PRE-CONVENTION CONFERENCE PLANS SOCIALIST UNION WORK
Pre-Convention Conference Plans Socialist Union Work DETROIT. — A pre-convention conference on Socialist organization, including about 100 of the delegates, was an important feature of the...
...A final hearing on the injunct was held recently before ChsW lor Stein and a decision is expec soon...
...T"H1 story of the debate on *¦ the important labor resolution adopted at the Socialist Party national convention in Detroit appears in the running story on the proceedings of the convention, starting on Page One of the national section...
...and formerly secretary of the national labor committee of the party, presided at the sessions...
...Labor work by Socialists in New York was described by Jack Altman, secretary of the New York Labor Committee, and Amicus Most...
...i | One of the most interesting reports was that on the Toledo strike given by Elmer E. Ledford, state chairman of the Ohio Socialists...
...H. clothing workers...
...1 management claims to have tained an injunction of some t but the workers ignore it and c tinue to picket...
...It was bad enough before, «t a gang of three men had to ham an average of 350 pigs per hoi but now it is worse, with the gan| reduced to two men handling M pigs an hour...
...SOCIALIST LEAGUES WEIGH ACTIVITIES...
...Skilled butchers, work: for 45c per hour under intolera conditions, average no more tl 30 hours work per week seven the twelve months of the year...
...1 ; work is of such a nature that i dangerous to health at all tin due to the handling of pigs t may be diseased, etc...
...Reports were received from all sections of the country which showed vigorous participation of Socialists in .organization campaigns .among all types of workers I and a rapid spread of Socialist ideas among union members...
...Victory is in sight for the sti ers, due to their solidarity i militant action and picketing, i out of this strike a strong t» will result...
...The union, which is a federal local of the AFofL, has been 'waging the fight for six months...
...The 100% walkoot evidence enough of their intents Newark Truo* Makers Fill* Two-Moat* $*» Despite injunctions and P» violence, the two-month strih 60 trunk makers led by the&« case, Bag and Portfolio *«« Union in Newark is being W ously pressed...
...I National Chairman Leo Krzycki described the recent organization campaigns of the Amalgamated at the morning session and in the afternoon made a speech giving | suggestions for Socialist work in the unions...
...MAP OUT PROGRAM (Continued from Page One) drivers, the grocery clerks and many other unions in strikes and organization campaigns by supplying speakers, pickets, and organisers...
...J 3,500 MEAT WORKERS, BATHE "BIG FOUR" AND INDEPENDENT (Canrinaed from Pare Oat) The strikers demand higher wss guaranteed hours of work | union recognition...
...The conference listened with great interest to an account ol conditions in the Detroit automobile industry by Matthsw Smith, Socialist Party member who is general secretary of the Mechanics' Educational Society which has waged several successful strikes in Michigan auto factories...
...Hulb, dressmskers...
...Powers Hapgood, member of the N.E.C...
...In view of these results, the ex* ecutives of the labor leagues, meeting in conference, passed the following resolutions: (1) That the present fruitful policy of organising the Socialists in then* respective unions for the coordination of all efforts to build democratic and militant unions be continued by the new labor committee...
...When working a der such conditions, it is customs] to smoke, but not in Fink's, visj the penalty for smoking is I missal...
...Pickets at the entrance of yards stopped all approaching ei Only executives and "white colli workers were allowed to en...
...Willjam Beedie, leader of the strike and organizer fcr the union, points out that the decision' more than justifies the "walkout...
...Strikebreakers are being i ported from New York and el where and are transported to i from New York by bus under protection of Newark police...
...David »M pocketbook makers...
...RADIO WORKERS WIN SIX-MONTH FIGHT A decision ordering the reinstatement of strikers at the CornellDubillier Condensor Corporation, Bronx, N. Y., discharge of the scabs and holding of an election to determine representation in collective bargaining has been won by the Radio Factory Workers Union from the Regional Labor Board...
...Joseph Cm cutters, and H. Taubenschlai,«] makers...
...John S. Martin of New Jersey, international organizer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, acted as secretary...
...Other Socialists who gave reports included Arthur McDowell for Chicago, Douglas Anderson for southern Illinois, and Robert Hoffman for Buffalo...
...The entire day was spent in a discussion of Socialist work within the unions and in union campaigns...
...9) That in order to make the labor committee more effective, each Socialist League be represented on the committee by at least one representative from each league...
...Gottliob, secretary...
...I Ledford is one of the committee of 23 handling the strike and was particularly active in lining up the support of other unions for the Auto-Lite strikers...
...I The followinj committee was elected: Isidore Polstein, pihi" Edward P. Gottlieb, teacher...
...The writer ha» sisted on picket lines and ot work, and while they are s > bunch of proletarians they u something of the class struggle) are not easily foeled by boa propaganda...
...The dressing room ill sanitary and the building, of j and poor construction, is oven] with mice and insects, which mu eating one's lunch not so pleasi A new scheme attempted by I company to evade the blanket p visions of the NBA is to put sa under the head of executives, tl making it possible to work th any number of hours, which tu ally means 60 or more hours...
...Sarah Limbach, state secretary of the Pennsylvania Socialists, gave a graphic account of conditions in the general steel strike scheduled for June 16...
...The speed system, a new modern method gypping the workers, is prsxti in all its splendor in Fink's...
...Profits of the affair went to the organising fond of the anion...
...2) That in view of the fact that this policy had been effectively carried out by Comrade Hendin as chairman and Comrade Altman as secretary, these comrades should be reappointed...
...The union is ready to end the strike, which at one time threatened to turn into a general strike that would have tied up the entire radio factory industry in New York, numbering about 15,000 workers...
...A blanket injowtj against the strikers was issue*, the union lawyer got a amendment permitting the rigtt picketing, thus virtually nulluT the original order...
...Much of this program of activity was due to the organization of the Socialists in their various unions in the form of Socialist Leagues...
...The new labor policy which brought about increased activity of party members in their unions also brought many new members into the party...
...Al Benson, itate secretary of the Wisconsin Socialist Party, gave a vivid account of recent strikes in Milwaukee and other Wisconsin cities...
...All Essex County labor unj are following the case with gf interest...
...In his report, Ledford stated that several of the national guardsmen had handed in their guns and refused to take ihe offensive against the picket lines...
...A pre-convention conference on Socialist organization, including about 100 of the delegates, was an important feature of the work of the Socialists gathered here...
...4) That a committee of seven from the league appear before the executive committee of Local New , York to present these resolutions...
...ly E. H. Kaompf The 300 employes of the Newi meat packing firm of Fink t & are out 100% and are showing w< derful solidarity and exctlk morale in their strike agau starvation wages, the speed system and unsanitary workj conditions at one of the most i torious sweat shops in the viciat This company is a unit of the i tionally known High Grade ft Products Co;, against which $ York workers are also striking, The conditions against which) workers are striking are among I worst the writer has ever encoi tered...
...The union celebrated the chartering of Its local as an AFofL affiliate with an entertainment and dance Saturday" at Rebel Arts...
Vol. 17 • June 1934 • No. 68
