FOOTNOTES:
[20] See Chapter 1.
[21] In the thirties the term "union" was reserved for the city
federations of trades. What is now designated as a trade union was
called trade society. In the sixties the "Union" became the "trades'
assembly."
[22] See below, 152-154.
[23] See below, 285-290, for a discussion why American labor looks away
from legislation.
[24] The Constitution read as follows: "It alone possesses the power and
authority to make, amend, or repeal the fundamental and general laws and
regulations of the Order; to finally decide all controversies arising in
the Order; to issue all charters.... It can also tax the members of the
Order for its maintenance."
[25] See above, 98-100.
[26] The "local assemblies" generally followed in practice trade lines,
but the district assemblies were "mixed."
[27] See above, 100-101.
CHAPTER 6
STABILIZATION, 1888-1897
The Great Upheaval of 1886 had, as we saw, suddenly swelled the
membership of trade unions; consequently, during several years
following, notwithstanding the prosperity in industry, further growth
was bound to proceed at a slower rate.
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