Unions and Co-operatives

The Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, 1943, adopted the following principle concerning labor unions: “Church membership and membership in a so called neutral labor union (CIO and AFL) are compatible as long as such union gives no constitutional warrant to sin, nor shows in its regular activities that it champions sin.” Without making a formal, detailed analysis of this “principle” which has been done most capably and devastatingly in volumes 18 and 20 of The Standard Bearer, we offer a...