 | H. L. Pohlman - 2004 - 340 pages
...necessities of the situation; that a single employee was helpless in dealing with an employer; that he was dependent ordinarily on his daily wage for the maintenance of himself and family; that if the employer refused to pay him the wages that he thought fair, he was nevertheless unable... | |
 | Paul Frymer - 2008 - 228 pages
...the Supreme Court acknowledged that "a single employee was helpless in dealing with an employer; that he was dependent ordinarily on his daily wage for the maintenance of himself and family . . . that a union was essential to give laborers opportunity to deal on an equality with their employer."43... | |
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If the employer refused to pay him the wages that he thought fair, he was nevertheless unable to leave the employ and to resist arbitrary and unfair treatment. Union was essential to give laborers opportunity to deal on equality with their employer. 
