. Labor problems and labor legislation . eclared il-legal, and many decisions have since confirmedthis view. Both kinds of boycotts are usuallycondemned, but the court statements against pri-mary boycotts are all incidental references indecisions which condemn secondary argument against the secondary boycott isusually that it amounts to an attempt to coercea third party, and therefore is a conspiracy. Until 1908, however, boycotting was conduct-ed openly and fearlessly. Trade union paperscustomarily carried long lists of employersunder the heading Unfair or We dont pat-ronize. In
. Labor problems and labor legislation . eclared il-legal, and many decisions have since confirmedthis view. Both kinds of boycotts are usuallycondemned, but the court statements against pri-mary boycotts are all incidental references indecisions which condemn secondary argument against the secondary boycott isusually that it amounts to an attempt to coercea third party, and therefore is a conspiracy. Until 1908, however, boycotting was conduct-ed openly and fearlessly. Trade union paperscustomarily carried long lists of employersunder the heading Unfair or We dont pat-ronize. In the year mentioned a Danbury hatmanufacturer was awarded triple damages andcosts under the anti-trust law for alleged in-juries to his business through a boycott startedby the hatters union in the struggle to organizehis shop. More than $230,000 was levied againstthe union, and as it could not pay, the threat wasmade that the homes of several members wouldbe sold to satisfy the judgment. This was avert- [100] SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDUSTRY. CLEANLINESS BREEDS HEALTH. Workers should not eat or leave the factory withoutthoroughly washing their hands. ed by collection of an assessment among the or-ganized workers generally. Less use is nowmade of the boycott than formerly. The weapon in the employers hands whichmost closely corresponds to the boycott is theblacklist, or the agreement not to employ cer-tain workmen. Most states have laws prohibit-ing blacklisting, but they are dead letters. Inthese days of watermarked paper, telegraph, andtelephone, it is easy for one employer to giveanother secret information which may lead to aworkmans discharge. The employers right to [101] LABOR PROBLEMS AND LABOR LEGISLATION
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