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LABOR IS ENTITLED TO ALL IT PRODUCES.

Established July 7th 1905

EDUCATION	EMANCIPATION	ORGANIZATION

INDUSTRIAL

Workers of the World

CHARTER

Duplicate

To Whom it May Concern. A petition for Charter having been received by us from a group of Marine Transport Workers located Seattle, Wash., we, acting under authority from the Industrial Workers of the World, do grant this Charter to Seattle Br. Marine Transport Workers Indust. Union ^#510 To be held by them or their successors, and the aforesaid Branch Union being duly installed, is authorized and empowered to initiate Wage Workers into membership and to transact business in accordance with the constitution, laws and regulations prescribed by the Industrial Workers of the World.

It is understood and agreed by persons installed by virtue of this Charter that each and all of them are bound to perform the duties prescribed by the laws and usages of the Industrial Workers of the World, and that general organization reserves the right to recall this Charter and to annul the privileges conferred herewith for refusal or failure to perform the duties or comply with the laws and usages of the Industrial Workers of the World.

In consideration of the due and faithful performance of the above requirements, the Industrial Workers of the World is hereby bound to sustain and support the said organization in the exercise of all the rights, privileges and benefits as a chartered organization.

In Witness whereof, we have subscribed our names and affixed the Seal of the Industrial Workers of the World, this 20th day of Febr. 1917