Labor: On the Defense

Because of labor stoppages, there were no newspapers to speak of in New York or Cleveland last week, no shipping of consequence on the Atlantic or Gulf coasts. In Philadelphia, a bus, trolley and subway strike was making life miserable for commuters, and only a federal court order prevented Southern Railway workers from hitting the bricks. In all, federal mediators were wrestling with more than 20 major strikes last week.

To many an irate citizen, all this might seem proof that labor's power is excessive and growing greater. But unionism, in membership terms,...

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