Bulletin Of The Department Of Labor Volume 9 Issues 50 53 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...1111363 erence with the pickets em loye by t e association may be regar ed as a possible grievance 0 the association, but can not be regarded in this suit as a grievance of the pickets themselves. It will be time enough to consider an such glrievance of the pickets when the pickets file their bil or bi ls for re ief. No question has been raised as to the capacity of the 46 machinists to file this bill on behalf of the entire voluntary association known as the International Association of Machinists, although the argument on both sides assumed_that this international association embraces large numbers 0; mgclilinists tl1l1'O(l11gl10lli t various Statgs qlf the Uniop. Co?fusion no on t as resu te in t e argument 0 t is motion rom t e fact that 46 of a largehnumber of partnlqrs or1 volpntlary associates file a bill apparentl for t e protection of t e rig it o t e entire partnership or association to employ labor and to enjoy a free labor market, while the same bill sets up what might be deemeld as separate causes of action in equity on the art of different sets of t ese 16 complainants seeking employment in their trade as IIl : .lClllIllStS, or sieelfiingi employment in the usiness of icketing for a da' y wage. A l t e a legations of this bill, although they may contain a lar e number of separate causes of action in equity on behalf of emp oyees of one kind or another, whose right to make a living has been interfered with. must be considered solely with reference to the capacity in which the 46 complainants stand before the court, and the complaint which they make in such capacity. As I have said, the complainants stand before the court as employers of labor, and their grievance is that the defendants, acting in combination, are unlawfully...