Labor Unions

QUESTION: Can a man belong to a labor union and still be a true follower of Jesus Christ?

ANSWER: He can belong to such a union as is conducted on the Golden Rule. But if the spirit of the union is to crush the nonunion man by demanding his discharge from the job in which you are working, the union has become a wicked monopoly, offensive to Christ because  of  its lack, not only of brotherly love, but of simple justice. "Be not a partaker of other men's sins; keep thyself pure."

— Steele's Answers p. 269.

The Golden Rule in Business Dealings

QUESTION: A has a mortgage on B's farm, which he forecloses, and C bids it in at the public sheriff's sale and pays the debt, principal and, interest, getting the farm a little less than its value. Should C pay this little less to B?

ANSWER: The Golden Rule would seem to require it, especially if B's failure to pay arose from providential circumstances, such as sickness, or losses by fire or flood, or an unusual scarcity of money at the time of the auction, diminishing the number of bidders and perhaps excluding competition. Many considerations are to be regarded in such a case.

— Steele's Answers pp. 167, 168.