Eurther reference to the automobile strike in the United States may be made by reason of the proposal the Governor of Michigan that discussion should take place between the owners and the men on three points one of which was that the United Automobile Workers must recognized as the sole employee's bargaining agency involved in the dispute. The reluctance of American employers to recognize the principle of collective bargaining in industrial matters has been one of the chief causes of several strikes in. the United States, and it is apparent that ju this respect some other countries are_much further advanced. From the commencement of the trade union movement in Britain it wag apparent that the workers were delérmined secure collective representation in dealing with their employers. The fatter were just as anxious then, as their American confreres are now, not to concede that point, and a umber of very bitter struggles ensued until the workmen eventually. had their way. Looking back now it does not seem that any great deal of harm was done by the men's victory, but that much good resulted from it, Certainly many strikes have been avoided, sometimes, it is true, only at the eleventh hour, by the negotiations which have since been possible between the unions and the employers of labour. The employer naturally resents the interposition of union representative between himself and the men he employs, but. in the long run such a procedure has proved. successful, and much of th industrial trouble in "the United States arises from the fact that American employers have not yet appreciated what British owners had learn from similar very bitter experiences.
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