An Honest Union

On February 13, 1956, the people of Chicago looked at a full-page adver- tisement in every Chicago newspaper. Entitled “To Our Members, Employ- ers, Friends, and the General Public,” the ad gave a certified statement on the financial condition (including all

details on receipts and disbursements for 1955) of the Chicago Truck Dri- vers Union, Local 705, Independent. The advertisement also cited the fi- nancial details of the union’s Health and Welfare Fund and of its pension system. It was signed by Edward Fenner, executive director of this in- dependent union (some 12,000 mem- bers).

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Madelyn Vieth

On February 13, 1956, the people of Chicago looked at a full-page adver- tisement in every Chicago newspaper. Entitled “To Our Members, Employ- ers, Friends, and the General Public,” the ad gave a certified statement on the financial condition (including all

details on receipts and disbursements for 1955) of the Chicago Truck Dri- vers Union, Local 705, Independent. The advertisement also cited the fi- nancial details of the union’s Health and Welfare Fund and of its pension system. It was signed by Edward Fenner, executive director of this in- dependent union (some 12,000 mem- bers).