also between what the unions 

 stand for and the practice of some of its so-called followers. 



