The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-09
RESOLUTION NO. 22

] RESOLUTION NO. 22.
 WHEREAS: The condition of un- employment which prevails in every industry throughout the country are causing great suffering to American working men and women; and 1 WHEREAS, There exists in Russia at the present time a state of famine in which many millions of workers and farmers are suffering, not only from lack of food, but from the scare l lty of all necessary manufactured articles: and
 l WHEREAS, The existence at one | time of great body of unemployed workers in America and a great need for manufactured goods in Russia is plainly due to artificial economic bar riers which impede the natural flow of commerce and prevent the Ameri- can worker from finding employment l in the production of foodstuffs, cloth ing, tools, machinery and all the oth- sian people; and
 WHEREAS, The principal manu- featuring nations of Europe, includ- ing Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Sweden, have concluded
 
 Government of Russia for the pur- Russia and giving employment 10 the workers of those countries and WHEREAS, The Government of the United States, by refusing to recognize the government of Russia, and by neglecting to conclude trade agreement with that government, is prolonging the state of famine and suffering in Russia, and is directly withholding useful and profitable em- ployment from American workers; therefore be it
 RESOLVED, That we demand that the Government of the United States recognize the present govern mcnt of Russia, and that the State Department take immediate steps to negotiate trade agreement with the Russian government which will re- store the facilities for communication and commerce between the United States and Russia, and enable the American worker to secure employ ment in the manufacture of the com modities needed by the Russian peo- pie; and be it further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the State Department. to the congressman i'll the district, to the delegates of our international at the American Fed eration of Labor convention, and one Labor Alliance for Trade Relations With and Recognition of Russia for filing; and be it further
 RESOLVED, That our delegate to the American Federation of Labor be i l IL resolution and to vote favorably when it comes up for decision.
 Submitted by
 MINER s. TREAT,
 Bridgeport C. L. U.
 Referred to Committee on Resolu-
 RESOLUTION NO. g. State Federation of Labor in Con-
 vention Week of June 5th, at
 Stamford, Conn.
 WHEREAS: The Manufacturers Association is united under one head late the industrial condition to their own satisfaction; be it
 RESOLVED: That the President and the Executive Board be empow- cred by the affiliated divisions or unions of the State Federation to regulate and call sympathetic strikes for the desire and success of the best interest of organized labor of the State of Connecticut, and be it further RESOLVED: That the Constitu- tion of the State Federation of La Dor be written to conform with this resolution and the same be referred to the associated divisions of the Fed eration for their approval or rejec- toin, but the majority of said divisions or unions shall be sufficient to ap- prove of this change in the Constitu- ton.
 ERNEST P. BERUBE,
 Division 425, Hartford, Conn.
 J. TOOHY,
 Street Carmen's Association, Bridge
 port, Conn.
 Referr ed to Committee on Constitu- ton.
 RESOLUTION MO- 24. To the Connecticut State Federation
 in Convention Assembled at
 Stamford, Conn, Week of June
 5th, 1922:
 WHEREAS: The Constitution of the State Federation does not state as to how charges may be preferred by a member against an officer or delegate to the State Federation; be 1t
 RESOLVED, That any delegate or official preferring charges against a delegate Or officer shall do so in writ ing, same be read by the Secretary of the Federation before the Conven- ton in session, and if the delegates should sustain same it shall be pre- scented to the Grievance Committee and after a decision has been reached by the Grievance Committee same shall come before the Convention and the defendant shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the Griev ance Committee to the Convention in session, and when an officer prefers charges against another officer he shall do SO in writing to the Presi- dent of the Federation of Labor who