The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25
WORKERS ON KNIT
GOODS TO START.
BIG new UNION
Philadelphia Workers to
Meet August /
BY ADRIAN JAkIRA.
Especial to The Daily Worker.)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July "a
Serious steps are at last being taken
to organize the knit goods workers Of
this city. Thru the initiative Of sew.
eral more conscious workers several
preliminary meetings were held and
an organization committee formed.
A general mass meeting of all knit
goods workers of the city will be held
Friday, s p. m, August LIST, at the
Amalgamated Center, 431 Pine st. La
Brie, secretary of the Federated Tex
tile Trades, and Vance of the Carpet
Weavers Union of Philadelphia will
be the main speakers and will help
put the new union on the proper or
ganization basis. A representative Of
the Knit Goods Workers of N. Y.
will also address the meeting.
Carpet Weavers Help.
The Carpet Weavers Union, of
which Vance and La Brie are active
members, is one Of the best organized
and most efficient unions in the Tex
tile industry. Both La Brie and Vance
have shown q keen interest in the
new organization of the knit goods
workers and are giving it all possible
assistance. The hall for the mass
meeting was given by the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers Union free
of charge.
In it's appeal issued both in the
Jewish and English languages the
committee points out the appalling
conditions under which the knit goods
workers are compelled to labor due
to the fact that they are not organ
lied. The appeal follows:
Workers in the Knitting Tradel
Several years have passed since
we lost our Union in Philadelphia.
Our Bosses have the upper hand be-
cause the organization that has de-
Tended our interests and kept us
united exists no longer.
We knitters can hardly make
living even tho we work hard and
s, long kotrs
Our bosses are amassing riches
and living in luxury, while we toll
harder every day and our wages can
not pay for the necessary things Of
life. Many knitters who have lost
their health at the machines, now
walk tho streets in idleness with
families starving at home, and those
/ Il ~, he uh
provide decent living for their de-
pendents.
Low Wages, Long Hours.
You know that winders receive
wages as low as So, and $40, per
week, pressers and operators also
receive low wages. Any one who
dares to complain is told to leave
his work or keep quiet.
At time when other organized
workers are fighting for the 40 hour
week, we the knitters are working
from 4S to So hours. At this time
when all needle workers have i'm
proved their working conditions and
increased their wages to a decent
living standard thru their powerful
unions, we, the knitters are still
divided and suffering under out
rageous working conditions and pitt
fully small wages. And while the
bosses fear and respect the organ
lied workers they have nothing but.
contempt for us.
This is because we are not or
ganized.
This is because we have no union
to defend us.
Knit Goods Workers! The time
has come to organize. The time
has come when we can improve our
wages and conditions and live like
human beings and in that way gain
the respect Of the organized work
ers Of this city.
All workers engaged in the various
branches Of the Knitting Trade are in
Fited to come to the mass meeting and
join the union. Admission is free.