imp eded ▁and ▁avoid ing ▁the ▁dis ruption ▁that ▁a ▁strike ▁of ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁pack ing house ▁workers ▁would ▁ent ail . ▁This ▁was ▁an ▁especially ▁prop it ious ▁time ▁to ▁organ ize ▁these ▁workers ▁on ▁an ▁industrial ▁basis ; ▁as ▁F oster ▁said , ▁" The ▁gods ▁were ▁indeed ▁fighting ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁labor ". ▁ ▁Before ▁the ▁C FL ▁could ▁organ ize ▁these ▁workers , ▁however , ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁work ▁out ▁the ▁compet ing ▁claims ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁un ions ▁that ▁claimed ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁represent ▁segments ▁of ▁the ▁industry . ▁R ather ▁than ▁create ▁a ▁wh olly ▁new ▁organization , ▁which ▁would ▁have ▁immediately ▁found ▁itself ▁fighting ▁other ▁un ions ▁in ▁the ▁C FL ▁over ▁juris diction , ▁F oster ▁hit ▁on ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁creating ▁a ▁Stock y ards ▁Labor ▁Council ▁( S LC ) ▁that , ▁like ▁the ▁rail road ▁feder ations ▁that ▁had ▁recently ▁come ▁into ▁being , ▁would ▁f use ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁interested ▁un ions ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁body ▁with ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁organ ize ▁the ▁industry ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁F oster ▁obtained ▁the ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁his ▁union , ▁the ▁Railway ▁Car men , ▁for ▁this ▁plan ▁then ▁took ▁the ▁proposal ▁to ▁Local ▁ 8 7 ▁of ▁the ▁Me at ▁C ut ters , ▁who ▁supported ▁it ▁enthus iast ically ▁and ▁obtained ▁the ▁appro val ▁of ▁the ▁C FL ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 1 7 . ▁The ▁S