Communication Workers of America

LABOR

"There is one point to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing
with, if not above labour, in the structure of government. It is assumed that labour is available only in connection
with capital. That nobody labours unless somebody else owning capital, somehow, by the use of it, induces him
to labour. Now there is no such relation between capital and labour as assumed. Labour is prior to
and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labour, and could never have existed if labour had not
first existed. Labour is superior to capital and deserves much the higher consideration."
- Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States in a message to Congress dated December 3rd, 1861.

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Notice of Meeting

Local membership meetings are held on
the third Thursday of each month at
7:00 pm at the Union Hall.

Upcoming Membership Meetings:

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Per motion from the membership at the May meeting,
summer meetings (June, July & August) are suspended with the understanding
a special meeting can be called by the local president if necessary.

Normally scheduled monthly meetings will resume in September.

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