fin tern ▁s ided ▁with ▁F oster . ▁ ▁The ▁T UE L ▁took ▁p ains ▁to ▁avoid ▁accus ations ▁of ▁dual ▁union ism ; ▁when ▁the ▁Pro fin tern ▁requested ▁that ▁T UE L ▁start ▁building ▁itself ▁as ▁a ▁mass ▁membership ▁organization ▁F oster ▁dem ur red , ▁maintain ing ▁T UE L ▁as ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁activ ists ▁with ▁no ▁formal ▁membership . ▁T UE L ▁was ▁strong est ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁where ▁F oster ▁and ▁Jack ▁John stone ▁had ▁close ▁relations ▁with ▁Fitz pat rick ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁union ists ▁with ▁a ▁background ▁in ▁labor ▁radical ism . ▁T UE L ▁campaign ed ▁for ▁am alg am ation ▁of ▁un ions ▁into ▁larger , ▁stronger ▁ones — an ▁echo ▁of ▁the ▁I W W ' s ▁advoc acy ▁of ▁" one ▁big ▁union " — and ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁Labor ▁Party — which ▁was ▁an ▁an ath ema ▁to ▁those ▁who ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁I W W . ▁ ▁Its ▁first ▁test ▁was ▁the ▁Railway ▁Sh op men ' s ▁strike ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁which ▁was ▁cr ushed ▁by ▁the ▁employ ers ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁an ▁inj unction ▁that ▁prohib ited ▁strik ers ▁from ▁trying ▁to ▁dis su ade ▁strike break ers ▁from ▁taking ▁their ▁jobs ▁by ▁any ▁means , ▁including ▁word ▁of ▁mouth ▁or ▁newspaper ▁inter views . ▁T UE L ▁leaf leted ▁at ▁pick et ▁lines ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁press ▁for ▁am alg am ation ▁of ▁the ▁separate ▁craft ▁un ions ▁in ▁the