Hard Times Reduce Membership and Create Apathy The set-back experienced by the trade unions in the wage reduction campaign has had the effect of reducing the membership of many of the unions.
In some of the organizations the process has gone so far that the officials have openly expressed anxiety, and it is likely that in the next few months an active propaganda effort will be made to tung the lost sheep back to the fold.
During the war the majority of the unions recruited members at a rapid rate because of the material benefits they were able to gain under the exceptional conditions of the time.
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