The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . on of wages Sympathetic For union recognition For enforcement of union rules. For increase of wages and recog-nition of union Sympathetic Strikes.— The sympathetic strikeis one undertaken by a body of workmen whohave no special grievance of their own in behalfof another body of workers on strike. It is ofrecent development and is based upon the work-ingmans recognition of the principle of thesolidarity of labor; the principle that laborsinter
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . on of wages Sympathetic For union recognition For enforcement of union rules. For increase of wages and recog-nition of union Sympathetic Strikes.— The sympathetic strikeis one undertaken by a body of workmen whohave no special grievance of their own in behalfof another body of workers on strike. It is ofrecent development and is based upon the work-ingmans recognition of the principle of thesolidarity of labor; the principle that laborsinterests are everywhere essentially the same,and that an injury to one is an injury to sympathetic strike is usually undertaken byworkingmen employed by the same employer asthe original strikers; or against an employer insome direct relationship with the employer of theoriginal strikers, as competitor, buyer or seller,or co-operating. In this way their actionhas direct economic effect on the question atissue, as well as the more general and less tan-gible effect of sympathy. Sympathetic strikesinvolve the dangers of violence, and the weaken-. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS ing of a powerful organization, by the keepingidle of a body of men not so closely bound to-gether nor so individually interested as if thestrike directly concerned their personal , the mere fact that sympatheticstrikes are undertaken is a proof of the de-velopment to some extent of a more enlightenedand far-seeing self-interest, which often amountsto altruism, among workingmcn. In connectionwith sympathetic strikes, the question of theuniversal strike may be mentioned; a universalstrike in all departments of industry to obtainsome special demand is naturally the logicaldevelopment of the sympathetic strike. The uni-versal strike has never been a problem for seri-ous consideration in the United States; but onthe Continent, where the labor movement islargely directed by the Socialists, it has b
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