If you wish to be virtuous and have God in your heart, obey your laws, be just, and in error you ll never fall.
THE LABORER call not heroes those that triumph by thought or by force, call heroes the Big of Heart. Beethoven)
Year No. PANAMA, AUGUST 26, 1944 Price: THE LABORER Labor Guides DATA and DENUNCIATIONS WELL DESERVED PROPAGANDA Monthy Publication by the Bartenders, Waiters and Other This memorable date brings back to our memory, the re OF THE CANAL from the Canal Zone. All that Similars Association of Panama, ivindication of the syndicalimatters is their capital. This zation achieved by the Mutuo ZONE LABORERS: shall increase, never decrease.
ANASTACIO ORTIZ ALEJANDRO CUELLAR Cooperativo (Mutual CooperatBut those who suffer are the Editor Manager ive. today, Union de EmpleaWe read in a local paper that poorer class. the laborers. We dos de Restaurantes, Cantinas the Government is endeavoring therefore, denounce one os sy Box 3127 y Similares Mexico, On to solve the disconsideration many cases to the authorities: this date we render tribute of Panama, that exists in the Zone, toward Mr. Pinel demands of his gratitude to the group of men, our laborers. They refuse to tenants of house No. 156, CenAddress: 103, Central Ave. top floor.
now disappeared in whose grant them vacations. But why? tral Avenue, 00 more for brains germinated that saint we ask, should a foreign goveach room. This sum reprePrinted by THE PANAMA AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.
idea of seeking the welfare of ernment respect our laws, when sents more than 100 per cent their co workers, putting an end they are forgotten by our own than the increase permitted by to the iniquous exploits by part peopie? Foreigners in their ma the law.
of their employees, who not jority, do not comply with our contented with this, treated laws. Our good neighbors, folEDITORIAL them with despotism and did low the policy of no matter BOMBERS, ETC. not remunerate them for their where you are from, just fol COLLECTION FUNDS: work. Comrades: None of us low the others example. Our It is time the labor realize that organizations has been unaware of our sad laborers work 12, 14, and 16 situation of vile person, before are necessary for the liberation and final emanciA habit that has become a hours a day without remunerthe memorable day of April ation. But our neighbors think: vice is the habit of collecting pation of the great labor mass who contributes to 27, 1912. Nobody can deny that If they don care for their funds for bombers and for the frequently the unmerciful whip the many existing fortunes and participate of none.
people, neither do we. That is benefit of something or the of injury stroke us across our Laborers: Unite with your fellowmen and you will why the LABORER has come other. But why isn Panama faces: the injury: that whip of out to the light to listen to remembered, is something askbe able to enjoy the privileges you are entitled to.
ed. We collect funds to aid of the horrible slaver, who callour comrades pleas and de the allies. Our allied countries ed himself employer; and neith nounce all infractos of the law.
fight for freedom and liberty.
We shall insist upon the unification of laborers er can anyone deny the fact That is a just and universal that, if the dependent protestin general to watch out for our interests. We shall has ed, he exposed himself and faTHE HOUSE OWNERS cause, but every country claim for sincere hospitality and will expect those mily to lose their daily bread.
its own individual causes. Here ARE AT IT AGAIN: is one for the people of Panain our group to be reciprocate, remembering that On the day of the 25th, propma. The road to Darien needs Despite the regulations we are the owners of the house. In our organiza ietors were notified to pay betpavimentating. Why not take and bye laws dictated by the ter salaries, give good and apride and collect funds, if netion we think the saying, Panama for the Panamagovernment, regarding increasbundant food and consider his cessary, for such an enterprise?
nians, very selfish. We ignore it and believe that es in rentals, the proprietors employees as persons, not slaves, That would be to think a litignore them and continue raiseverybody is entitled to live as they choose wher giving them up to the 27th, at tle of Panama. It is good to ing the rentals even more than 12 CLOCK Noon, to accept help others, but in this world, ever they may be. Of course, the Panamanians in the 25 per cent authorized by our just petitions. On the it is: Help without forgetting their homeland are considered in first instance.
the law. What do they care if dawning of that memorable your own people, which is exbusiness is decreasing and ma actly the opposite of what is That is an obligation for all foreigners; they shall day, the 27th, the sky was ny people are being discharged done in Panama.
cloudy but showed no signs of obey our laws and respect our women.
storm. The Social Residence, San Felipe No. 28 could be comBy associating we achieve also a great sense of pared with millions of buzzing duty.
bees.
Groups of co workers came in and out to receive As the poet Goethe said: and give orders. The clock hand moved slowly on and we More and Better violating continued dispositions If you want the world to be clean, be sure heard the first gong: fly that protect the laborer. There, and clean your own front door.
could not have passed unnoOn August 10th, minutes belike over here, rights are deticed among the vast auditofore the opening of our general manded but obligations are igrium that filled our Session session, celebrated every fifteen nored.
