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For all its success, David Dubinsky's I.L.G.W.U. cannot serve as a model for all labor. Its methods are too closely tied to an industry where quarrels have the quality of a family row, and the workers refer to the boss as "Hey, Danny!" Its role as stabilizer and policeman would not be adaptable or even desirable in other mass industries. It is a unique union in a unique industry. But it is also a pioneer in fields that are common to all unions. Other social-minded unions are now also bidding for the welfare benefits the Socialist I.L.G.W.U. first demanded.
Dubinsky exemplifies the slow growth of U.S. labor toward full respect and full responsibility. Says he: "In the old days, it was the class struggle and to hell with the boss. Now it is collaboration and concern about the industry." Ex-Socialist Dubinsky, apostle of free enterprise and of rewards proportionate to the skill and industry of each worker, is happy with the results. Says he: "We have made more progress than socialism."