Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1907 — SAY MOST STRIKES WIN. [ARTICLE]

SAY MOST STRIKES WIN.

Statistics Also Show Unions Succeed In Industrial Battles. More strikes succeed than fail and the most successful strikes are those conducted by organized labor. Statistics tabulated by the Bureau of Labor, covering the last twenty-five years, show this to be true. In all strikes during the last quarter of a century the employes were entirely successful in 48 per cent of the cases and partly successful in 15 per cent, but in 37 per cent they failed. Organized labor succeeded in 49 per cent of the strikes called and failed in 35 per cent, while unorganized labor was successful in 34 per cent and failed in 5G per cent. Most strikes, 41 per cent of all, have been caused by a demand for increase of wages. Recognition of unions and union rules bava caused" 23 per cent and sympathetic strikes 3 per cent. has been effective in bringing about a settlement of labor disputes in only 2 per cent of all strikes and 2 per cent of all lockouts, while joint agreements have ended 0 per cent of the strikes and 12 per cent of the lockouts. In the last twenty-five years there have been 33,303 strikes and lockouts, affecting 7,444,279 employes.