Hall. Being the president of the BARTENDERS. WAITERS AND SIMILARS association, promptly took the days, two important employees We, as the rest of the world from the Orange Crush ComASSOCIATION OF PANAMA flag and waving it high, said: know that cruelty, crime and inpany, in representation of their justice rate very much higher company, offered our institution Box 3127 Blessed Banner, and steadOffice: Ave. Central No. 103 than kindness comprehension various cases of the most popily, continued: Comrades: It and real justice. For that reaMr. Proprietor, Manager or Administrator of: is 12 o clock Noon and our ular refreshment in Panama. Pepsi Cola.
notification has not been anson, disappointed with the informations obtained and our Dear Sir: swered So, in the name of The Directive of the enthusiasm gone, we were about Reason, and Justice, that asand Other Association, ap to return, but our to The Board of Directors of the Bartenders, Waiters and sists us, DECLARE GENERAL preciates this kind gesture and the station we saw a very big Similar Association of Panama has the pleasure of informing REVOLUTION OR THE AG recommends the public in gen establishment situated on Cenyou officially that this Society has been recognized by the GRUPATION OF DEPENDIEN eral to drink, always, famous tral Avenue. We decided to inGovernment as a juridic person: legally TES DE RESTAURANTES OF in a placing it Pepsi Cola which propaganda quire some more and found out position to stretch relationship between employers in the THE CAPITAL OF THE MEXI is condensed in just two words that Mr. Kresch, its proprietor branch of labor to which our members dedicate themselves.
CAN REPUBLIC. Cries of joy More and Better.
complied strictly with the law, We also want to inform you of the purpose we endeavor to escaped from everyone present his employees treatment salaachieve in our social activities and as employees.
and roars of applauses were ries and vacations.
First: Ours is a a. Society of mutual help and beneficiency.
proof of the great ideal of re Cheers for an Employer To our surprise, the employees From our Social activities, all political and religious prejudices vindication that agitated in evthemselves told us that Mr.
eryone heart. Six hours later are excluded. To best serve our employers, we have capacitaOn a journey for lectureship and propaganda, on August 2nd, the enemy surrendered acceptKresch complied strictly with all tion courses and a Bureau fo for general information and to ing our propositions and our a commission integrated by four requisites of the labor law.
secure employees. The members in their position as employees proletary Banner waved proud members of our Directive Staff the It is with great satisfaction ly over the balcony. The slave visited the best bars in that loSociety is responsible for their efficiency, punctuality and that we publish this case in our or vile person, took the form cality and came to the sad congood conduct. Our Board of Directors is divided in columns of DESERVED PRO4 sections.
of a conscientious person, free clusion that employers are an PAGANDA.
It has a Board for Fiscalization for Labor, whose duty of the tyranny he had been exact copy over there, of those it is to solve any employer difficulty, before appealing to suffering for a long time. in the capital of Panama. The Very well Mr. Kresch. You can abusive procedure toward the la speak of democracy for you unof unnecessary work in the department of Ministerio de Gobier This is, FELLOWMEN, the un borers; the same persistency in derstand and practice it.
no y Justicia and also the consequent personal resentments.
abridged recount of that glorMembers, who in complying with their task, prove to be ious day of April 27, 1912.
careless and of bad conduct, will be sactioned and can even and employees of the different Guadalupe Rojas.
land without getting safely be dismissed temporarily or expelled definitively from the (From the magazine Mancobranches to which our co mem damaged.
society. In this case their CARNET is taken away, preventing munidad. April 27th, 1912)
bers and other friends belong, the party to get another job under the Society responsibility.
a waiter invention, which in This invention liquidates once We want to call, at this point, special attention to the emrecent experiments gave satisand for all, one of the existployer as the CARNET constitutes in itself an idoneous factory results, will be put into ing problems among employers certificate expedited by the Society. NEW INVENTION practice.
and waiters and which is today cause of discontent among the Second: As employers, we want and ask only for the Special for the monthly edition In consists of a small and waiters of El Rancho who pay rights and privileges granted us by the present law in a El Obrero. The Laborer. fine parachute which will be defensive organ of the infor the broken plates of this terests of all laborera in genattached very carefully to the establishment.
We hope you will value the benefits our syndicate will eral. glass or plate in such a mancontribute for the good march of your business and confide ner that if either of these ob Even if this sounds funny, that with your spirit of altruism, you will cooperate with us In order to avoid future dis jects slipped from the tray or it isn Necessity is the mother in the patriotic and honest strife to achieve our social purposes. crepancies between employers out of the waiter hand, it will of invention. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO and the Social a