The Development and Accessibility of Production Records Essential to Intelligent and Just Determination of Wage-Rates

DR. Mitchell's discussion emphasizes the fallacy of determining wages on the basis of costs of livinga fallacy which labor pointed out in our Denver convention, directing that an effort be made develop a theory of wages that accords with industrial facts. Such an investigation must come grips with fundamentals not only of economics but human nature. A glimpse into the nature and the ramifications of this field is given in Dr. Mitchell's discussion of relative rating. The distinguishing characteristic of the human being is creative ability-ability record experience and utilize past experience make progress. What Dr. Mitchell calls performance standards ought be of such a nature as release all the creative energy of the workman and enable the workman and the management judge the quality of creative workmanship manifested. What the workman wants is opportunity to be something, master forces and materials and show the power of his mind and the skill of his hand. On the other hand, the necessities of economic conditions of life demand that creative ability be compensated, and the human sense of justice requires that the compensation be in proportion the value of the work done. A sense of injustice inevitably represses creative ability. It seems be a difficult thing bring many practical business men understand that the spirit of producing workmen must be uncurbed if production is rise full capacity. To unfetter the spirits of mell is the underlying philosophy of our trade union movement. We want scatter

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• The development of cost-of-living escalators in the United States

  Sanford M Jacoby•Labor History•1987

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